Wheel skate device with platform locking mechanism
OwnerShane Cheninventor
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Abstract
A wheel skate device having a foot platform, a frame, and a ring-shaped wheel. The user operates a pair of the wheel skate devices while standing with one foot on each foot platform. The foot platform is movable between an in-use position and a stowage position. In the in-use position. the foot platform interlocks with the frame and can be secured with a locking pin. A pair of the wheel skate devices in stowage position can be connected together as a single unit using a connecting piece, which may have an attached strap for carrying or hanging. A mechanism which limits the wheel to rolling in only one direction, and an elastic band linking two wheel skate devices together to prevent the user's feet from accidentally moving too far apart, are useful learning aids.
Claims9
A wheel skate device comprising:
- a foot placement platform;
- a frame that encircles the foot placement platform during use;
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- a wheel supported by the frame that is rotatable about a wheel axis, the wheel encircling the foot of a user standing on the foot placement platform during use;
- wherein the foot placement platform is movable relative to the frame between a first in-use position and a second stowage position, the foot placement platform in the in-use position projecting outwardly from the frame more so than in the stowage position;
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- wherein the foot placement platform and the frame each have a plurality of extruding portions shaped such that the extruding portions of the foot placement platform can interlock with the extruding portions of the frame, thereby reducing the range of movement of the foot placement platform relative to the frame when interlocked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.