Releasable axle assembly for skate wheels
AssigneeDietrick Sports Products, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Cech
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Abstract
A releasable axle assembly for skate wheels is disclosed, the assembly including an axle, a nut threadable on one end of the axle, a pivotable retainer connected on the other end of the axle, and a stop/washer on the axle adjacent to the retainer. The retainer includes a camming lever movable between securing and relaxed positions against the stop/washer. The lever is manipulated by an actuator/cap that is pivotably connected to the lever.
Claims18
A skate wheel axle assembly comprising:
- an axle having first and second end portions;
- a first retainer at said first end portion of said axle;
- a second retainer pivotably connected with said second end portion of said axle and having first surface;
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- a stop including a center bore slidably maintained on said second end portion of said axle adjacent to said second retainer, said first surface of said second retainer bearing against said stop when said second retainer is pivoted to a securing position.
A releasable axle assembly for skate wheels comprising:
- an axle having first and second end portions;
- a first retainer at said first end portion of said axle;
- a second retainer pivotably connected with said second end portion of said axle;
- manipulating means pivotably connected with said second retainer for movement of said second retainer;
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- wherein either said second retainer or said axle includes a yoke and wherein the other of said second retainer or said axle includes a tongue, said tongue being pivotably retained in said yoke.
A manually releasable axle assembly for a skate wheel associated with an in-line skate having a truck with openings for receipt therethrough of an axle, said axle assembly comprising:
- an axle having first and second end portions and slidably receivable through the openings in the truck, said second end portion having a tongue extending from an abutment;
- retainment means at said first end portion of said axle for abutting the truck when said axle is received through the openings in the truck;
- a retainer pivotably secured on said second end portion of said axle and being of a size larger than the openings in the truck, said retainer including a camming lever and a lever manipulating cap pivotably connected to one another, said retainer pivotable between a securing position inhibiting axle rotation when said axle is received through the openings in the truck and said nut is engaged at said first end portion of the axle and a relaxed position enabling said axle rotation;
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- a stop/washer mounted on said tongue of said second end portion of said axle and maintained thereon between said retainer and said abutment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.