US 11,969,851 B2
Skate blade sharpening system
Daniel A. Beaudet, Lexington, MA (US); Ivan D. Goryachev, Nashua, NH (US); Brian Austin, Boston, MA (US); and Russell K. Layton, Jr., Acton, MA (US)
Assigned to Velasa Sports, Inc., Acton, MA (US)
Filed by Velasa Sports, Inc., Acton, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/989,770.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,885, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032419 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B24B 3/00 (2006.01); A63C 3/10 (2006.01); B24B 9/04 (2006.01); B24B 55/06 (2006.01); B24B 55/10 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 3/003 (2013.01) [A63C 3/10 (2013.01); B24B 9/04 (2013.01); B24B 55/102 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A skate sharpening system comprising an operative unit and a base, the operative unit comprising a central body, the central body comprising a skate receiving slot, a skate clamp being positioned adjacent to the skate receiving slot such that a skate can be secured within the skate receiving slot for a sharpening operation, the operative unit further comprising a grinding unit, the grinding unit being configured to translate along a length of the slot such that the grinding unit can conduct the sharpening operation on the skate that is secured within the skate receiving slot, the operative unit being positioned over at least a portion of the base, the base comprising a swarf-receiving cavity, the operative unit and the base being pivotably connected.