Abstract: An assembly including a mast dressing device that can be fastened to the mast, and a peripheral element or a series of mutually connected peripheral elements suspended from a top part of the mast. The dressing device is adapted to be hoisted by the mast, such that one peripheral element of the dressing device extends spirally around the mast, and/or a series of peripheral elements which are mutually connected by connecting elements are positioned in the vertical direction at a distance from each other.

Abstract: An assembly comprising a mast and a device that can be fastened to the mast, wherein the device comprises a dressing device which comprises a peripheral element or a series of mutually connected peripheral elements and is suspended from a top part of said mast. Further, a dressing device is described for use in such an assembly, and a method for dressing a mast, wherein a dressing device is hoisted into the mast, such that one peripheral element of the dressing device extends spirally around the mast, and/or a series of peripheral elements which are mutually connected by connecting elements are located in vertical direction at a distance from each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a frame for a sporting device for coupling to a shoe, such as a ski which is slidable or rollable by means of wheels, in particular a cross-country ski, or a skate frame for an ice-skate or roller-skate, which frame comprises: an upper sub-frame with means for coupling to a shoe to be worn by a user, a lower sub-frame which is coupled via a pivot mechanism to said upper sub-frame for pivoting in a main plane and which is provided with or adapted to be provided with a runner or wheels; and a resetting spring for urging both sub-frames toward each other. The frame according to the invention has the special feature that the sub-frames are mutually pivotable and translatable in the said main plane. A specific embodiment has the feature that the sub-frames form part of a mechanism comprising at least four mutually pivotable and/or translatable rods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a frame for a skate intended for coupling to a skating shoe provided with a sole plate, which frame carries at least three freely rotatable wheels lying in one principal plane or a skate blade.The insight underlying the invention is that for the achieving of high speeds and the best possible cornering, the above outlined principles from the ice skating sport could be applied to the sport of roller skating.In this respect the invention provides a frame for a roller skate as described above of which each connected group of at least two wheels has a tangent which extends outside each remaining wheel. In the case of three wheels for example, only two wheels touch the ground simultaneously using such a construction. This could be regarded as a discrete approach to the curvature of an ice skate gliding surface.

Abstract: A support assembly for attachment to a skating shoe includes a frame having two fastening brackets with openings through which connection members extending away from the sole plate of the skating shoe can extend and either a skate blade or at least three freely rotatable wheels attached to the frame. When the support assembly includes at least three wheels, they are attached to the frame such that each group of at least two wheels has an underlying tangent which extends outside each remaining wheel.

Abstract: A support assembly for attachment to a skating shoe includes a frame having two fastening brackets with openings through which connection members extending away from the sole plate of the skating shoe can extend and either a skate blade or at least three freely rotatable wheels attached to the frame. When the support assembly includes at least three wheels, they are attached to the frame such that each group of at least two wheels has an underlying tangent which extends outside each remaining wheel.