US94336A - Improved skate-runner - Google Patents

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P. A. PEER, or KALAMAZO'O, MrclHIGAlN.

Letters Patent No. 94,336, dated August 31, 186g.

IMIP'ROVED SKATE-RUNNER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making P aft QI. Fh@ 'ame' To all whom it mag/'concern Be it known that'I, P. A; PEER, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo, and State of Michigan, have invented a new andnseful Improvement in Skate-. Runners, and tirati." do' hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to theaccompanying drawings, and tothe letters of `reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of runner, showing its general form, with the round points a a.

Figure 2 is abottom view of runner, showing the.

hollow round points a a. i

Figure 3 is a cross-section, cut through :t and y. Figure 4 shows the hollow point. Y My invention consists in constructing a skate-runy ner, as shown in igtl, having a round point at both toe and heel, said points to be hollowed or bored out,

as shown at a a, iig. l, and a, fig. 4.

The` object of my invention is to construct a skaterunner, having a 'point that will readily and securely engage with the ice, at anyangle presented by the skater, thereby securing greater ease,- and safety from slipping, invexccuting al1 toe'and heel-movements, waltzing, 85e., than any point yet invented.

Another advantage 'ofthe hollow points is, when engaged with the ice, they `act as pivots on which the skater may whirl, and they do not. oder that degree ofresistanoe offered by :the sharp, square, and round What I do claim as new and-useful, and desire to secure by LettcrsPatent, is- Y he construction of a skate-runner, having a round point at both toe and heel, said round points to be hollowed or bored out, as shown, and operating substantially as` and for thepurposes speoied.- P.l A. PEER.

Witnesses:

, .0. E. LA GRAVE, S. W. Frnron.y

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