In-line skate

An in-line skate comprising

• at least one quarter articulated to a boot having a shell,
• a frame attached to the shell and supporting a plurality of aligned wheels,
• a support for a first brake oscillatably articulated to said frame, said support having two tabs pivoted at said frame and said first brake being connected to said quarter by a rod member, and
• a second brake constituted by a second pad which is associated with an adapted cross-member which connects said tabs of said support and passes at an adapted opening formed on said frame in a region that lies above at least one of said wheels, said second brake interacting with at least one of said wheels beyond a selected degree of rotation of said at least one quarter, said second brake being connected to said cross-member by means of an adapted screw which has a head that can be accessed by the user at one end and is freely rotatably associated with one of said tabs at the other end,
• said cross member having a selected inclination with respect to the ground and interacting with means that allow adjustment of the position of said cross-member at least with respect to said rear wheel,
• said second brake having a first surface which is shaped complementarily to the facing rolling surface of said rear wheel, said second brake having, in transverse cross-section, essentially the shape of a right triangle, a complementarily shaped inclined plane of a block associated with the stem of said screw by means of a seat which is threaded complementarily to said stem, interacting with the hypotenuse of said triangle.

An in-line skate comprising:

• a quarter articulated to a boot having a shell,
• a frame attached to the shell and supporting a plurality of aligned wheels,
• a support for a first brake connected to said frame, said first brake having a ground engageable pad movable into ground engagement in response to a predetermined degree of rotation of said quarter, and
• a second brake operatively attached to said quarter, said second brake being responsive to rotation of said quarter and being arranged to interact with at least one of said wheels in response to rotation of said quarter beyond said predetermined degree of rotation,
• said second brake defining a first surface which is shaped complementarily to a facing surface of said one wheel and is arranged to interact with said one wheel.