Roller skate having ankle bracing support

A single tracked roller skate, comprising:

• a base,
• a plurality of rollers, arranged along a single track,
• means mounting said base on said plurality of rollers,
• first and second fastening means on said base for fastening said skate to the foot of a wearer, said first fastening means being located adjacent the front of the base and said second fastening means being located adjacent the back of said base for fastening the ankle of a wearer, said second fastening means comprising:
• heel grip means including a generally U-shaped, rigid yoke member which is rigidly secured to the rear of said base and projects obliquely upwardly and forwardly therefrom to surround the heel of the wearer,
• an ankle strap on said heel grip means for encircling the foot of a wearer about the ankle,
• ankle support means engageable with the leg of a wearer immediately above the ankle, said ankle support means including a cradle for supporting engagement with the leg of a wearer, said ankle support cradle being a concave C-shape in cross section and inwardly convex in longitudinal section, and
• means pivotably mounting said ankle support means on said heel grip means at a point adjacent to the wearer's ankle, so as to permit pivotal displacement with respect to said base about an axis substantially parallel to the rolling axis of said rollers.