Ice skate attachment

Abstract

An ice skate attachment assembly for converting a single runner blade ice skate into as multiple runner blade ice skate is provided. The assembly includes a skate guard having a bottom surface and including a channel for receiving and supporting the single runner blade of the ice skate. The assembly further includes at least two multi-runner blades secured with the skate guard and being laterally spaced from one another on either lateral side of the skate guard with each of the multi-runner blades extending below the bottom surface of the skate guard to an ice-engaging edge.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of reversibly converting a single runner blade ice skate into a multiple runner blade ice skate, comprising the steps of:
 preparing an ice skate having a boot and a single runner blade joined with said boot via a support frame;   preparing an ice skate attachment assembly including a skate guard and at least two multi-runner blades secured on opposite lateral sides of the skate guard, the skate guard including a longitudinally extending channel; and   guiding the single runner blade of the ice skate into the channel of the skate guard.   
     
     
         2 . The method as set forth in  claim 1  wherein the skate guard further includes an elastic retention strap and further including the step of securing the elastic retention strap with a support frame of the ice skate. 
     
     
         3 . The method as set forth in  claim 1  wherein the ice skate attachment assembly includes a pair of multi-runner blades. 
     
     
         4 . The method as set forth in  claim 3  wherein the multi-runner blades are spaced from the opposite lateral sides of the skate guard. 
     
     
         5 . A method of detachably mounting a pair of multi-runner blades onto a skate guard for a single runner blade ice skate, comprising the steps of:
 preparing a skate guard having a bottom surface, a top surface with a longitudinally extending channel, and at least two openings spaced longitudinally from one another;   positioning at least two multi-runner blades on opposite lateral sides of the skate guard so that at least two longitudinally spaced apertures on each of the multi-runner blades align with the at least two openings in the skate guard and so that a bottom ice-engaging edge of each multi-runner blade is spaced vertically below the bottom surface of the skate guard; and   inserting fasteners through the aligned ones of the apertures in the multi-runner blades and openings in the skate guard to detachably secure the multi-runner blades with the skate guard on either lateral side of the skate guard.