ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,467, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Velasa Sports Inc. (Acton, Mass.).
"Skate blade sharpening system" was invented by Russell K. Layton Jr. (Acton, Mass.), Daniel A. Beaudet (Lexington, Mass.), Ivan D. Goryachev (Nashua, N.H.), Matt Hanczor (Redding, Conn.), Clive Bolton (Acton, Mass.) and Alex Taylor Willisson (Acton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skate blade grinding system used to sharpen and profile the blades of ice skates. The skate blade grinding system can include a housing that includes an elongated slot for receiving the blade of an ice skate for sharpening, and clamp jaws for retaining the skate. The skate blad...