Adjustable ice skate

Claim 1

AN ICE SKATE COMPRISING: (A) A SOLE PLATE ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A SHOE, SAID SOLE PLATE HAVING A WELL FORMED THEREIN AND A SLOT FORMED IN SAID WELL, SAID SLOT BEING DISPOSED TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE SHOE; (B) A HEEL PLATE ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A SHOE IN TANDEM WITH SAID SOLE PLATE, SAID HEEL PLATE HAVING A WELL FORMED THEREIN AND A SLOT FORMED IN SAID WELL, SAID SLOT BEING DISPOSED TRANSVERSE THE LENGTH OF THE SHOE; (C) A PAIR OF HOLLOW STANCHIONS; (D) A BLADE SUPPORTED IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID SOLE AND HEEL PLATES BY SAID STANCHIONS; (E) A SCREW ENTIRELY DISPOSED AND CONCEALED WITHIN EACH OF SAID HOLLOW STANCHIONS, THE HEAD OF THE SCREW IN ITS LOWERMOST POSITION ABUTTING THE INTERIOR WALL OF SAID STANCHION, SAID SCREW BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE FROM A POINT OUTSIDE OF SAID STANCHION; (F) A PLUG SECURED TO THE END OF SAID STANCHION OPPOSITE THE END SECURED TO SAID BACKBONE, SAID PLUG HAVING AN APERTURE THROUGH WHICH SAID SCREW EXTENDS; AND (G) A NUT DISPOSED IN SAID WELL WHEREBY UPON THREADING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID SCREW AND SAID NUT, SAID STANCHION WILL BE DRAWN INTO TIGHT ABUTMENT WITH EACH OF SAID SOLE AND HEEL PLATES, SAID NUT BEING CAPABLE OF MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BLADE.