Roller skate

A soleplate for a roller skate of the type including a truck assembly securable to the soleplate by a fastener assembly, said fastener assembly including an elongated shank member having a threaded end portion, said fastener assembly further including as components a head at an opposite end of said shank member and a nut engageable with the threaded end portion, the soleplate comprising:

• a unitary member having a top surface and a bottom surface, said unitary member including an embossment integral with and depending from said bottom surface, said embossment including an aperture through a bottom end thereof for receiving said shank member in a position depending from the soleplate, said aperture including axially aligned first and second portions respectively of first relatively large predetermined and second relatively small predetermined transverse dimensions and a seat between said first and second portions, at least one of the components having transverse dimensions less than said first and greater than said second predetermined transverse dimensions, said aperture further including a slot substantially transverse to said first and second portions and communicating therewith axially above said seat for passing one of said components and said shank member to said first and second portions during assembly of the fastener assembly with the soleplate, said one component having a side surface, said first portion having a surface engageable with said surface of said one component for preventing rotation of said component, said one component being movable through said slot, into said first portion and thence axially toward said second portion for engagement with said seat when fully assembled with said soleplate, tightening of said nut on said threaded portion causing the shank member to be non-rotatably and positively secured to said soleplate.