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US 5,957,470 AGranted
Flexible skate
OwnerDavid A. Powellinventor
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Abstract
A skate including a boot having a toe portion, a heel portion and a base. A frame is adapted to rotatedly mount a plurality of wheels to the base of the boot. The skate also includes pivot structure for allowing the toe portion and the heel portion of the boot to pivot, flex or hinge relative to each other without interference from the frame so as to enhance the comfort level of the boot.
Claims10
A skate comprising:
- a boot having a heel portion and a toe portion, the boot being constructed and arranged to allow for pivotal movement between the heel portion and the toe portion;
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- a frame including a first portion fastened to the toe portion of the boot and a second portion fastened to the heel portion of the boot, the frame also including pivot structure for allowing the first and second portions of the frame to pivot relative to each other in response to pivotal movement between the heel portion and the toe portion of the boot.
An in-line-skate comprising:
- a boot having a toe portion, a heal portion and a base, the boot also including a first pivot structure between the heel portion and the toe portion of the boot;
- a frame connected to the base of the boot, the frame including a first portion fastened to the toe portion of the boot and a second portion fastened to the heel portion of the boot, the frame including a second pivot structure for allowing the first and second portions of the frame to pivot relative to each other, wherein the first and second pivot structures cooperate to allow the heel and the toe portions of the boot to flex relative to each other;
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- first and second sets of tandemly arranged wheels, the first set of wheels being rotatedly connected to the first portion of the frame and the second set of wheels being connected to the second portion of the frame, wherein the first and second sets of wheels pivot relative to each other when the boot flexes.
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An in-line-skate comprising:
- a boot;
- a frame connected to the boot;
- a single row of tandemly arranged wheels, the wheels being rotatedly connected to the frame;
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- pivot structure constructed and arranged for allowing the boot to flex at a predetermined location adapted to be in alignment with a wearer's metatarso-phalangeal articulations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.