Actor Marlon Brando has four patents, all named "Drumhead tensioning device and method."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392991 | Method of customizing a blade holder for an ice skate A method of customizing a blade holder for an ice skate, comprising: (a) providing to a customer a blade holder body being at least partly made of a clear material and comprising a front pedestal with a front inner surface, a rear pedestal with a rear inner surface ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7234709 | Skating blade with improved rocker A skating blade with a cross-section of three different portions. The upper portion is narrower, the middle portion is wider and the lower portion is trapezoidal to give improved ice penetration at the lower edges. The rocker is formed with two different curves. The... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7175187 | Wheeled skate with step-in binding and brakes The present invention teaches an apparatus and method for removably securing an article of footwear suitable for walking, running, or bicycling to a wheeled skate. Further, the present invention also teaches a brake device for use with a wheeled skate. In addition, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7036828 | Extruded light-weight figure skate blade holder with two part blade An extruded light-weight blade support with a blade for a figure skate including an extruded holding means having a first portion and a second portion and a blade removably mounted to the extruded holding means. The first and second portions may be mounted to the fi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6932361 | Skate with removable blade A skate that includes a boot fixed between an insole and an outsole. The insole has at least one retainer projecting through an aperture in the outsole. The retainer extends into an interior chamber formed in a blade holder. An adapter is mounted in a recess in the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6851680 | Skate chassis with pitch adjustment An ice skate chassis is configured so that a user can adjust the pitch of the skate chassis between a plurality of discrete pitch positions. The pitch is adjusted by locking the ice blade at a desired angle relative to a bladeholder of the chassis. The blade can be ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6623017 | Skate with removable blade A skate that includes a boot fixed between an insole and an outsole. The insole has a pair of retainers projecting through apertures in the outsole for receiving one end of a pair of legs projecting from a blade runner. The retainers extend through interi... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6419241 | Ice skate runner An ice skate assembly with a provision for the replacement of ice skate runners. The ice skate assembly includes a molded runner holder having a pair of side walls, the side walls extending downwards and forming a groove therebetween where a runner is rec... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6409183 | Reinforced elongate metal body An elongate metal body, for instance an aluminium rod, with a chosen cross-sectional form manufactured by extrusion. It is a first object of the invention to make an elongate metal body stiffer and stronger without this entailing an increase in weight. In... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6364321 | Skate with removable blade A skate that includes a boot fixed between an insole and an outsole. The insole has a pair of retainers projecting through apertures in the outsole for receiving one end of a pair of legs projecting from a blade runner. The retainers extend through interi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6109622 | Ice skate chassis and blade holder assembly A skate blade holder assembly for an ice skate has a substantially rigid reinforcement member extending longitudinally from a front mounting portion to a rear mounting portion of the skate blade holder assembly. The substantially rigid reinforcement membe... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6086084 | Reinforced elongate metal body The invention relates to an elongate metal body, for instance an aluminium rod with a chosen cross-sectional form manufactured by extrusion. It is a first object of the invention to make an elongate metal body stiffer and stronger without this entailing a... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5484148 | Skate blade assembly with reinforcement insert A rigid reinforcement member extends longitudinally along the neck portion of the skate blade holder, to reduce stress and improve force transfer. The blade holder has a longitudinal slot running along the bottom thereof to receive a blade or runner, whic... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5388845 | Blade assembly for an ice skate An ice blade assembly includes a hollow base frame including an upper wall with two sides, a side wall extending downward from each side of the upper wall, and a pair of spaced retaining ribs projecting downward from an underside of the upper wall and ext... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5318310 | Runner support for a skate A blade support made of molded plastics including an elongated V-shaped beam with a hollow pedestal extending upwardly from the rear of the beam to meet the sole in the heel area of the skate boot. A second pedestal extends from the inner wing of the beam... | 06/07/1994 |
| 4131288 | Skate with replaceable blade A skate made up of a specially constructed frame and a removably mounted blade of particular construction. The frame is die-cast and has front and rear sole plates, respective front and rear pedestals extending from said sole plates, and a tube-shaped sec... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4071938 | Method of making composite skate assembly The invention provides ice skates and methods of making ice skates which have a body of a synthetic plastic material and a steel blade. The body includes an upper portion for attachment to the sole of a suitable boot and the blade has an upper portion enc... | 02/07/1978 |