Abstract An ice skating attachment can be interchangeably attached to conventional roller skate foot plates so that a foot receiving device on which such a foot plate is mounted can serve both as a roller skate or as an ice skate. The ice skating blade of the attachment is mounted on the foot plate by means of a pair of support members which are constructed in accordance with standard foot plate dimensions. Thus, the upper surfaces of the support members conform to the lower surfaces of standard foot plates and are attachable thereto in substantially the same manner as most roller skate trucks. The attachment is inexpensively manufactured by an injection molding process during which the ice skating blade is secured to the support members to form a unitary integral device that requires no assembly.
An ice skate device for attachment to a variety of roller skate foot plates of the type having front and rear bosses for the mounting of roller skate trucks, each said boss having an opening and an action pin passing therethrough, said device comprising: an ice skating blade; front and rear support members for attaching said blade to said roller skate foot plate, each said support member being of a one piece, unitary plastic molded construction and comprising: U-shaped mounting means for mounting said blade; adaptor means engageable with said bosses and having an opening for receiving said action pin; and strut means for connecting said adaptor means to said mounting means, said strut means forming a central opening to permit attachment of a fastener on said action pin for attaching said ice skate device to said roller skate foot plate can function interchangeably as a roller skate foot plate or as an ice skate foot plate.
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An ice skate device for attachment to a variety of roller skate foot plates of the type having front and rear bosses for the mounting of roller skate trucks, each said boss having an opening and an action pin passing therethrough, said device comprising: an ice skating blade; front and rear support members for attaching said blade to said roller skate foot plate, each said support member being of a one piece, unitary plastic molded construction and comprising: U-shaped mounting means for mounting said blade; adaptor means engageable with said bosses and having an opening for receiving said action pin; and strut means for connecting said adaptor means to said mounting means, said strut means forming a central opening to permit attachment of a fastener on said action pin for attaching said ice skate device to said roller skate foot plate can function interchangeably as a roller skate foot plate or as an ice skate foot plate.