Skate with in-line wheels

A skate having in-line wheels, said skate comprising:

• a shoe having a sole;
• a chassis including an upper generally horizontally disposed plate and a downwardly extending part having at least one lateral flange;
• means for fastening said sole to said chassis;
• a plurality of wheels, each of said plurality of wheels including a hub, a tire surrounding said hub and a bearing interpolated between said tire and said hub for enabling relative rotation between said tire and said hub, a respective transverse axle extending through each said hub for joining a respective one of said plurality of wheels to said lateral flange to thereby constitute a roller train, each said hub comprising an arrangement for enabling a predeterminate amount of angular deflection of said hub with respect to a horizontal plane and each said hub further comprising an elastic recoil device for absorbing vibrations between said tire and said chassis as said hub is angularly deflected;
• each said wheel comprising a central axis and each said axle extending along an axis horizontally offset relative to said central axis;
• each said hub further comprising an oblong slot extending along an arc of a radius emanating from said offset axis, said oblong slot having opposite ends;
• and
• each said elastic recoil device being positioned within said oblong slot.

An apparatus comprising:

• a skate wheel, a support for said skate wheel and with respect to which said skate wheel rotates, and a shock-absorbing arrangement interpolated between said skate wheel and said support;
• said skate wheel comprising:
• a hub;
• a tire surrounding said hub;
• a bearing interpolated between said tire and said hub for enabling relative rotation between said tire and said hub in a vertical plane of rotation;
• a transverse axle extending through said hub, thereby joining said skate wheel to said support, said axle extending along an axis horizontally offset relative to a central axis of said hub;
• and
• means for enabling a predeterminate amount of angular deflection of said hub with respect to a horizontal plane within said vertical plane of rotation;
• and
• said shock-absorbing arrangement comprising an elastic recoil device for absorbing vibrations between said tire and said support as said hub is angularly deflected.

An apparatus comprising:

• a skate wheel, a support for said skate wheel and with respect to which said skate wheel rotates, and a shock-absorbing arrangement interpolated between said skate wheel and said support;
• said skate wheel comprising:
• a hub;
• a tire surrounding said hub;
• a bearing interpolated between said tire and said hub for enabling relative rotation between said tire and said hub;
• a transverse axle extending through said hub, thereby joining said skate wheel to said support;
• and
• means for enabling a predeterminate amount of angular deflection of said hub with respect to a horizontal plane;
• said shock-absorbing arrangement comprising an elastic recoil device for absorbing vibrations between said tire and said support as said hub is angularly deflected;
• said skate wheel comprising a central axis and said axle extending along an axis horizontally offset relative to said central axis;
• said hub further comprising an oblong slot extending along an arc of a radius emanating from said offset axis, said oblong slot having opposite ends;
• and
• said elastic recoil device being positioned within said oblong slot.