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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472915 | Speed control device A speed control device suitable for roller skates includes a wedge-shaped floating brake pad actuable into an operative mode in a frictional contact with a disc secured to a blade wheel by means of an actuating lever movable in a controlled manner through the agency... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7367568 | Four wheel mechanical brake system for inline skates A mechanical brake system for inline skates that utilizes all four wheels for braking. The brake is applied by the skater straightening the leg, or both legs if there are brakes on both skates, to a predetermined adjustable position. This causes the adjustable and s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7344143 | Roller skate having a safety device A roller skate includes a fixing seat, a plurality of wheels, and a safety device mounted on the wheel. The safety device includes a safety member mounted on the fixing seat and urged on the wheel, so as to adjust a rotation speed of the wheel. Thus, the roller skat... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341262 | Cushion for in-line skate An in-line skate includes a frame and two rolling gears. Each of the rolling gears includes two levers pivotally connected to the frame, two casters each attached to related one of the levers, at least one first cushion provided between the levers and two second cus... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7314223 | Brake device and wheel assembly for skateboards A skateboard includes a deck and a plurality of trucks connected to an underside of the deck. Each truck includes two shafts and two wheels are rotatably connected to the two shafts. At least one active device is connected to a top of the deck and controlled by user... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7264091 | Inline skate brake A brake assembly for inline skates having a boot portion with right and left downwardly directed frame members. The frame members support at least three axles. Right and left carrier plates are positioned along an inner face of the downwardly directed frame members.... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7234709 | Skating blade with improved rocker A skating blade with a cross-section of three different portions. The upper portion is narrower, the middle portion is wider and the lower portion is trapezoidal to give improved ice penetration at the lower edges. The rocker is formed with two different curves. The... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232139 | Truck assembly for a skateboard, wheeled platform, or vehicle An assembly for a wheeled platform includes a platform element adapted to be attachable to a platform and a housing adapted to receive the platform element, wherein a change in a contact point of the platform element relative to the housing results in a turning resp... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7165774 | External wheeled heeling apparatus and method An external wheeled heeling apparatus for walking and running and transitioning to rolling on a surface is provided. The apparatus includes a sole having a forefoot, an arch and a heel portion provided with a first side of the heel portion and a second side of the h... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165773 | Heeling apparatus and method A heeling apparatus includes a shoe with a unique feature in the heel that allows one to walk, run, or roll seamlessly. The appearance is that of normal footwear because of the covert wheel assembly. The stealth wheel in the heel gives one the ability to roll or sli... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163210 | Training device for wheeled vehicles In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a vehicle with a training device for use on a skateboard. The training device includes an assembly disposed about one of a plurality of axles of the skateboard. The assembly has a transfer ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159879 | Braking and steering system for a truck, wheeled platform, skateboard or vehicle A steering enhancement and braking system for a skateboard or wheeled platform having an actuating element configured to change the position of the skateboard deck relative to the skateboard truck. The actuating element comprises a deck plate configured to be attach... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7125024 | Quick-release axle assembly for in-line skate An axle assembly for an in-line skate for retaining a wheel and a pair of bearings in a chassis of the in-line skate. The axle assembly has an elongated spacer hub, for supporting a bearing at each end portion thereof; an elongated male coupler, for bearing on a fir... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7093839 | Hockey stop multi-line roller skate and wheels for use therewith A wheel with an asymmetrical cross-section for use with a roller skate. The wheel also has a tread portion that can be easily and inexpensively replaced. An apparatus for multi-line roller skates that has two or three lines of wheels. The wheels in the center line h... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7063335 | In-line roller skate An in-line roller skate is disclosed to include a frame with a curved lower portion, which supports a point stop at the front end followed by a ball support, a string of rotating rollers and a tail ball support. The point stop is preferably another roller fixed in p... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063336 | External wheeled heeling apparatus and method An external wheeled heeling apparatus for walking and running and transitioning to rolling on a surface is provided. The apparatus includes a sole having a forefoot, an arch and a heel portion provided with a first side of the heel portion and a second side of the h... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6979003 | Heeling apparatus and method A heeling apparatus includes a shoe with a unique feature in the heel that allows one to walk, run, or roll seamlessly. The appearance is that of normal footwear because of the covert wheel assembly. The stealth wheel in the heel gives one the ability to roll or sli... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6953225 | Dual hardness skateboard wheel A multi-element skateboard wheel having at least two different hardness surfaces including a softer center exterior surface and a harder side exterior surface. The softer center surface is the principal weight supporting surface which, because of its lower durometer... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6874794 | Safety brake using bearings for in-line skates A braking system preferably for an in-line skate includes a brake pad mounted to a forward end of a skate frame and an elevated front wheel attached to the skate frame by two pivot arms. The pivot arms are biased forward which is in a clockwise direction with respec... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6848750 | Generation of in-line skates and skate-boards with safety “edging friction control™” The frame of an in-line skate (FIG. 8B) supports a wheel (10), allowing a skater to effectively slow down and stop, using an athletic stance that skiers on snow and ice skaters on ice use. The wheel (10) has a hub (20A), allowing a wheel to rota... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6843486 | Brake handle for cable-pull brakes on inline-skates A brake handle, to be worn on a knee of a skater, for inline skate pull-cable brakes with a pull cable, has a brake handle body and an adjusting shaft arranged in the brake handle body. A pull cable is connected to the adjusting shaft. The adjusting shaft is employe... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6729628 | Brake for inline skates A brake assembly for applying a braking force to one or more wheels of a wheel supported device, such as an inline skate. The brake assembly has a rotating brake member held by one or more wheels, which is preferably a disk shaped brake, partially embedded on one or... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6637827 | Generation of in-line skates and skate-boards wtih safety "edging friction control™" The frame of an in-line skate (FIG. 8B) supports a wheel (10), allowing a skater to effectively slow down and stop, using an athletic stance that skiers on snow and ice skaters on ice use. The wheel (10) has a hub (20A), allowing a wheel to rotate around ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6598887 | In-line roller skates with braking device An in-line roller skate with a braking device including a certain number of wheels (11) disposed longitudinally between two plates of a frame (22) of the skate. A control lever (1) articulated at the rear of the boot about a pivot shaft (19) can be actuat... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592129 | Pair of wheeled skate-skis with brakes usable on most terrains Improvements made to wheeled skate-skis with brakes usable on most terrains are: a hand controlled hydraulic fluid braking assembly, having a sole, resilient, curved spring, brake shoe, providing performance in comparison with the braking performance of a... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6557863 | Skate body A skate body having a first body portion and a second body portion that are releasably secured together. A brake device includes a brake seat mounted to one of the first and second body portions and a brake block. The brake seat includes a resilient hook ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6557862 | Skates to roll on the road or sliding on the ice Four wheel in-line skate, having a half-boot type inner footwear portion and an outer rigid portion made up of a first tip front portion and a second rear portion surrounding ankle and heel. Within the first and second portions are housed the inner footwe... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6536783 | Braking device particularly for skates A braking device, particularly usable for skates comprising a shoe composed of a quarter which is articulated to a shell associated with a supporting frame for two or more wheels, and comprising at least one traction element which is connected at one end ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6488296 | Method and apparatus for small wheel disc brake An improved small wheel disc brake for skateboards, scooters, and carts, which facilitates a heat management design to provide higher level of performance operation without brake failure thereby improving the safety of said vehicles. The disc brake (6) in... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6425586 | Braking device particularly for skates A braking device, particularly usable for skates comprising a shoe composed of a quarter which is articulated to a shell associated with a supporting frame for two or more wheels, and comprising at least one traction element which is connected at one end ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6412792 | Braking system for in-line skates Apparatus and method for simultaneously applying braking forces to two spaced apart rotating in-line roller skate wheel assemblies.... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6386555 | Roller skate structure Roller skate structure including a locating seat assembly composed of a locating seat, two nuts, a linking plate, a stop body, a compression spring, a torque spring, a pivot shaft and a C-shaped retainer ring. Two pivot plates downward extend from the loc... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6375198 | Skate with in-line wheels A skate with in-line wheels, including a first front body, for supporting and locking the front part of the foot, and a second rear body, for supporting and locking at least the heel, the bodies having a first frame and a second frame for supporting a plu... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6298952 | Brake of rear wheel of scooter A scooter rear wheel brake comprises a first wheel cover and a second wheel cover. The first wheel cover is mounted on the support frame of the scooter and is located over a predetermined position of the wheel rim. The first wheel cover is provided with a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6217038 | Integral wheel support and brake for in-line skate An in-line skate includes a boot and frame secured to the underside thereof. The frame supports a plurality of rolling wheels in an in-line arrangement. A brake assembly operative upon the rearmost wheel in the in-line skate arrangement includes a wheel h... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6213561 | Integral tire and disc brake assembly for scooter utility vehicle A small utility vehicle, such as a motorized scooter, has an attached vehicle supporting wheel. This wheel includes a solid rubber or plastic tire removeably mounted to a central hub. The tire when mounted to the hub rolls on the ground at a peripheral gr... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6213480 | Roller wheel slider A roller wheel slider includes a mounting plate with clamps on opposite sides for clamping to a shoe. The mounting plate includes a front roller wheel support plate connected to a rear roller wheel support plate by a connecting member. A plurality of axle... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6010136 | Braking system and method Apparatus and method for applying braking forces to two spaced apart rotating members such as in-line roller skate wheels. Also apparatus and method of cooling a rotating member using a porous media through which a heat transfer fluid is forced.... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5984323 | System for actuating a skate brake A brake actuator is provided which utilizes fluid as the actuation medium. The fluid is transferred from an activation reservoir through a tube to an expansion chamber which activates the brake. The fluid is contained in a closed system and is biased to a... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5893569 | Inline hockey skate An inline roller skate includes a large number of small, light weight wheels arranged along a downwardly convex arcuate line to form a rocker. Braking elements are disposed along a common axis with at least some of the wheels, the braking elements may tak... | 04/13/1999 |
