CA2559249A1 - Kvick skate - Google Patents

Abstract

Kvick skate is a new under-skate for use on all types of skates, professionally or amateurs. The skate will flex with a few milliliters, from short to long sliding surface according the skaters movement. This will give increased friction advantages and will increase the speed considerably, in the longitudinal direction and in turns forward and backwards skating due to movable plastic parts under the skate. The steel is replaced by adapted steel strips that easily can be clicked on and off for changing/replacement. The skate will reduce wear injury due to the fact that the under-skate will take off some of the load, which we know is a great problem in the professional world.

Description

1. Description:
Kvick Skate is a new type of under-skate for use on all types of skates, with and without gas/air pillows. This means compressed air in whole or parts of the air parts in the front, middle or rear end on the skate.
Without the gas/air pillows the under-skate is constructed with elastic parts in the front, rear, and in whole/parts of the middle part, the under-skate will then spring and Oaten out, tilt and twists, also upwards. With increased pressurelload (e.g. with all weight on one leg, high velocity in curves and more) will give considerable friction advantages.
The under-skate can also be stiffened higher/lower (weight of skater) by sliding adapted parts in grooves (see drawing).
By increased pressure/load means when the skater is putting all force on one Ieg, the under-skate will feather and Oaten out in the middle part and give longer sliding surface.
When the skater makes tuxns/curvs (centrifugal effect) the velocity and long sliding surface is maintained without restraining the curve characteristic by feathering the front and rear part of the under-skate upwards dependent of turningradius.
By distribuating the weight on to legs will bring the under-skate back to shorter sliding surface/radius. The part were the sripslsteel (that can be separated from the under-skate, clicked eventually screwed on) is fatened is movable upwards, sideways and twisting.

2. Area Of Application:
Under-skate for use on all types of skates 3. Technique That The Invention Is Based On:
Cited publications raised under the investigation shows no friction advantages to any great extent, due to fixed/partly steel solution that anyhow must be delivered/grinded with gliding surface in the middle part and early rounding upwards in both ends of the skate.
As an alternative a radius grind can be used, this means that it is grinded a fixed radius under the whole skate steel. Both alternatives is to make the skate easy maneuverable in turns, but looses considerably speed due to short gliding surface. (Increased pressure on short surface) 4. What Is Particularly Gained By The State Of This Technique:
The under-skates frame construction and description (slanting quadrangle, round profiles/air parts, "feathering" construction/mass) distributes the weight on a longer stroke due to feathering when used on hard foundation (ice).
When the under-skate feathers/flatens out and gives a longer sliding surface by increased pressure (all weight on one leg) you will obtain friction benefits, increased speed due to more contact with the foundation (is) without restraining the turning abilieties.
The skate will follow the skater's movements, also in turn irrespective of radius due to the movable middle, front, and rear part.
The under-skate at sudden stop by cross placing the skate will always give after in the rear and front end, this happens due to more flexibility in the ends than the middle part of the skate were it has a moment e.g. l.5mm, from the toe joint foothold that has 100% moment (due to the kick-off j. This means that the skate is not falling in more than a given amount of millimeter in the middle part! Example 1 mm.

5. Which Means Necessary To Achieve The Above:
Under-skate is build up with flex/movable plastic parts up down, sideways and twisting.

6. Industrial Exploitation Under-skate can be used to all types of skates.

7. Closer Explanation On The Invention Preferably Illustrated With Sign's:
The invention is described with drawings and descriptions.

Screw 1 shows that if it is screwed out against the ends of the skate in both ends it becomes stiffer. 4a and 4b is only showing the extra material thickness that is fixed in, the groove profile 3a and 3b.

Claims (3)

Claim
1. Claim 1 A. Feathering under-skate for ice skates.
   B. All movable under-skate for skates in plastic/composite material and more, with flexibility up-downwards together with twisting/tilting shown in figure 1. (1) (2.) shows adapted under-skate that is either tasted in one or same part figure 3. (17) Alternatively push/click mounted with adapted profiles figure 2 (4) that will lock/clamp the parts 1 and 2 together.
   Adapted skate strips Figure 1 (3) is clicked in place in adapted profile.
   Cross-sectional drawing Figure 2. (1) Flexible strips holder Figure 2 (1) and skate strips Figure 2 (3).
   For increased speed/friction advantages due to flexible steel strips Figure 2 (3) that is clicked ion place in adapted profile Figure 3 (1b and 1e) for all types of skates.
   When skating the under-skate is flatting of/flexing showed by Figure 3 (la) due to obliquely square-shaped profiles when all pressure/force is on one leg.
   Figure 3 (1b and 1c) will flex up or downwards by the means of constringent gas/air parts 4, or alternatively spring profiles Figure 3 (5a and 5b) by increased pressure from the skater (all weight on one leg), also advantageous twisting Figure 3 (2a, 2b and 2c) for more and longer sliding surface in the longitudinal direction and in turns without restraining the turning abilities, and gives friction advantages and increased speed.
   The skater can also vary the turning technique by transmitting all his weight to the front or rear on the skate, the skate will then decrease the turning radius due to air/gas parts (eventual feathering all, feathering/spring profiles 1 a and 1b) that will contract Figure 4 (7a and 7b).
   With equal pressure on both legs the skate will feather back to normal turning radius, Figure 4 (2) alternatively sliding surface Figure 4 (3) for example hockey skates (app. 4-6 cm).
   If the skater desires it the skate can have 100% moment Figure 4 (4) at the kick-off (toe joint).
   Adjust the adapted brick 5 up/down stiffens it up by kg whish from skater.
   Movability/flex designed in plastic/composite and the like makes it possible to turn easily, hereunder to cross-place the skate with and without speed, also with large contact surface on the ice.
   As known, longer sliding surface gives considerably higher speed due to weight distribution over larger area due to friction advantages.
   When the skater cut's over in a turn at high speed the skates rear and front part will flex/twist Figure 4 (2a, 2b and 2c) to normal turning radius Figure 3 together with the body without problems. Even in the sharpest turns without loosing speed due to large steel surface on the ice that turns together with the body's movement.
   For adaptation to speed skating (longer skate) the construction can alternatively be stretched out Figure 4 (6a and 6b).
   Gas/air parts can be replaced with bendable plastic and the like Figure 3 and the like (5a and 5b).
   The plastic and the like can also in these two parts be cylindrically shaped (flexing together) Figure 3 (6) to make the construction stronger and save components if necessary.
2. Claim 2 Figure 6 shows the under-skate without the gas/air parts alternatively arced plastic profiles that are feathering/springs in the front, rear and from the bottom side. Under-skate Figure 6 (I) mounted on the rest of the under-skate.
   An adjustable alternative is sliding brick Figure 5. (1a and 1b) that is adapted in profile (4a and 4b) that has longitudinal threads (3a and 3b) and is screwed back and forth with the screw (2a and 2b) is screwed from both ends Figure S (2a and 2b) and makes the skate stiffer as preferred.
   Alternatively the distance in the front and rear can have different distance that way the skate will press forward and the rear more together. Or the distance can be increased figure 5 (5) and increases or decreases the radius on the skate as preferred.
   To adjust the flexibility is done by Figure 5 this is a screw 1 that can be screwed back and forth in the adapted profile (3a and 3b). Screwdriver is placed in the adapted hole with threads in the front or rear. 4a and 4b shows only the extra material thickness that is fixed in the rail section 3a and
3. 3b.
   Figure 6 shows the under-skate without gas/air parts, alternatively arced/movable parts in the open parts in front and rear figure 6 (2a and 2b).
   The strips holder figure 6 (1) is showed mounted here without strips.