Brake for in-line roller skate
OwnerRobert F. Hoskininventor
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Abstract
A brake for in-line roller skates with an articulated mounting on the roller skate frame that movably mounts a roller for selective engagement with rear roller skate wheel on the skate and a ground engaging brake pad arrangement the serves to actuate mounting to move the roller into contact with the roller skate wheel and apply a braking force to the skate wheel and the skate itself.
Claims10
A brake for applying braking forces to an in-line roller skate used on a skating surface through the periphery of one of the skate wheels thereof comprising:
- mounting means mounted on the roller skate;
- roller means rotatably mounted on said mounting means and adapted to selectively engage the periphery of the skate wheel;
- braking means for applying a resistive force to said roller means to retard rotation of said roller means and also the skate wheel when said roller means is in engagement with the skate wheel;
- and,
- actuating means for selectively moving said roller means into contact with the periphery of the skate wheel and said braking means into contact with said roller means, said actuating means including ground-engaging means for selectively engaging the skating surface upon tilting of the roller skate to move said roller means into contact with the skate wheel and said braking means into contact with said roller means, thereby causing said braking means to apply said resistive force to said roller means and the rotation of said roller means to be retarded and thus applying a braking force to the skate wheel in opposition to the rotation thereof.
A method of braking an in-line roller skate for use on a skating surface, the skate having a plurality of wheels, a roller, braking means, and actuating means which includes ground engaging means, comprising the steps of:
- a) tilting the roller skate in a rearward direction to cause the actuating means to force the roller against the periphery of the rearmost roller skate wheel of the roller skate, upon engagement of the ground engaging means with the skating surface, to achieve non-slipping contact between the roller skate wheel and the roller so that the roller skate wheel drivingly rotates the roller;
- and,
- b) applying a rotary motion resisting force to the periphery of the roller independently of the roller skate wheel by causing the actuating means to force the braking means into contact with the roller as a result of the rearward tilting of the roller skate, thereby causing the roller to apply a braking force to the roller skate wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.