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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195251 | Item of footwear The item of footwear (10) is provided with a roller (50) to enable the item of footwear to roll over a surface when the rolling means is in a first active position. The item of footwear (10) has a slide yoke (34) for retracting the roller... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7121561 | Roller skate and wheel trucks therefor A roller skate having enhanced steerability and stability is disclosed. The skate includes a platform for supporting a skater's foot and front and rear wheel trucks secured to the underside of the platform. A pair of front wheels is rotatably mounted in transverse a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7059613 | Personal transportation device for supporting a user's foot having multiple transportation attachments A personal transport device including a transportation attachment, a foot platform situated above the transportation attachment and at least one fastener connecting the foot platform to the transportation attachment. The foot platform has two parallel extending surf... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6959933 | Twin line skates A wheeled skate includes a shoe cradle for receiving a user shoe, the shoe cradle having opposing first and second shoe cradle sides; a wheel mounting structure; a wheel mounting structure elevation mechanism interconnecting the shoe cradle and the wheel mounting st... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955360 | In-line roller skate braking mechanism A braking mechanism for a skate, such as an in-line roller skate, has at least one braking wheel disposed transverse to the skate boot. The braking wheel operates a piston which displaces liquid from a piston housing when the piston is caused to travel within the pi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6926289 | Multifunctional shoes for walking and skating with single roller The multifunctional shoes for walking and skating with single roller mainly include a pulley assembly and the shoe body. The pulley assembly consists of a bracket, a roller, a shaft, pushing rods, springs, pushing rod assembly and fastening bolts. The shaft passes t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913270 | Roller skate shoe A roller skate shoe includes a shoe body and a roller mechanism. The roller mechanism is consisted of a housing, a roller, a roller axis, press rods, elastic members and a butting assembly. An accommodating chamber is disposed below a rear end of an insole of a shoe... | 07/05/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6557861 | Three-wheeled roller skate and method therefor A three-wheeled roller skate and method therefore, comprising a substantially shoe-shaped foot receptacle, two heel end wheels rotatably coupled to an axis, and a toe end wheel smaller in diameter than the two heel end wheels and positioned in front of an... | 05/06/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6497421 | Skating and other apparatus A training roller skate has rollers or wheels and wheel mounts, at least one wheel mount being movable, preferably in a direction transverse to the wheel axis, to permit contact between a wheel associated surface and a motion inhibitor that inhibits rotar... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6488289 | Bi-functional roller skate A simply structured bi-functional roller skate has a pair of shoe embodiments. Each shoe embodiment is provided with a front securing seat which is a tubular device with a forwardly extended board, and a rear securing seat which is a tubular device with a... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6450508 | Shoe for skating and walking A shoe for walking and skating having a shoe, a locating plate, two locating members, two rollers and a brake. The shoe has a sole provided with front and rear holding grooves. The bottom of the locating plate includes front and rear locating frames respe... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6435525 | Brake for an in-line roller skate A brake for an in-line roller skate consisting of a rubber block (4) fixed to the end of a rigid support (5) at the rear of the skate, and intended to brake the skate by rubbing on the ground. The rigid support (5) has at least one cut-out (13) into which... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425588 | Safety brake 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 ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6398229 | Three-wheeled roller skate and method therefor A three-wheeled roller skate and method therefore, including a substantially shoe-shaped foot receptacle, two heel end wheels rotatably coupled to an axis, and a toe end wheel smaller in diameter than the two heel end wheels positioned in front of and spa... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6273436 | Skate brake system and methods for multiple braking effects A skate brake and methods for multiple braking effects for in-line skates, roller skates and like devices is disclosed. The skate brake comprises of a wheel rotatively mounted to an axle being occupied between runners and located within slots of a chassis... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6145857 | Skateboard accessory An accessory for a skateboard which comprises a panel-like element with through apertures for receiving fasteners to secure the accessory to selected portions of the skateboard. The accessory has dimensions of or between one-third the width to the full wi... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6042125 | Inline skate with detachable roller device A walkable inline skate includes a footwear, a roller sole integrally connected with a bottom portion of the footwear, a receiving groove centrally extended along of the roller sole, a set of roller device detachably connected with the roller sole, a lock... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5951027 | Shock absorbent in-line roller skate with wheel brakes-lock An in-line roller skate comprising: (a) a boot with a heel and toe adapted to receive a foot of a skater; (b) a first wheel supporting rail secured to an underside of the boot and extending from the heel to the toe, the first rail having an opening therei... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5904359 | Skate with in-line wheels A skate with in-line wheels, having 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 plural... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5716059 | Brake for an in-line roller skater A central part of a brake is a generally rectangular metal sheet with a rectangular notch in a top corner. A rectangular boot tab extends from the bottom of the central part, at right angles thereto, in a known direction. A rectangular braking tab extends... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5697622 | Double line roller skate A double line roller skate (10) comprising a plurality of dual rollers (12). A structure (14) is for retaining the dual rollers (12) rotatively in longitudinal alignment, one behind the other. A facility (16) is for holding the retaining structure (14) on... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5671931 | Roller skate A roller skate includes three or more wheels rotatably supported in the lower portion. The front wheel is disengaged from the ground surface when the middle wheel and the rear wheel are in contact with the ground surface, and the rear wheel is disengaged ... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5551711 | Braking mechanism for in-line skate A brake mechanism for an in-line roller skate, the skate having a base plate the upper portion of which mounts a boot and a lower portion of which mounts a plurality of wheel assemblies, the brake mechanism including a support member depending downwardly ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5524913 | In-line pneumatic-tired roller skate with scrapers An in-line wheeled roller skate for traversing rough terrain including low-profiled, wide-treaded, high-volumed pneumatic tires each followed by scrapers for discouraging debris from binding the tire against a shielding U-frame. The scrapers may be mainta... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5470085 | Braking apparatus for in-line roller skates A braking system is provided for use on an in-line roller skate wherein the braking system minimizes canting of the in-line roller skate to apply the in-line roller brake, and wherein the brake pad is securely held to a substantially rigid brake housing u... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5462297 | Roller-skate with improved brake device The discloure relates to a roller-skate with improved brake device. A guidance slanting upwards is disposed at a first through hole of the skate body for the mounting of a first rolling axle having a first wheel member rotatably engaged therewith. A sprin... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5460390 | Sparking brake pad for in-line roller skates A sparking brake pad for use with an in-line roller skate is disclosed. The brake pad consists of a material having a high coefficient of friction and a flame retardant compound. A spark emitter is disposed within the brake pad such that when the brake pa... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5411276 | Roller skate brake A roller skate brake for a roller skate having at least two rolling wheels mounted in-line. Each rolling wheel has a circumferential surface and is rotatably mounted to the roller skate about a rolling wheel axle. The brake includes a braking wheel also h... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5348320 | Adjustable skate brake The present invention comprises a brake having a slot formed in a support for receiving an adjusting screw which slidably secures the support to the skate. The head of the adjusting screw engages the surface of the support on one side of the slot to firml... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5346231 | Skate construction with pre-set buffering, shock-absorbing and the topography compliance functions A skate construction with pre-set buffering, shock-absorbing and the topogrphy compliance functions essentially composed of a footwear, a sole plate, a set of suspended support arms, a set of buffer wheels and a stop fixed block placed on the terminal por... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5286043 | Roller skate The present invention generally relates to a roller skate, and preferably an in-line roller skate having a foot platform suspended between front and rear wheels for increased stability. One feature the present invention is a retractable wheel positioned b... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5236058 | Motor driven roller skates A combination of a conventional roller skate having a platform which supports the skater and axles/wheels below the supporting platform which are mounted in rotational relationship to the platform; and a motor adapted to drive the wheels. In this combinat... | 08/17/1993 |
