Patent ID: 7866673

Claim:
A combination of a skate blade member and support therefor for attachment to a skate boot, comprising: a skate blade member; a support for the skate blade member having a bottom slot member defining a downwardly facing slot for receiving the blade member in fixed position along the slot, a front hollow tower member and a rear hollow tower member each extending upwardly from the bottom slot member to a top portion for attachment to the skate boot; at least one heating element for applying heat to the blade; a battery power source for supplying power to said at least one heating element; the battery power source being mounted in one of the front and rear hollow tower members; wherein the battery power source includes two proximity switches located at spaced positions on a surface of one of the front and rear towers; the surface at the positions on said one tower being imperforate with the switches being located inside the imperforate surface; the switches being arranged to require simultaneous actuation at the two different positions to prevent unintentional operation.