Skate having angularly mounted wheels
AssigneeJeannette L. Brandner
InventorErnest E. Brandner
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Abstract
A roller skate in accordance with this invention utilizes at least two angularly mounted wheels disposed generally in an in-line relationship. This skate comprises a mounting plate having a pair of oppositely disposed surfaces, with one of such surfaces being adapted to be fastened to the sole of a boot or shoe. At least one wheel mounting bracket is affixed along the longitudinal axis of the other surface of the mounting plate, for supporting the axles upon which the wheels of the skate are rotatably mounted, with the treads of the wheels disposed in alignment. The angular disposition of the wheels enables the user of my skate to achieve improved roll, and better traction during a turn and in a power stroke.
Claims16
A roller skate utilizing angularly mounted wheels disposed generally in an in-line relationship, said skate comprising a mounting plate having a pair of oppositely disposed surfaces, with one of said surfaces being adapted to be fastened to the sole of a boot or shoe, means for mounting a plurality of angularly disposed wheels on said mounting plate, said wheels being affixed in a consistent, evenly-spaced relationship to the other surface of said mounting plate, along the longitudinal axis thereof, with the treads of at least three of said wheels disposed in alignment, each of said wheels of said skate being disposed at an angle between 11.degree. and 21.degree. to the vertical, with at least two of said angularly disposed wheels being inclined in the same direction with regard to a vertical plane passed along the longitudinal axis of said mounting plate, and an intermediate, angularly mounted wheel located an equal distance between said at least two angularly disposed wheels and inclined in an opposite direction with respect to said at least two angularly disposed wheels, the non-perpendicular relationship of said wheels to said other surface of the mounting plate enabling a user of the skate to achieve improved traction during a turn.
A roller skate utilizing at least three closely spaced, angularly mounted wheels disposed generally in an in-line relationship, said skate comprising a mounting plate having a pair of opposite surfaces, with one of said surfaces adapted to be fastened to the sole of a boot or shoe, a plurality of wheel mounting brackets affixed in a consistently spaced, close relationship along the longitudinal axis of the other surface of said mounting plate, with each of said brackets configured to support an axle upon which a wheel of the skate is rotatably mounted, said brackets being secured upon said mounting plate in an alternating, non-vertical relationship thereto, a first of said brackets being secured to said mounting plate with a significant portion thereof disposed at a selected angle to the vertical, closely adjacent which a second bracket is secured to said mounting plate at the same angle, and on the opposite side of the vertical, a third bracket secured closely adjacent said second bracket, parallel to said first bracket, with said third bracket therefore being disposed at the same angle to the vertical as said first bracket, with said brackets thus serving to support the wheels of the skate in an evenly-spaced, alternating angular array, with treads of the wheels disposed in alignment, the alternate angular mounting of the wheel array enabling said brackets to be mounted close together along the longitudinal axis of said other surface of said mounting plate with the wheels in an overlapping relationship in which undesirable contact from one wheel to another is avoided, the angularity of the wheels enabling the user of the skate to achieve improved traction during a turn and a power stroke.
A roller skate utilizing at least three angularly mounted wheels disposed generally in an in-line relationship, said skate comprising a mounting plate having a pair of oppositely disposed surfaces, with one of said surfaces being adapted to be fastened to the sole of a boot or shoe, wheel mounting bracket means affixed along the longitudinal axis of said other surface of said mounting plate, with said bracket means configured to angularly support at least one axle upon which a wheel of the skate is rotatably mounted, with the treads of the wheels disposed in alignment, the wheels of said skate being disposed in an evenly-spaced, non-symmetrical relationship to a vertical plane passed along the longitudinal axis of said mounting plate, with at least two of said wheels being inclined at the same angle, and in the same direction with regard to the plane vertical to said mounting plate, each of said wheels of said skate being disposed at an angle between 11.degree. and 21.degree. to the vertical, with an angularly disposed wheel mounted in an intermediate position between such wheels inclined at the same angle and with the wheel in the intermediate position disposed in a direction opposite thereto, the angular disposition of the wheels enabling the user of the skate to achieve improved traction during a turn and a power stroke.
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