US1141454A - Skate attachment. - Google Patents

Description

E. FORDICE.

SKATE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION man mm, 1914. RENEWED FEB. 15.1915.

1,141,454. Patented June 1, 1915.

THE. NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO LITHQ. WASHINGTON. Dv C.

nn'rrnn srarns rarnnr neuron EDWIN FOR-DICE, OF FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA.

SKATE ATTACHMENT.

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Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed April 1, 1914, Serial No. 828,774.; Renewed February 15, 1915. Serial No. 8,347.

To all cvhom'z't may concern:

Be 1t known that I, EDWIN FoRDIon, citi-.

zen of the United States, residing at Fairbury, in the county of Jelferson and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skate Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ankle brace attachments for skates, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction and increase the efliciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a simply constructed device which may be attached to a skate andautomatically adjustable to the ankle of the wearer and flexibly coupled to the skate to adapt it to the movement of the skate, and the movements between the ankle joint and the skate.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

The improved device may be applied to various forms of skates, and it is not desired therefore to limit the invention in this respect, but for the purpose of illustration the improved device is shown applied to a conventional skate, and in the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a skate with the improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the improved device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device may be attached to various forms of skates and requires no change in the skate except to form an aperture through the runner 10 at the rear, preferably beneath the heelplate or clamp 11. The improved device is formed in two portions, a lower portion represented conventionally at 13, and an upper portion represented conventionally at 14. The lower portion 13 of the improved device is formed with a threaded terminal 15 extending through the aperture of the runner 10 and provided with nuts 16-17 bearing upon opposite sides of the runner and by means of which the member 13 is firmly clamped in position for movement laterally, while at the same time will rotate freely in the runner. The lower portion 13 is preferably circular or in rod-like form and is curved forwardly and thence upwardly to pass around the heel clamp plate 11, and is flattened at its upper portion as represented at 18. The member 14 is preferably in the form of a flat bar and forked at its lower end, as represented at 19, to engage over the flattened portion 18 of the lower member and pivoted thereto as shown at 19.

By forming the member 13 to curve forwardly the joint 19-19 will be located directly opposite the ankle joint of the wearer and thus prevent cramping or straining of the parts when in use. By this means a joint is produced between the two members which permits movement in alinement with the longitudinal plane of the runner, but is prevented from lateral or twisting movement.

Attached to the member 14 near its forked end 19 is a relatively wide strap device 20 adapted to engage around the ankle of the wearer, and likewise provided with a strap device 21 near its upper end adapted to pass around the calf of the leg of the wearer. The member 14: is thus firmly coupled to the leg of the wearer, while the ankle joint is left free to move relative to the skate by reason of the swiveled member 13.

The improved device will preferably be attached to the outer sides of the runners of the skates, and will therefore be formed in rights and lofts.

The members 13-14: will be preferably formed of steel as light as possible consistent with the strains to which they are subjected, and when not in use will fold into substantially parallel relation to the runner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An attachment for skates comprising a lower member having one terminal extending at right angles thereto and adapted to be pivotally engaged through a skate runner, the right-angled extension being directed forwardly and thence upwardly, an upper member pivotally united to the lower member, a band connected to the upper member and adapted to engage around the ankle portion of the wearer of the skate, and a band adapted to be engaged around the leg portion of the wearer of the skate.

2. An attachment for skates comprising a lower member having one terminal extending at right angles thereto and thence directed forwardly and upwardly and flattened at its upper end, said right-angled the skate; and a band adapted tobe engaged portion adapted to be pivotally engaged around the leg portion of theskate; 0 through a skate runner, an upper member In testimony whereof I'aflix my signature forked at its lower end to engage over the in presence-of two Witnesses. I

flattened portion ofthe lower member and EDWIN FORDICE. [L.S.] pivotally united thereto, a band connected Witnesses:

to the upper member and adapted to engage J. MONROE DAVIS,

around the ankle portion of the wearer of J. ELBERT TOMERY.

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