Patent ID: 7273443

Claim:
An apparatus for providing a portable interlocking skate assembly, in combination, comprising: a) a first and second rail section, each said rail section being elongated having first and second opposing ends and a top and bottom; b) wherein said first end comprises a male end thereon and said second end comprises a female aperture therein, said second end for receiving said first end therein so as to join said rail sections together, a playing surface being thereby formed on said top of said joined rail sections to provide a skating surface; c) at least one support leg being disposed adjacent said first or second end of each said rail section, said support leg being disposed on said bottom of each said rail section, said support leg having first and second opposing ends, wherein said first end of each said support leg is hinged to said rail section to permit the support leg to be folded upwardly toward the bottom of the rail section between the first and second ends of the rail section; and, d) a footplate being disposed on said second end of each said support leg to permit the support legs and rail sections to stand upright above a support surface, wherein each said footplate is hinged to said support leg to permit the footplate to be folded to a position parallel to and adjacent to the support leg; e) a retainer member being disposed on said bottom of said rail in a position so as to secure said support leg in the folded position, wherein said support leg is secured to said bottom of said rail section; f) a bracket adapted to connect said first and second rail sections together and thereafter to allow said first and second rail sections to be separated from each other; and wherein said bracket is U-shaped and comprises: g) a first bracket leg that is longer than a second bracket leg, said longer bracket leg having an aperture therein; h) wherein said longer bracket leg is attached to said first end of said first rail section having a fastener pass through said aperture into said first rail section to permit the first rail section to be joined to the longer bracket leg; and, i) wherein said second bracket leg is attached to said first end of said second rail section so as to removably join said first and second rail sections together.