ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,339, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Velasa Sports Inc. (Acton, Mass.).
"Skate blade clamping systems" was invented by Daniel A. Beaudet (Lexington, Mass.) and Russell K. Layton Jr. (Acton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for a skate blade including a peripheral rim including a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface configured to interface with a skate and the bottom surface configured to be in contact with a skating surface. The peripheral rim can include a first material, the peripheral rim defining one or more openings between the top surface and the bottom surface. The skate blade ...