Quick-Release interlocking frame assembly for interchangeably mounting operative sports devices to a boot sole
US5961129A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/60
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A quick-release interlocking frame assembly for interchangeably and operatively mounting at separate times in-line skate rollers and an ice skate blade to a boot sole, includes a first base attachable to a toe portion of a boot sole, a second base attachable to a heel portion of the boot sole, a first pair of spaced flanges attached on the first base and defining a first channel therebetween, a second pair of spaced flanges attached on the second base and defining a second channel therebetween, a first bracket operatively supporting inline skate rollers, a second bracket operatively supporting an ice skate blade, a pair of first platforms each attached on a forward portion of respective ones of the first and second brackets and being adapted to slidably fit within the first channel between the first pair of flanges on the first base, a pair of second platforms each attached on a rearward portion of respective ones of the first and second brackets and being adapted to slideably fit within the second channel between the second pair of flanges on the second base, and finger pressure actuatable elements defined on selected ones of the first and second platforms and the first and second…
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