Combination brake and wheel system for in-line roller skates and the like
AssigneeFPD Technology, Inc.
InventorGary J. Spletter
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Abstract
A brake and wheel for in-line roller skates having multiple slip disks (30a to 30ad) which are placed on retainer ring (40). Slip disks (30a to 30ad) being made of flexible plastic material, and retainer ring (40) being made of low friction plastic material. Retainer ring (40) being snapped closed once slip disks (30a to 30ad) are in place. A right rim (20) and a left rim (50) are placed abutting each other. The rims are joined in the circular hollow of assembled retainer ring (40) and slip disks (30a to 30ad) by screws (10a to 10c).
Claims20
A wheel assembly for use on an in-line skate, the wheel assembly comprising:
- (a) a radially arranged support structure defining an outer periphery defining a groove, and an attachment means for mounting said radially arranged support structure on the frame of an in-line skate or the like,
- (b) transverse rolling means mounted in said groove for enabling rolling of said wheel assembly at a right angle to the direction of rotation of said radially arranged support structure, said rolling means being placed and retained within the groove of said support structure and contacting the interior surface of said groove so that, when a skater directs the skate in an orientation transverse to the skater's direction of travel, the transverse rolling means and the interior surface of said groove cooperate to brake the skater.
A wheel assembly for use on an in-line skate, said wheel assembly comprising:
- A. a radially arranged support structure having a groove defined along the periphery thereof, and an attachment means for mounting said support structure on the frame of the in-line skate,
- B. transverse rolling means mounted along the groove to enable rolling of said wheel assembly in a direction transverse to the primary direction of motion of the skater,
- C. retaining means for holding said transverse rolling means in said groove.
A wheel assembly for use on an in-line skate, the wheel assembly comprising:
- A. one or more rolling elements for enabling rolling in a direction transverse to the primary direction of travel of a skater, said rolling elements having at least one circular cross section, are arranged with their axes of rotation forming the chord of a circle.
- B. transverse rotatable support means for enabling rolling in the same direction of travel as the skater, said transverse rotatable support means having, (i) an attachment means for mounting on an in-line skate or the like, and (ii) a retaining means for holding said rolling elements in close proximity with a proximate surface of said transverse rotatable support means, so that, when a skater directs the skate in an orientation transverse to the skater's direction of travel, the transverse rolling means and said proximate surface cooperate to brake the skater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.