Transformable skate
AssigneeAnita Wu
InventorNeil Owen
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Abstract
A transformable skate is provided, including: a shoe body; a frame, connected to the shoe body; at least one first fork support, connected to the frame on which at least one first wheel is mounted; and an adjustable assembly, including a base and at least two second fork supports on which at least two second wheels are respectively mounted, the base being adjustably positioned to and blocked by the frame and the at least two second fork supports being each adjustably positioned to and blocked by the base so that the at least two second fork supports are constructed and arranged to position the at least two second wheels in an inline arrangement or in a parallel arrangement.
Claims8
A transformable skate, including:
- a shoe body;
- a frame, connected to the shoe body;
- at least one first fork support, connected to the frame on which at least one first wheel is mounted;
- and
- an adjustable assembly, including a base and at least two second fork supports on which at least two second wheels are respectively mounted, the base being adjustably positioned to and blocked by the frame and the at least two second fork supports being each adjustably positioned to and blocked by the base so that the at least two second fork supports are constructed and arranged to position the at least two second wheels in an inline arrangement or in a parallel arrangement;
- wherein the frame includes a room and two side walls at opposing sides of the room and projecting from a bottom surface of the room, the two side walls each include an opening, the openings of the two side walls are arranged diagonally and laterally open at opposing sides of the frame, and the base is received in the room and between the two side walls;
- wherein the frame includes a first connection structure, the base includes a second connection structure, the second connection structure includes only one insertion hole including a first section and a second section which is non-circular, the first connection structure includes only one insertion column received in the insertion hole and including a first shaft part and a second shaft part which is non-circular, the insertion column projects from the bottom surface of the room, the bottom surface of the room is connected between the two side walls, when the second shaft part is non-rotatably received in the second section, the base is non-rotatable about the insertion column, and by directly moving the base away from the bottom surface of the room the insertion hole moves axially relative to the insertion column to disengage the second shaft part from the second section so that the base is rotatable about the insertion column;
- wherein a fastener is disposed through the base and connected to the first connection structure, a spring is disposed and urged between the base and an enlarged head of the fastener, the base is biased by the spring toward the bottom surface of the room so that the second shaft part is kept non-rotatably received in the second section and so that there is a gap between the enlarged head and the base for axial movement of the base relative to the first connection structure;
- wherein when the at least two second wheels are in the parallel arrangement, the base projects, via the openings of the two side walls, laterally out beyond the room, the two side walls, the frame and opposing outmost sides of the shoe body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.