An ice skate blade edge measurement device includes a measurement device frame and a measurement indicator. The measurement device frame defines at least one storage location for the measurement indicator such that, when not being used to measure an alignment of a pair of sharpened skate blade edges
An ice skate blade edge measurement device includes a measurement device frame and a measurement indicator. The measurement device frame defines at least one storage location for the measurement indicator such that, when not being used to measure an alignment of a pair of sharpened skate blade edges, the measurement indicator can be stored. One storage location can be on a front side of the measurement device frame away from a measurement location and another storage location can be on a back side of the measurement device frame.
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1. An ice skate blade edge measurement device comprising a first portion and a second portion that is removably connectable to the first portion; the first portion providing a storage region and a reference relative to a vertical portion of a skate blade when in use,the second portion being removabl
1. An ice skate blade edge measurement device comprising a first portion and a second portion that is removably connectable to the first portion; the first portion providing a storage region and a reference relative to a vertical portion of a skate blade when in use,the second portion being removably positionable within the storage region of the first portion when not in use for providing a measurement such that the first and second portions can be moved around together when not in use for providing a measurement, andthe second portion providing a reference relative to a pair of sharpened edges of the skate blade when separated from the first portion and placed onto the pair of sharpened edges when in use for providing a measurement. 2. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 1, wherein the second portion is able to be secured in position in the storage region of the first portion when the second portion is not in use for providing a measurement. 3. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 2, wherein the second portion is secured in position in the storage region of the first portion using at least one coupling component. 4. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 3, wherein the coupling component is magnetic. 5. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 1, wherein the second portion nests onto the first portion in the storage region. 6. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 1, wherein the first portion can be mounted to the skate blade for use while the second portion is secured in the storage region. 7. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 6, wherein the second portion is removed from the first portion and positioned apart from but adjacent to the first portion when in use for measuring alignment of the pair of sharpened edges of the skate blade. 8. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 1, wherein the storage region of the first portion is a long term storage region and the first portion also comprises a second storage region that is a short term storage region, the short term storage region being defined solely by a magnetic or ferromagnetic region and the long term storage region being defined by at least one or more mechanical members. 9. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 8, wherein the long term storage region also is defined by at least one magnetic or ferromagnetic region. 10. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 1, wherein the first portion comprises an attachment portion that is used to removably connect the first portion to the skate blade in use such that a surface of the first portion abuts a side surface of the skate blade. 11. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 1, wherein the first portion comprises at least one indicia and, when in use, relative alignment of the second portion and the indicia indicates a degree of alignment between the pair of sharpened edges of the skate blade. 12. An ice skate blade edge measurement device comprising: a measurement device frame comprising: a skate blade mount configured to releasably couple the measurement device frame to a vertical surface of an ice skate blade in use;an elongate member connected to the skate blade mount, the elongate member having at least one measurement indicia, the at least one measurement indicia being configured to provide an indication of relative alignment between a pair of sharpened ice skate blade edges of the ice skate blade when a measurement indicator is positioned in a measurement position relative to the at least one measurement indicia; the measurement indicator comprising a magnet, the magnet being configured to magnetically position the measurement indicator on the pair of sharpened ice skate blade edges of the ice skate blade during measurement; andthe measurement device frame comprising a storage region and the measurement indicator being removably connectable to the measurement device frame in the storage region when not in use during measurement. 13. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 12, wherein the measurement device frame comprises a ferromagnetic portion positioned at a first location on the measurement device frame and wherein the magnet of the measurement indicator is positioned such that, when the measurement indicator is positioned in the storage region, the magnet of the measurement indicator and the ferromagnetic portion of the measurement device frame are magnetically attracted to one another. 14. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 12, wherein the measurement indicator comprises a first leg and a second leg, the first leg being perpendicular to the second leg, wherein: when in a measurement position, the first leg of the measurement indicator is positioned adjacent to, but spaced apart from, the elongate member and the second leg abuts the pair of sharpened ice skate blade edges of the ice skate blade and, when in the storage position, the first leg is positioned adjacent to the elongate member and the second leg is spaced apart from the pair of sharpened ice skate blade edges of the ice skate blade. 15. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 14, wherein the first leg of the measurement indicator is positioned adjacent to a forward surface of the elongate member when the measurement indicator is in the storage position. 16. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 14, wherein the first leg of the measurement indicator is positioned adjacent to a rearward surface of the elongate member when the measurement indicator is in the storage position. 17. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 14, wherein the measurement device frame further comprises one or more support members positioned on a backside of the elongate member, the one or more support members defining slots configured to receive a first leg of the elongate member, and wherein in the storage position the first leg is positioned within the slots and the second leg is positioned adjacent a portion of the elongate member. 18. The ice skate blade edge measurement device of claim 12, wherein the blade mount comprises a skate engagement foot configured to engage the skate blade within a slot of the blade mount. 19. A method comprising: releasably coupling a measurement device frame to an ice skate blade, the measurement device frame comprising at least one measurement indicia and a storage location for a measurement indicator;removing the measurement indicator from the storage location on the measurement device frame; andmagnetically positioning the measurement indicator on a skate blade edge of the ice skate blade with a magnet disposed on the measurement indicator, wherein the measurement indicator is positioned relative to the at least one measurement indicia on the measurement device frame and wherein a measurement of the ice skate blade edge is based, at least in part, on a location of the measurement indicator relative to the at least one measurement indicia of the measurement device frame. 20. The method of claim 19 further comprising returning the measurement indicator to a storage located on the measurement device frame by bringing into magnetic connection the magnet of the measurement indicator and a ferromagnetic component of the measurement device frame. 21. The method of claim 20 further comprising magnetically positioning the measurement indicator at a second storage location, wherein the second storage location is based at least in part on a magnetic attraction between the magnet and the ferromagnetic component, wherein the second storage location is different from the first storage location.
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Sebastian Brenner ; Michael J. Iorio, Ice skate blade gauge.
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