Skating velocipede apparatus

A skating velocipede apparatus to facilitate high speed skating propulsion of a skater along a smooth hard ground surface while in a seated position, comprising:

• structurally strong framework means including at least one longitudinal support member having a front end and a rear end and an intermediate seat-supporting portion positioned therebetween, said intermediate seat-supporting portion being provided on an upper side thereof with seat means for a skater operating the skating velocipede apparatus to sit upon, said longitudinal support member being provided forwardly of said intermediate seat-supporting portion with transversely extending thigh-receiving thigh-abutment means adapted to receive the thighs of a skater who is seated on the seat means in a manner such that force is adapted to be exerted by the skater's thighs upwardly and forwardly against said thigh-abutment means while force is exerted downwardly relative to said support member by the weight of the skater resting upon said means carried by said support member rearwardly of said thigh-abutment means, thus causing said longitudinal support member to comprise and function as an effective lever means, with said thigh-abutment means comprising and functioning as an effective fulcrum means, and with said rear end being adapted to be forced downwardly and to comprise and function as an output end of said effective lever means;
• said rear end of said longitudinal support member being provided with downwardly projecting wheel means for downwardly forced contact with a smooth hard underlying ground surface;
• said rear end of said longitudinal support member being provided with an effectively downwardly directed frictional brake means at a location rearwardly displaced beyond said downwardly projecting wheel means whereby to be controllably effectively pivotally moveable downwardly into forced braking contact with an underlying smooth hard-ground surface whenever the front end of said longitudinal support member is forcibly manually lifted upwardly in a manual braking action, said front end of said longitudinal support member being rigidly provided with a three-axes-torque-applying positional orientation control means comprising a substantially upwardly extending neck portion rigidly angularly related to the remainder of said longitudinal support member and having an upper terminus rigidly provided with a substantially transversely symmetrically mounted and extending manually graspable rigid handle means for use in forcibly performing said uplifting manual braking action when desired and effectively applying torque around a transverse axis of rotation substantially coincident with said thigh-abutment means and, alternatively, for use in response to the application of torque manually applied thereto around a longitudinal axis of rotation substantially coincident with the longitudinal axis of the rest of said longitudinal support member, and of torque manually applied, thereto around a vertical axis of rotation substantially coincident with said neck portion, to cause corresponding tilting of said thigh-abutment means, said seat means, and said rear-positioned, downwardly-projecting wheel means in a manner causing a corresponding turning movement of the entire apparatus relative to a forward direction of skating propulsion of the apparatus in response to conventional skating movements of a skater's legs and skate-bearing feet while seated on the seat means and while having his thighs engaged by said thigh-abutment means.