ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,576, issued on July 8.
"Ice skating assist system" was invented by Rick Gauthier (Kenora, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice skating assist system for facilitating skating on a sheet of ice includes a sheet of ice and a support to facilitate upright stabilization of a person on the sheet of ice. The support includes a plurality of legs equally spaced laterally from each other and from a vertical center axis about which the plurality of legs is positioned. The support further includes a plurality of feet and a closed loop attached to each of the legs. A brace is coupled to each of the legs to reinforce a position of the legs ...