US1253314A - Safety device for skates. - Google Patents

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G. M. WARNER.

SAFETY DEViCE FOB SKATES. APPLICATION FILED 056.7. 1916.

Patentadl Jan. 15, 1918.

wen for fizf ionwey GEORGE WARNER, OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA.

SAFETY DEVICE FOR SKATES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. i5, 31918..

Application filed December 7, 1916. Serial No. 135,709.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. IVARNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Washington county, in the State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Devices for Skates, of which the following is a specification.

()ne object of my invention is to provide a safety device for skates, so that by the use of the device they can readily learn to skate without any possibility of falling while learning.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for readily folding up my improved skating device, so that it may be easily carried from one place to another.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for readily changing the device from an ice skating to a roller skating aid.

\Vith these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are hereinafter described with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure l is an isometric view of my improved device as used with ice skates.

Fig. 2 is a detail of the hinge provided for folding up the device, and Fig. 8 is a detail of the roller used when the device is in use on a roller skating floor.

Fig. 4 is a view of a front supporting member taken in front of the device to show its side spread, and Fig. 5 is a similar view taken from the rear of the device to show the side spread of the rear supporting memhers.

I prefer to construct my skaters aid by bending a pairof pipes 1 at slightly more than right angles, screwing on to the end 2 of the pipes, couplings 3, in the other end of which are screwed short Us 4, the lower portion of which serves as runners.

The opposite ends of pipe 1 are screwed into Ts 5, and in the end of the T opposite therefrom is screwed a how 6.

From the other opening of the T I may either screw a pipe 7 directly or may screw into the T hinged member 8 to which the pipe 7 is fastened.

The pipe 7 is of the general shape of an inverted letter F, providing the horizontal projections 9 for the front runners.

I prefer, however, to terminate the pipe 7 at 10, and connect the runners 9 thereto by couplings 11.

A brace 12 formed into a V shape is bolted at 13 to the bow 6 and points 14 on the pipes 7 to stiffen the structure, and prevent the pipes 7 from spreading.

The supporting members 1 and 7 are preferably formed outwardly near their lower ends, in order to give the device more stability on the ice, as plainly shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

By unscrewing runners 4: and 9 and insert ing in lieu thereof casters 15, it is apparent that the device is equally applicable-to roller skating.

As can be readily seen, a skater can stand within the U shaped horizontal frame, grasp the side members by suitable handles 16 and take strokes to the best of his ability and not lose his balance, but may carry his whole weight on his hands and arms and prevent any possibility of falling.

Another important point is that by pressing down on the frame, the skater may re lieve his ankles from a portion of his weight, and thus greatly aid him in strengthening his ankles to take up the strain imposed on the ankles while skating.

While I have described my invention and illustrated it in one particular design, I do not wish it understood that I limit myself to this construction, as the application of my invention may be varied in many ways within the scope of the following claims.

Claims:

1. In a skating device, the combination of a U shaped horizontal frame, supporting members extending downwardly from the open end of said U shaped frame and tenninating in antifriction devices at the lower end thereof, and supporting members extending downwardly from the forward part of said U shaped frame, comprising a substantially inverted P shaped support terminating in anti-friction devices.

2. In a skating device, the combination of a U shaped horizontal frame, supporting members extending downwardly from the open end of said U shaped frame and terminating in anti-friction devices at the lower end thereof, supporting members extending downwardly from the forward part of said U shaped frame, comprising a substantially P shaped support terminating in anti-friction devices, and a brace extending from,

the central portion of the forward end of said U shaped frame to the lower portion of each of said P-shapedsupporting members.

In skating devices, the combinationot a substantially U shaped horizontal frame, a pair of: supporting members extending downwardly from the open endof said U shaped frame, but flared outwardly there- I'rom near their lower extremity, and termlnating in means for fastening thereto, rnnner members or caster members, and a pair of forward supporting members substantially P-shaped in construction, but being flared outwardly from their lower extremities and terminating in means for readily attaching thereto runners or casters.

GEORGE M. VAR-NEE.

Copies of! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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