US1982524A - Overshoe for skates - Google Patents

Description

NOV. 27, 1934. KUTCHERA 1,982,524

OVERSHOE FOR SKATES Filed March 22 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 5/ 30 5 now 0 fl Z a/2 61i:

NOV. 27, 1934. A KUTCHERA OVERSHOE FOR SKATES Filed March 25, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 27, 1934 iiP AfllEiNfl .QQZEEI.

2 Claims.

This invention relatesto skates and more particularly .to a means for: the protection. of ice nskates.

object of this inventionisto providewhat 5 might becalled: an overshoe or. protecting means *forzthe. blade of an. ice skate. so that the skate wmayl be attached to theshoe at a point remote fromthe ice and the person may walk to the ice without .injuringzntherkeenness ,of the blade of the skate.

Another object of this invention is to provide :an overshoe or protecting means which is relavtively strong and at the same time light in conthe skate when the. person is .walkingon the :struction sothat it can be quickly attachedor idetached from the shoe and about the skate.

.A. further object of this invention is to pro- "videaa skate protecting means: which isflso conqstru'cted that the person Wearing theskate will .nnotube required, where skates attached to shoes areuused, to carry an extra pair of shoes along z-pandtake ofi-theconventional shoe at a point i closely adjacent to the skating. rink 1 and thereby endanger his health on accountof the tempera? :ture changes.

The aboveand various other objects and advantages of this inventionwill in part be describedand in part be understoodfrom the fol- -'lowing detailed description of the present pre-- ferred embodiment, the samebeing illustrated in .the accompanyingvdrawings wherein:

Figurel isa detail side. elevation'of a shoe chaving a skateattached thereto. and an overshoe D01 protecting means constructed according to the preferred embodiment of this :invention attached tO the shoe about the skate.

.EFigure 2 is a top plan view-partly broken away :of the overshoe or skate protecting means.

EFigure" 3 is a longitudinal sectionutaken on 1 "theline 3-3 of Figure 1.

won the .line14-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional-viewi;-taken on the line 5-5 of Figure l.

.SRefer'ringtotheidrawings wherein like charac- Y Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken runner 15 islattached.to 'the'abottoml.plates112 and 13 by. means ofa frame. structure. including a front postv 16 and .a rear post: 17. anda :longitudinally: extending. tubular member 18.

Thisskate is a.-conventional skatestnuctureilso and I,:.or" course, :do. not wish to. be1 limitedito any: particular type of s skate. tor shoe .to t-which the device hereinafter describedmay'be.attached,

- shoe withwhich the :devicehereinafter described my be engaged.

In order to protectthe-runner .or' blade 15 of ;the keen edges oft therunner,:I havemrovided an overshoe or protecting .means scomprisinga front frame structure 19, al -rear framestructure .20 and an intermediate frame structure .21. :This

front" frame structure comprises .a top plate: a 22 5 provided with depending .marginaliflangesi23 and having a substantially. Ueshapedslotaor opening 24 in the centerthereof. v t

- A- substantially U-shaped: upright-member. or standard 25 is secured to: the. plate 22; and .thisg a I support or standard25 has the .body thereof. cut

out, as at 26, to provide a. substantially webelike side: wall so as-to :increasevthe :lightness Ofi the support or standard whilemaintaining. a relatively rigid standard.

7 was A bottom plate 2'? ..which is longitudinally curved, after the mannerof thesole of avshoe, is secured to the'bottom 28 of Ithestandard" 25, and this sole plate 2'? is provided with upturned marginal-flanges 29. A-scle-30 ofidesire'd composition such-as rubber, leather or.tl1erlike,.;is attached as by rivets or .s ecuringmembersr 31" .to thesole plate 27.

Thebightor frontof the U-shaped supporter frame 25 isprovided with a recess oropening 32 to receive the forward-end'of the bladeor runner 15 Which-may project forwardlyandbeyond :the

front member 19. Preferably; the front post or support 33 of the: skate 11 1! extends between the marginal flange 23 and the front of the plate 22,so that this marginal flange 23 will act to prevent movement of the front of the overshoe relative to the skate 11 and shoe S.

The rear frame or overshoe structure 20 comprises a substantially U-shaped vertical frame structure or supporting means 34 provided with a heel plate 35 having a slot or opening 36, and the rear or bight of the rear frame member 20 is provided with a vertical opening or passage 37 to receive the rear of the runner or blade 15.;

The rear frame structure 34 projects upwardly above the heel plate 35, as at 38, and this upwardly projecting portion is provided with a slot 39 on opposite sides to receive securing means in the form of a strap 40, one end of the strap 40 being disposed in one slot or opening 39 and the other end being disposed in the other or opposing opening 39.

A bottom plate 41 is integral with the side walls 34 of the rear frame structure 20, and the side walls 34 are also cut out, as at 52, so as to lighten the weight of therear frame structure 20.

A heel 42 is attached as by rivets or securing members 43 to the bottom plate 41 of the rear frame, and this heel 42 coacts with the sole 30 in providing a means to facilitate the walking which is adapted to register with the slot 46 and through which a bolt or securing member 49 is adapted to extend so that the two frame members 19 and 21 can be adjusted one relative to the other.

The frame 21 telescopes into the frame 19 and the rear of this frame 21 telescopes into the rear frame 20, and the rear frame 20 is provided with slots 50 on each side thereof which are adapted to register with the slots 47 and through which a bolt or securing member 51 is adapted to pass so that the rear frame 20 can be secured in a fixed adjusted position relative to the forward frame 19.

While I have shown the two frames 19 and 20 adjusted relative to each other by means of the intermediate frame 21, I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction as, if desired,

S. When these two: frames have been suitably adjusted, the bolts 49 and 51 can be tightened so that the frames 19 and 20 will not move relative to each other. The skate 11 with the shoe S attached thereto can then be placed within this overshoe by first projecting the forward end 33 of the skate into the opening 32 and then lowering the skate with the runner 15 projecting beyond the rear frame 20, the runner passing down wardly in a vertical movement through the slot 36 of the rear frame 20 and downwardly into the slot 37 in the bight of the rear frame member 34. The strap 40 can then be tightened about the instep or ankle of the shoe S, and the overshoe will then be firmly but removably attached to the shoe S and about the skate 11.

It will, therefore, be obvious that the skater may apply the skate 11 to the shoe S where the skate 11 is of a removable type and then attach the overshoe hereinbefore described to the shoe and about the skate and this may be done in a warm room so that it will not be necessary for the skater to change shoes outdoors. Upon arriving at the skating rink, the overshoe may be readily detached by merely loosening the strap 40 and raising the shoe S and the skate 11 vertically and out of the overshoe structure. The overshoe structure can be replaced at the skating rink,

as hereinbefore described, without removing or changing shoes and the person can then walk upon the ground or other hard surfaces without injuring the blade or runner 15 as this blade is suspended within the frames 19, 20 and 21 out of engagement with the bottoms of these frames.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit'thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:-

1. A skate protecting means comprising a frame structure including front and rear mem-- bers each of said members having a substantially vertically disposed supporting structure, a bot tom secured to the supporting structure, a slotted top secured to the top of the supporting structure, the slot in the top of one of the members opening through each end of the top and the slot in the top of the other of the members terminating inwardly of the adjacent end of the member, and attaching means for attaching the device to a shoe, said skate being suspended within the front and rear members intermediate the top and bottom of the members. other means may be used to hold these two.

2. A skate protecting means comprising a frame structure including front and rear frame members, an intermediate frame member telescopingeach of said members, means for adjustably securing the front and rear frame members to said intermediate member, said front and rear members having a slotted'top secured thereto for engagement with the sole of a shoe, the slot of one ofthe'frame members extending en tirely through the: member and dividing said one member into two parts, the slot in the other frame member terminating inwardly of one end of the member, a strap secured to; one of the frame members, and means integral with the other of the frame members and coacting with the strap to hold the frame structure against movement relative to a shoe.

ADOLF KUTCHERA.

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