Patent ID: 7234709

Claim:
An ice skate blade adapted for being mounted in a support attached to an ice skate boot, said blade comprising: a lower portion having a cross-section with a length 11 , along a longitudinal axis, the cross-section having an uppermost part with a width w 1 , along a transversal axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a lowermost part with a width w 2 , along the transversal axis, wider than the width w 1 of the uppermost part providing a pair of spaced-apart acute ice skating edges; a middle portion extending above the lower portion and having a cross-section defined with two longitudinal space-apart edges, the cross-section of the middle portion having a width w 3 , along the transversal axis, and a length 12 , along the longitudinal axis, the length 11 of the lower portion being longer than the length 12 of the middle portion and the width w 3 being wider than the width w 1 for reinforcing the blade, the longitudinal space-apart edges of the middle portion extending substantially parallel to one another along the length 12 ; and an upper portion extending above the middle portion and having a cross-section with a width w 4 , along the transversal axis, narrower than the width w 3 of the middle portion, the width w 4 enabling to fix said skate blade to said support attached to said boot.