US 11,806,604 B2
Ice skating aid
Craig J Plizga, Glenwood Springs, CO (US)
Filed by Craig J Plizga, Glenwood Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,399.
Application 17/400,399 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/895,512, filed on Jun. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,517,801.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,894, filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0370156 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A63C 3/04 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63C 3/04 (2013.01) [A63B 69/0022 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of storing a skating aid when not in use, the method comprising:
providing the skating aid, the skating aid comprising (i) a body in the form of a novelty figure having at least a first flat bottom and a second flat bottom with each being selectively configured to rest on an underlying horizontal ice surface, the second flat bottom forming an angle of about 130-140 degrees relative to the first flat bottom, and (ii) an elongated handle with a handle axis, the handle axis extending outwardly and upwardly from the body at an angle of approximately 40 to 50 degrees relative to the first flat bottom and extending generally orthogonally relative to the second bottom, whereby the skating aid is in a use position to assist a skater in skating when the first flat bottom is positioned against the underlying horizontal ice surface, and in a storage position when the second flat bottom is positioned against the underlying horizontal ice surface; and
placing the second flat bottom on the underlying horizontal ice surface.