B. F. Shelabarger Ice Skate Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1847
name: label: maker
content: Shelabarger, Benjamin F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ice skate patent model has a wide skate blade of heavy steel molded onto a heel and toe plate. Heavy "canoe shaped" cast iron skate with slots in front and back for straps. Inventors initials "B. F." have been cast into the underside of the heel rest. Original patent tag with object reads "B.F. Shelabarger [/] skate [/] June 5th 1847 [/] No. 5148." but this patent number is incorrect.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Ice Skating
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Patent Models
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Raport
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.1216.49
label: accession number
content: 1977.1216
label: catalog number
content: 1977.1216.49
label: patent number
content: 5138
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, ice skating
label: Object Name
content: ice skates, patent model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 3 in x 11 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 7.62 cm x 29.21 cm