US 12,168,279 B2
Skate blade and apparatus for removing material from a skate blade
Magnus Eriksson, Njurunda (SE); and Linus Berglund, Sundsvall (SE)
Assigned to BAUER HOCKEY LTD., Blainville (CA)
Filed by BAUER HOCKEY LTD., Blainville (CA)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,199.
Application 17/508,199 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,610, filed on Aug. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,806,826.
Application 16/988,610 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/854,433, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,878,386.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,989, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0040812 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B24B 21/00 (2006.01); A63C 1/02 (2006.01); A63C 1/32 (2006.01); B24B 3/00 (2006.01); B24B 3/36 (2006.01); B24B 9/04 (2006.01); B24D 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 21/006 (2013.01) [A63C 1/02 (2013.01); A63C 1/32 (2013.01); B24B 3/003 (2013.01); B24B 3/36 (2013.01); B24B 9/04 (2013.01); B24B 21/002 (2013.01); B24D 15/066 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blade for a skate for skating on ice, the skate comprising a skate boot configured to receive a foot of a user, the skate further comprising a blade holder disposed below the skate boot and configured to hold the blade, the blade being elongate and having a length, the blade comprising:
ice-contacting material with an ice-contacting surface for contacting the ice, the ice-contacting surface having a machined longitudinal profile with a radius of curvature that varies smoothly over a region of interest of the blade, the region of interest occupying a majority of the length of the blade.