Ice skate blade guard roller apparatus

Abstract

A roller apparatus mountable to an ice skate blade. The roller apparatus includes a pair of wheel assemblies having an axle mountable through apertures in a skate guard or a rail mounted over a skate guard which receives an ice skate blade. At least one of front and heel straps are mountable to the skate guard or the rail to releasibly secure the roller apparatus to an ice skate. The wheels are laterally spaced pairs of front and rear wheels or front and rear inline wheels.

1 - 59 . (canceled)  
   
   
       60 . A roller apparatus releasibly mountable over an ice skate blade attached to a boot by a blade mount and comprising: 
 a skate guard having an open ended channel for receiving a skate ice blade and extending a length;    a plurality of apertures extending transversely to said length in a longitudinally spaced manner along said length of said skate guard;    pairs of wheel assemblies, each having an axle mountable through one of said apertures in said skate guard, said skate guard supporting the wheel assemblies    a heel strap formed of elastic material for maintaining said skate guard on the blade, wherein said heel strap includes a portion receivable in one of said apertures such that either one of said wheel assemblies or said heel strap is receivable in any one of said plurality of apertures.    
   
   
       61 - 68 . (canceled)  
   
   
       69 . The roller apparatus of  claim 60  wherein said portion of said heel strap is a pin.  
   
   
       70 . The roller apparatus of  claim 60  wherein each of said plurality of apertures is further defined as an open slot.