Patent ID: 8414030

Claim:
A skate guard comprising: a body piece comprising a longitudinal channel adapted to receive a skate blade partially therein, said body piece further comprising a socket for receiving a first end of the skate blade; an adapter piece configured to be detachably secured to said body piece at one or more positions along a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said body piece; an end piece pivotally attached to said adapter piece, said end piece adapted to secure a second end of the skate blade when said end piece is upwardly pivoted into a closed position while maintaining said adapter piece in a fixed position relative to said body piece; means for detachably securing said end piece in said closed position; and a latch member movable relative to said end piece, and a latch member biasing means, wherein said latch member biasing means is adapted to contact a portion of said latch member with said second end of said blade when said end piece is in said closed position.