SKATE

Abstract: A skate, consisting of a shoe and a blade (1) affixed to the sole thereof, said blade consisting of a gliding rail (2) on both sides of which there are auxiliary gliding rails (3) parallel to the gliding rail and of which the gliding surfaces are located higher than the gliding surface of the gliding rail. The angles between the gliding rail (2) and the auxiliary gliding rails (3) are about 60`.

Description: Skate The present invention concerns a skate consisting of a shoe and a blade affixed to the sole thereof, said blade consisting of a gliding rail, on both sides of which there are auxiliary gliding rails parallel to the gliding rail, their gliding surfaces being located higher than the glidi surface of the gliding rail. There are various types and shapes of auxiliary gliding rails mounted on the sides of the gliding rail of a skate blade. In practice, drawbacks have been observed in the operation of such a skate, and therefore no development and no marketing thereof has taken place. The object of this invention is to provide a new type of skate which is considerably superior in firmness to skates known in the art, especially in turns, pushes and stopping. The skate.of the invention is characteriz in that the angles enclosed between the gliding rail and the auxiliary o gliding rails are about 60 . By the invention the stress imposed on the skater's ankle is reduced. The auxiliary gliding rails lend additional rigidity to the blade, whereby a puck hitting the side of the blade canno break it in two, as has happened. The blade can be made lower than before without risking that the side of the skating shoe may touch the ice in curve skating for instance. An advantageous embodiment of the invention is characterized in that between the gliding rail, the auxiliary gliding rail and the ice surface there is a groove with triangular shape and which is isosceles or o nearly equilateral when the skate has been inclined 30 so that the gliding surface of the auxiliary gliding rail touches the ice surface. o When the skate is inclined more than 30 , as happens in a push, curve or in stopping, the blade, will bite well because only the auxiliary gliding rail touches the ice. Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the point of the acute angle between the gliding rail and the auxiliary gliding rail has been rounded. As a result, no ice will be packed between the gliding surfaces: owing to the rounding it will slide in the groove between the rails and come off easily. The invention is described in the following with the aid of an example, OMPI with reference being made to the attached drawing, wherein:- Fig. 1 presents a skate as taught by the invention. Fig. 2 shows the blade of the skate, in end view. Fig. 3 shows the skate blade on the ice, in inclined position. The skate blade 1 consists of a gliding rail 2 with two gliding surfaces and having on either side auxiliary gliding rails 3 parallelling the gliding rail. The gliding surfaces of the auxiliary gliding rails 3 are located higher than the gliding surface of the gliding rail 2. The angles enclosed between the gliding rail 2 and the auxiliary gliding rails 3 are o about 60 . Between the gliding rail 2, the auxiliary gliding rail 3 and the ice surface 4 there is a groove 5 of triangular cross sectional shape o and which is nearly equilateral when the skate is inclined about 30 so that the gliding surface of the auxiliary gliding rail 3 touches the ice surface 4. The point 6 of the acute angle between the gliding rail 2 and the auxiliary gliding rail 3 has been rounded. Skating with the skate above described reduces the stress imposed on the ankle. The blade bites well into the ice in pushes, curves and at stop¬ ping. Skating through curves is also facilitated and the accelerating capacity improves. It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that different embodiments of the invention may vary within the scope of the claims presented below. G.VP;

Claims: Claims 1. A skate, consisting of a shoe and a blade (1) affixed to the sole thereof, said blade consisting of a gliding rail (2) on both sides of which there are auxiliary gliding rails (3) parallel to the gliding rail and of which the gliding surfaces are located higher than the gliding surface of the gliding rail, characterized in that the angles between o the gliding rail (2) and the auxiliary gliding rails (3) are about 60 . 2. Skate according to claim 1, characterized in that between the gliding rail (2), the auxiliary gliding rail (3) and the ice surface (4) is defined a groove (5) with triangular cross section and which is iso- o sceles or nearly equilateral when the skate has been inclined about 30 s that the gliding surface of the auxiliary gliding rail (3) touches the ic surface (4). 3. Skate according to claim 1, characterized in that the point (6) of the acute angle between the gliding rail (2) and the auxiliary gliding rail (3) has been rounded. '

Inventors: NAESINEVA M
Applicants: NAESINEVA M
Application year: 1981
Main classification: A63C1
IPC codes: A63C1