US2206397A - Ice skate and shoe - Google Patents

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July 2, T940. M. GoLDl-:NBERG ICE SKATE AND SHOE Filed Jan. 26,A 1939" 4 Sheets-Sheer, 1

INVENTOR Mickael Goldenbery ATTORN EYS July 2, 1940. M. GoLbENBERG ICE SKATE AND SHOE Filed Jan. 26, 1939 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS July 2, 1940. M. GoLDENBl-:RG

ICE SKATE AND SHOE Filed Jan. 26, 1939 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inblll l l N INVENTOR Michael Huldenberg ATTORNEYS July 2, 1940. M. GOLDENBERG 2,206,397

ICE SKATE AND SHOE Filed Jan. 26, 1939 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTOR.' lichael Goldenberg A TTORNEYS Patented July 2, 1940 UNITED STATES eATENr OFFICE 9 Claims.

This invention relates to a combined ice skate and shoe of the type wherein the ice skate member has aheel attaching plate and a ball attaching plate spaced from said heel attaching plate 3 and wherein the heel portion of the sole of thev without appreciably affecting the flexibility of the skaters foot.y

One of the great objections to combined ice I skates and shoes of the type wherein .the shoe is atached to two spacedapart plates carried by the runner is the fact that the skaters arch is not properly supported.

In an eiort to obviate this objection shoes having abuilt in arch have'ibeen used as one `of the elements of the combination. This structure, however, has not proved satisfactory because the builtin arch appreciably aifec'ted the flexibility of the skaters foot. I have discovered that the 5 necessary supportcan be obtained without appreciably aiectin-g the flexibility ofv the skaters foot by so associating an arch sppporting shank with the skate member and shoe member that it bridges the gap betwleen the heel and ball Vattaching plates, that it is held in said arch supporting or gap bridging' position at al1 times, and that at least one of its ends is free to move in a `horizontal plane in at least the direction of the long axis of the skate.

5 For the purposeA of illustrating my invention, I have' shown in thek drawings which form a part hereof and I shall now describe some of the many combined ice skates and shoes made in accordance with my inventive concepts In said drawings Figure 1 is a side View of my novel ice skate and shoe with thek upper portion of the shoe broken away. I y

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View of the ice skate and shoe shown in Figure 1 with the runner and piers broken away for the purpose of showing otherwise hidden parts.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section of a fragment taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 2. A portion of the skate and shoe intermediate the ends of the piers has been broken away to permit the showing of the remaining parts on as large a scale as possible.

Figure 4 is another fragmentary section taken along a line the saine as 3&3 of Figure 2 showing one of `the shank attachingv rivets in an alternative position. A portion of this fragment intermediate its ends has been broken away to permit the showing of the remaining parts on as large a scale as possible. Y 5

Figure 5 is another fragmentary section taken along a line the same as 3-3 of Figure 2 showing an alternative position for the other of the shank attaching rivets. A portion of this fragment intermediate its ends has been broken away to 1.o permit the showing of the remaining parts on as large a scale aspossible.

Figure 6 is a side View of a modification of my novel ice skate and shoe with the upper portion of the shoe broken away. l5

Figure `'l is a bottom plan View of the ice skate and shoe shown in Figure 6 with the runners and piersbroken away for the purpose. of showing otherwise hidden parts. y y

Figure 8 is an enlarged section of a fragment 20 taken along the lline` 8-8 of Figure '7. A portion of the skate and-shoe intermediate the ends of the piers, has been broken away to permit the showing of the remaining parts on as large a scale as possible. A- 25 Figure 12 is an enlarged section taken along the line I2--l2y of Figure 7. 5 'v Figure 18 is an enlarged fragmentary section of the heel portion shown in Figure 7 taken along ay line the same as 8-3 of Figure 7 but showing the 30 shank attaching rivetin an alternativeposition.v The remainder of the unit is exactly the same as shown in Figure 8. i l

Figure 9 is a side view of still another modication of my novel ice skate and shoe with the up- 35 per portion of the shoe broken away.

Figure 10 is a bottom planv View of the ice skate' and shoe shown in Figure 9 with the runners and piers broken away.

Figure 11 is an enlarged section of a fragment 40 taken along the line l| ll of Figure 10. A portion of the shoe intermediate the ends of the piers has been broken away to permit the showing of the remaining parts on as large a scale as possible. v v 45 Figure 13 is a side View of still another modip cation of mynovel ice skate and shoe with the upper portion of the shoebroken away.

Figure 14 isa bottom plan view of the ice skate and shoe shown' in Figure 13 with the runner andl 50 piers broken away for the purpose of showingotherwise hidden parts. .y Figure-15 is. an enlarged vsection of a fragment taken along the line l5l5 of Figure 14. A por? tion-of the skate and shoe intermediate the ends 55 of the piers has been broken away to permit the showing of the remaining parts on as large a scale as possible.

Figure 16 is an enlarged section of a fragment taken along the line II-II of Figure 15.

Figure 17 is an enlarged section of a fragment taken along the line I1-I1 ofFigure 15.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein similar reference numerals denote similar parts, reference numeral I denotes my novel ice skate and shoe shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 as a unit. The ice skate and shoe I comprises a shoe member 2, an arch supporting shank 3 and a skate member 4.

The shoe member 2 is of the type well known in the art and comprises the upper 5 andthe sole 6. The skate member 4 is of the type well known in the art and comprises the runner 'I which terminates at its front end in the shaft 8,

the piers 9 and I8, the heel attaching plate II carried by thel pier 9, and the ball attaching plate I2 carried by the pier I Il and the arms I3 which are attached-to the upper end I4 of the shaft 8. 'I'he heel portion I5 of the shoe sole 6 is attached to the heel attaching plate II in the manner well known inthe art. The ball portion I6 of the shoe sole 6 is attached to the ball attaching plate I2 by means of the rivets I1 in the manner well known in the art.

The arch supporting shank is made of material, such as steel or aluminum, having rigidity and a certain amount of resiliency. It is attached to the arch portion I8 of the shoe sole 6 by meanspf the rivets I9 and 2U. The arch supporting shank 3 is of suchvlength that a portionV 2| extends beyond the edge 22 of the heel attaching plate II and a portion 23 extends beyond the edge 24 of the ball attaching plate I2. In the modification shown inFigures 1, 2 and 3 the end portion 2| of the arch supporting shank 3' is not attached to the heel attaching plate II and the end portion 23 or" said shank is not attached to the ball attaching plate I2. As a result-the end portion 2| -will freely slide between the surface 25 of the heel attaching plate II and the surface 26 of the shoe sole '6 in the direction of the arrow B, and the end portion 23 will freely slide between the surface 21 of the ball attaching plateAl I2 and the surface 26 of the shoe sole 6 in the direction of the arrow C whenever force vexertedupon the arch supporting shank 3 by the skater results in 4aforce a component of which in the direction of the arrow A would normally cause the arch supporting shank to stra1ghten out. `By incorporating the arch supporting shank 3 into the ice skate and shoe structure in the manner herein described, I yhave produced an ice skate-.andshoe wherein the arch of the user .is properly supported without interfering appreciably with the flexibility of the skaters foot.

Although the structure which I prefer at the present time is that shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3 wherein neither end of the arch supporting shank 3 is attached to that attaching plate ofthe skate which it overlies, nevertheless I have foundy that a satisfactory result may be attained by leaving only one ofthe ends of the arch supporting shank free and attachingthe otherk of said ends to that attaching plate of the skate which it overlies. Structures of the latter type are shown in Figures 4 and 5. y n 4 v The ice sk ate and shoe shown in Figure 4 differs from that shown in Figures y1 to 3 onlyin the following respects: i

(a) 'The end portion 23 of the arch support the rivet 28.

arch supporting attaching plate may be made in the structures herein shown without departing from the spirit of my invention which consists in so incorporating an arch supporting shank in an ice skateandshoe that at least .one of the ends ofv said arch supporting shank is free to move relatively to -the skate member.v Somefof the manyv possible changes which may be so made are illustrated in the embodiments shown in Figures 6 to 15 inclusive.

The` ice skate and `shoe 30.1shown in Figures 6, 7, 8, 12 and 18 differs from that shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3 only in the followingparticulars:

(a) The arch supporting shank 3| havingv formed therein the elongated slots 36 and,31 has been substituted forthe arch supporting shank 3.

(b) The arch supporting shank 3| is attached at its end 32 to the ball attaching plate I2 and the ball portion I6 of the sole 6 by means of Ithe rivet 34 which extends through the slot 36 formed in said arch supporting shankr 3|.

(c) The arch supporting shank 3| is attached at its end 33 to the heel portion I5 of thesole 6 by lmeans of the rivet 35 which extends through the slot 31 formed in the, arch suppQrting shank 3|. y

In thestructure shown inFigures 6, 7, 8, and 12 the slot 36 permits the end 32 of the arch supporting shank 3|` to move freely relatively to the ball attaching plate I2 of the skatevmember 4. Since the rivet35 attaches the end 33 of the arch supportingshank 3| lo nly to the heel portion I5 of the sole 6 and not to any portion of the skate member 4, said end 33` is free to move relativelyto the heelplate II of saidskate member 4. It is obvious that the slot 31 may be omitted if desired. u

Since it is only necessary that one end ofthe arch supporting shank 3| befree to move lrelatively to the skate member .4, the end 33 of the arch supporting shank3| may be attachedrto both the. heel portion I5 of the sole 6 and the heel plate of the skate member 4. Such a structure is illustrated by the rivet 33 yshown in Figure 18. This rivetmay extend through a 4slot 5| similar to the slot 31 or, if desired, the slot may be entirely omitted.

The ice skate and shoe 52 shown in Figures 13,' 14, 15, 16 and 17 differs from that shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3` in thefollowing particulars:

(a) The heel attaching plate 53 having ,formed therein the slot 54 has beensubstitutedy'for the heel attaching plate II.r

(b) -The ball attaching plate 55 having formed therein the slot 56` has been substitutedfor the ball attaching plate I2. l

(c) The arch supporing shank 3 is attached at its end 2| to the heel attaching plate 53 by means of the rivet 51 which'extends through the slot 54;

(d) The arch supporting shank 3 is attached at its end 23 to the ball attaching plateY 55-by means of the rivet 58 which extends through the slot 56. l

In the structure shown in Figures 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 the slot 54 permits the rivet 51 and the end 2i lof the arch supporting shank 3 to which it is attached to move freely relatively tothe heel attaching plate 53. Further the slot 55 permits the rivet 58 and the end 2 3 of the arch supporting shank 3 to move freely relatively to the ball attaching plate 55.

The ice skate and shoe 39 shown in Figures 9, l0, and 11 differs from that shown in Figures l, 2, and 3 in the following particulars:

(a) The arch supporting shank 40 terminating in the forked ends 47 and 48 has been substituted for the arch supporting shank 3.

(b) The arch supporting shank lil is attached to the skate member 4 by the engagement of the prongs 133, il and hl of the forked end 41 with the ball attaching plate l2 and the engagement of the prongs t5, 42 and 46 with the heel attaching plate il.

(c) The arch supporting shank 40 is not attached to the shoe sole 6.

In the structure shown in Figures 9, 10, and 11 the cut-outs 49, which define the iingers t5, 42, and 45, permit the end 48 of the shank 4i) to move freely in the direction arrow B whenever the skater exerts a force upon the shank 4l! which results in a component in the direction of the arrow A which would normally tend to cause the arch supporting shank 40 to straighten out. Under the same conditions the cut-outs 50, which define the lingers 43, 4i, til, permit the end il o-f the shank it to move in the direction of the arrow C.

Having donned my invention, what I claim as new and useful is:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a shoe member; an icc skate member having a heel attaching plate and a ball attaching plate; means attaching said heel attaching plate to the heel portion of the sole of said shoe member; means attaching said ball attaching plate to the ball portion of said sole; an arch supporting shank positioned intermediate said sole and said heel attaching and ball attaching plates and extending from said heel attaching plate to said ball attaching plate; and means attaching said arch supporting shank to said sole.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a shoe member; an ice skate member having a heel attaching plate and a ball attaching plate spaced from said heel attaching plate; means attaching said heel attaching plate to the heel portion of the sole of said shoe member; means attaching said ball attaching plate to the ball portion of said sole; an arch supporting shank positioned intermediate said sole and said heel attaching and ball attaching plates and extending from said heel attaching plate to said ball attaching plate; and means attaching said arch supporting shank to said sole and to one of said attaching plates.

3. An article of manufacturing comprising a shoe member; an ice skate member having a heel attaching plate and a ball attaching plate spaced from said heel attaching plate; means attaching said heel attaching plate to the heel portion of the sole of said shoe member; means attaching said ball attaching plate to the ball portion of said shoe; an arch supporting shank positioned intermediate said sole and said heel attaching and ball attaching plates and'bridgingthe space between said attaching plates; and means connecting an end offsaid arch 'supporting Shank to that attaching plate which is contiguousrto said end for sliding Ymovement in at leastone direction in a horizontal plane relative to said attaching plate.

4. An article of manufacture comprising a shoe member; a skate member having a heel attaching plate and a ball attaching plate spaced from said heel attaching plate; means attaching said heel attaching plate to the heel portion of the sole of said shoe member; means attaching said ball attaching plate to the ball portion of said soie; an arch supporting shank having at least one slot formed therein near one of the ends thereof positioned intermediate said sole and said heel attaching and ball attaching plates and bridging the space between said attaching plates; and means extending through said sole, said slot, and that attaching plate which is contiguous to said slot for attaching said arch supporting shank to said sole and said attaching plate.

5. An article of manufacture comprising a shoe member; a skate member having a heel attaching and a ball attaching plate spaced from said heel attaching plate; means attaching said heel attaching plate to the heel portion of the sole of said shoe member; mea-ns attaching said ball attaching plate to the ball portion of said sole; an arch supporting shank having two spaced apart slots formed therein positioned intermediate said sole and said heel attaching and sole attaching plates and bridging the space between. said attaching plates with each of said slots overlying one of said attaching plates; means extending through said sole, said slot overlying said heel attaching plate, and said heel attaching plate for attaching said arch supporting shank to said sole and said heel attaching plate; and means extending through said sole, said slot overlying said ball attaching plate, and said ball attaching plate for attaching said arch supporting shank to said sole and said ball attaching plate. v

6. An article of manufacture comprising a shoe member; a skate member having a heel attaching plate and a sole attaching plate spaced from said heel attaching plate with at least one of said attaching plates having a slot formed therein; means attaching said heel attaching plate to the heel portion of the sole of said shoe member;

means attaching said ball attaching plate to the f member; a skate member having a heel attachingv plate and a; ball attaching plate spaced from said heel attaching plate with each of said attaching plates having a slot formed therein; means attaching said heel attaching plate `to the heel portion of the sole of said shoe member; meansy attaching saidball attaching plate to the ball portion of said sole; an= arch supporting shank positioned intermediate said sole and said heel attaching and ball attaching plates and bridging the space between said plates; means extending through said sole, said arch supporting shank and said slot in said heel attaching plate attaching said arch supporting shank to said sole and said heel attaching plate; and means extending through said sole, said arch supporting shank, and said ball attaching plate attaching said arch supporting shank to said sole and said ball attaching plate.

. 8. An article of manufacture comprising a shoe member; a skate member having a heel attaching plate and a ball attaching plate spaced from said heel attaching plate; meansl attaching said heel attaching plate to the heel portion of the sole of said shoe member; means attaching said ball attaching plate to the ball portion of said sole; and an arch supporting shank terminating in at least one forked end bridging the space between said heel attaching and ball attaching plates with the prongs of said forked end in engagement with attaching and ball attaching plates With the prongs of one of said forks in engagement With said heel attaching plate and the prongs of the fork of the other of said forked ends in engagement with said ball attaching plate.

MICHAEL GOLDENBERG.

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