Wearable device
AssigneeV.N.O. LLC
InventorRoger R. Adams
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Abstract
A wearable device configured to selectively provide roller transportation, the wearable device including a shoe, a plurality of wheel assemblies, each wheel assembly being configured to selectively roll relative to a ground surface about an associated axis of rotation, and a frame connected between the wheel assemblies, the frame comprising a trunk and a plurality of branches extending from the trunk, each of the branches being configured for connection to at least one of the plurality of wheel assemblies, wherein at least a portion of the shoe is located vertically higher than at least a portion of the frame when at least one of the wheel assemblies is in contact with the ground surface and the at least one of the wheel assemblies is positioned to selectively roll relative to the ground surface.
Claims20
A wearable device configured to selectively provide roller transportation, comprising:
- a shoe comprising a sole having a front sole and a rear sole;
- a plurality of wheel assemblies comprising two front wheel assemblies and two rear wheel assemblies each having an axle, each wheel assembly being configured to selectively roll relative to a ground surface about an associated axis of rotation;
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- a frame connected between the wheel assemblies, the frame comprising a trunk having an upper interface surface and a plurality of branches extending from the trunk, each of the branches being configured for connection to at least one of the plurality of wheel assemblies;
- wherein each of the plurality of branches extend at least partially beyond the sole of the shoe when the shoe is positioned within the frame,
- wherein a center of rotation of each axle of the two front wheel assemblies and the two rear wheel assemblies is located vertically higher than the upper interface surface,
- wherein the frame is configured to allow simultaneous contact of the rear wheels and the rear sole with the ground surface, and
- wherein each of the branches comprise a suspension block extending in a substantially vertical direction from the associated branch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.