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US 5,257,795 AGranted
Skate braking system
OwnerMartin Babcockinventor
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Abstract
A braking system for in-line skates including a spring biased, pivotally mounted skid pad and wheel pad. The system includes a bracket which mounted to a wheel track and to which a pad support arm is pivotally mounted. A flanged skid pad and flanged wheel pad mount to mating channels of the support arm. A leaf spring provides a controlled bias to the pad support arm, skid pad and wheel pad and provides a controlled stopping action without skidding.
Claims11
Braking apparatus for a skate device, comprising:
- (a) a bracket including a first portion having first and second flange arms, which flange arms mount to both a wheel axle that extends through a wheel and a wheel support track and wherein first and second apertures are disposed in said first and second flange arms aft of said wheel, and said bracket having a second portion including at least one flange which mounts to a channel of the wheel support track;
- (b) means pivotally securing to said bracket a first and a second brake means for stopping said skate device, comprising 1) a second axle mounted through said first and second apertures, 2) a pad support arm mounted to pivot about said second axle between an aft wall of said bracket and the wheel, wherein said first brake means projects from a first region of said pad support arm to contact said wheel and said second brake means projects from a second region of said pad support arm to contact a wheel support surface;
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- (c) spring means mounted to project from said bracket and contact said pad support arm for biasing said pad support arm to a rest position in contact with said bracket where said second brake means is displaced from the wheel support surface and said first brake means is displaced from said wheel and such that upon engaging said second brake means with the wheel support surface said first brake means simultaneously pivots to engage said wheel.
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Braking apparatus for a skate device, comprising:
- (a) a bracket including a first portion having first and second flange arms, which flange arms mount to a first axle that extends through both a wheel and a wheel support track and wherein first and second apertures are disposed in said first and second flange arms aft of said wheel, and said bracket having a second portion including at least one flange which mounts to a channel of the wheel support track;
- (b) means pivotally securing at least one brake pad to said bracket for stopping said skate device upon engaging a wheel support surface comprised 1) a second axle mounted through said first and second apertures, 2) a pad support arm mounted to pivot about said second axle between an aft wall of said bracket and the wheel, wherein flanged surfaces of said brake pad and pad support arm couple said brake pad to said pad support arm;
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- (c) leaf spring means connected with said bracket to contact said pad support arm for biasing said pad support arm to a rest position in contact with a first stop surface of said bracket where said brake pad is displaced from the wheel support surface and a second stop surface of said bracket which defines therebetween a maximum rotation of said pad support arm.
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Braking apparatus for a skate device, comprising:
- (a) a bracket including a first portion having first and second flange arms, which flange arms mount to a wheel axle that extends through both a wheel and a wheel support track and wherein first and second apertures are disposed in said first and second flange arms aft of said wheel, and said bracket having a second portion including at least one flange, which extends from an aft wall of said bracket and mounts to a channel of the wheel support track;
- (b) means pivotally securing to said bracket at least a first brake means for stopping said skate device upon engaging a wheel support surface comprising 1) a second axle mounted through said first and second apertures and 2) a pad support arm mounted to pivot about said second axle between said aft wall and the wheel and from which pad support arm said first brake means projects;
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- (c) leaf spring means mounted to project from said bracket and contact said pad support arm for biasing said pad support arm between a rest position in contact with a first stop surface of said bracket and a second stop surface of said bracket which defines therebetween a maximum rotation of said pad support arm.
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