Adjustable roller skate structure

An adjustable roller skate structure of the type including a front body with a roller and axle assembly, a rear body with a roller and axle assembly, a shoe ridge connecting the front and rear bodies together and having a top surface and a pair of side edges, a rear casing and a brake pad mounted on the rear body, the improvement comprising:

• a) the shoe ridge including a tooth track on the top surface and a guide track extending outwardly from each side edge;
• b) the rear body including a left body portion and a right body portion of corresponding configurations, each body portion including a recessed top surface having a central hole therethrough, the body portions being disposable in overlapping coincidence with each other to position the holes in alignment, and each body portion further including a slot for engagement by the guide tracks of the shoe ridge;
• c) a latching block disposed within the aligned holes of the body portions and clamped therebetween for pivotal movement, the latching block including a surface defined by a plurality of teeth for engaging the tooth track of the shoe ridge, and means for biasing the teeth of the latching block into engagement with the tooth track;
• d) the rear casing including a hole through a bottom surface thereof, the latching block being accessible through the hole;
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• e) whereby when the latching block is pivoted against the biasing means, the teeth are disengaged from the tooth track to permit the shoe ridge to be adjusted relative to the rear body and thereafter secured in the desired position of adjustment by releasing the latching block.