Roller skates having improved appearance and function as walking shoes
OwnerBernard Gervasoniinventor
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Abstract
Roller skates (10) having an improved appearance and function as walking shoes by providing at least one skate wheel (210) that can be pivoted by at least 60 degrees up inside the sole (100) of the skate to facilitate walking, and/or providing a skate with user replaceable, friction operated side brakes (410). Preferred skates have multiple such pivoting wheels coupled by a common, pivoting support arm (230), and provide a mechanism that positions the wheels substantially coplanar with the sole of the skate while in the walking position, and substantially perpendicular to the sole of the skate while in the skating position. It is also preferred that the skate wheels pivot about an axis passing through a portion of the wheels.
Claims15
A convertible shoe/skate comprising:
- a sole having a walking surface defining an opening to a cavity;
- a skate wheel coupled to the sole and pivoting between a walking configuration in which the wheel is stowed substantially inside the cavity, and a skating configuration in which the wheel extends outside the cavity in a position suitable for skating, wherein such pivoting is about an axis passing through a portion of the wheel.
A roller skate having improved appearance and function of a walking shoe, comprising:
- a sole defining an opening to a cavity and coupled to at least two skate wheels that pivot through the opening at least 60° between a walking configuration in which the wheel is stowed substantially inside the cavity, and a skating configuration in which the wheel extends outside the cavity in a position suitable for skating, wherein such pivoting is about an axis passing through a portion of the at least two skate wheels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.