Abstract: A case for carrying ice skates in the form of a carrying container of rectangular box-like configuration having side end and bottom walls and a lid. The bottom wall of the interior of the container is provided with a pair of spaced apart rails which extend along the length of the bottom wall thereof. The space between the rails is adapted to freely receive the blade of an ice skate when the sole of the skate boot is supported on the rails. The height of the rails such that the skate blade is wholly out of contact with the bottom wall. At least one of the end walls is provided with an exterior groove which extends from the bottom wall to the lid of the container. The groove is of a width and depth for receiving and disposing the blade of an ice skate within and wholly out of contact with the side and bottom of the groove when the sole of the skate boot is supported on the end wall, thereby aiding a skater in putting on and/or taking off his ice skates.

Abstract: Disclosed is a platform in which is centrally disposed a turntable designed to facilitate off-rink practice in the execution of spins. The turntable is provided with a pair of identical but opposite skate support blocks, adapted to support a skate boot and transversely spaced to define between them a blade-receiving slot or groove.

Abstract: An ice skater's aid is provided, to facilitate a skater's putting on or taking off his ice skates. The aid takes a form, in a preferred embodiment, of a generally rectangular block-like article approximately coextensive in length with the boot or shoe of the ice skate, and has a continuous, longitudinal groove adapted to receive the blade of the skate. The groove or slot opens upwardly, running longitudinally and centrally of the article and being bounded on both sides by a protective pad having a corrugated or otherwise irregular surface. When the boot of an ice skate is supported upon the padded surface of the article, the skate blade, which may be sheathed by a conventional blade guard, is received in the groove or slot out of contact with adjacent surfaces. The device elevates the boot in respect to a floor upon which the aid is supported and offers a convenient means facilitating lacing or unlacing of the boot by users, particularly older or portly persons.