ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,384, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SPORT MASKA INC..

"Skate blade holder with blade attachment mechanism and blade therefor" was invented by Alexandre Lavallee (Ste-Anne-des-Lacs, Canada), Andrew Cormack (Deux-Montagnes, Canada), Philippe Lapierre (Montreal), Georges-Emmanuel Harvey (Laval, Canada) and Bernard Daoust (Sutton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skate and a replaceable skate blade are disclosed. The skate includes a boot and a blade assembly with a blade holder and a blade removably mounted to the holder. A locking pin is displaceable relative the blade holder between a blade locking position in which a tip o...