US Patent Issued to HD SPORTS on March 25 for "Method of manufacturing a frame for an ice skate boot" (British, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,489, issued on March 25, was assigned to HD SPORTS Ltd. (Sheffield, Great Britain).

"Method of manufacturing a frame for an ice skate boot" was invented by Stefano Conte (Paese, Italy), Tom Cantwell (Sheffield, Great Britain), Robert P. Donahoe (Sheffield, Great Britain), Paul Harrity (Sheffield, Great Britain) and Liam Rains (Sheffield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a frame for an ice skate boot, the method including: a) moulding a substantially T-shaped body having a first plate and a second plate extending substantially perpendicularly from the first plate; b) milling the first plate to fo...