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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109536 | Goalie skate A goalie skate having a skate boot comprising a thermoformed outer shell with a sole and an ankle portion for receiving the ankle of the foot, the ankle portion comprising medial and lateral sides for facing the medial and lateral malleoli respectively, the medial s... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7997624 | More stimulating riding vehicles A non-motorized Riding Vehicle for transport of a rider on a surface. The Riding Vehicle includes a shoe body or platform for supporting at least one foot of the rider during the transport and at least one Riding Element under the shoe body or platform that rotates ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7431323 | Connecting device between a boot and a board-like type of sports equipment, particularly a ski binding The invention relates to a connecting device (1) between a boot (2) and a board-like type of sports equipment (3), in particular a ski binding. The connecting device comprises a toe or front binding fixture (5) that can be associated with... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7419187 | Double klap flex base boot with heel linkage A skate includes a midskate hinge in the shoe to preferentially flex the shoe base at the metatarsal area, a forward hinge to allow the rear of the shoe to be raised in relation to the rear of the skate frame, and a third hinge to laterally stabilize the rear of the... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407167 | Roller skate shoe with roller assembly A roller skate shoe has cavities, closing members and roller assemblies. A sole of the shoe is formed with the cavities. Two sides of each cavity are formed with notched slots. The closing member is accommodated in the cavity. The closing member has a closing side f... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7374209 | Ice skate with elastic suspension An ice skate comprises a horizontal platform and a pair of opposing side brackets perpendicularly secured to an underside of the platform. A pair of opposing extension arms is pivotally engaged with each end portion of the side brackets, and an extender bracket is e... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370442 | Ankle support to be attached to footwear and footwear equipped with it Disclosed herein is footwear having an ankle support. The footwear has a sole, an upper, and a heel section. The ankle support is worn to surround part of the foot and part of the leg between which an ankle joint is located, wherein a lower portion of the ankle supp... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341261 | Skate A skate includes a shoe body and a skating device, wherein the sole of the shoe body comprises a front part, a middle bow part and a rear part. The skating device is mounted only under the middle bow part. Therefore, the toe of the front part and the heel of the rea... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325813 | Skate boot A skate boot for receiving the foot, the ankle and adjacent leg section of an intended user. The skate boot includes an upper. The upper defines a dorsal upper section and a substantially opposed plantar upper section, a rear upper section extending outwardly from a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314222 | Adjustable skate A skate having a base adapted to support a user's boot, a frame equipped with a plurality of wheels and having a transverse arch in its central portion, at least one rear quarter capable of sliding on the base and adapted to surround the heel zone and the lower leg ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7243924 | Ice skate and ice skate blade thereof An ice skate comprising an ice skate blade holder and an ice skate blade secured in a longitudinal recess of the ice skate blade holder. The ice skate blade has an ice contacting lower and upper curvatures so as to be positionally changeable in one of two alternativ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7226085 | Guard for in-line roller skate The guard is formed of moldable, flexible material and has a number of wheel-receiving wells formed in an in-line configuration in its upper wall. The forward and rear edges of each well are located high enough to prevent a wheel from rolling forward or rearward wit... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219900 | Apparatus, system, and method for unibody skate boot Skate boot apparatuses, a skate, and a method are provided. A base including an upper face configured to receive a wearer's foot and a lower face configured to structurally support a skate mechanism is provided. An integral upper support is provided, the integral up... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201392 | Snow ski binding A downhill ski binding (2) that operates to allow the skier to select a number of skates or a time interval, after which a lock means (30) locks the rearward end (28) of a ski boot plate (4) to a ski plate/lift (14) and/or a ski ( | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7175187 | Wheeled skate with step-in binding and brakes The present invention teaches an apparatus and method for removably securing an article of footwear suitable for walking, running, or bicycling to a wheeled skate. Further, the present invention also teaches a brake device for use with a wheeled skate. In addition, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7036829 | Retractable skates and method therefor A retractable skate and method using armatures that extend for skating and retract for walking. It is preferred that the armatures may be locked into position. It is also preferred that the armatures fasten to a pair of wheels, a frame holding a configuration of whe... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7014196 | Method of manufacturing in-line roller skate with detachable boot A method of fabricating an in-line roller skate is provided. The in-line roller skate has a chassis (2;39) equipped with at least two rollers (3) and two platforms (4, 5; 34; 47) and a boot (1; 30). The boot has a supple upper connected t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6905127 | Retractable foot gear for disabled persons The retractable foot gear 10 includes a sole 12 and a retractable wheel, ball, blade, or similar low friction element 16 which normally projects from a recess formed into the shoe's sole 12. The low friction element 16 retracts int... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6805658 | Skateboard simulator A skateboard simulator provides a stable platform for wheeled skateboard-type actions. The simulator has a pair of spaced truck-like elastomeric support means mounted to a deck to simulate the response of a conventional skateboard to user actions. Spaced contact lob... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802636 | Illuminated recreational board An illuminated recreational board including a board including a top side, bottom side and peripheral side extending between said top and bottom sides. A plurality of recesses extend into the peripheral side of the board and a plurality of removable LED's positioned ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6536785 | Roller skate shoes A roller skate shoe includes a shoe base having two receiving cavities provided thereunder at a front portion and a rear portion of the shoe base respectively, a roller arrangement fittedly received in each receiving cavity including a supporting frame se... | 03/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6301771 | Method of manufacturing a chassis for a gliding sport The chassis includes at least one support surface capable of receiving a boot and at least one lateral flange to which the gliding member(s) is (are) attached, as well as at least one stiffening rib obtained on at least one of the flanges by pressing. The... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6234532 | Lateral toe pick for ice skate blade A lateral toe pick for an ice skate blade is provided for enhancing the ice-gripping ability of the forward toe end of a skate blade and reducing slippage at the blade-to-ice interface in the interest of generating more lift and acceleration for the skate... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6113123 | Method for assembling boot components to a chassis of a sports article and the boot/chassis thus assembled A method of assembling a boot to the chassis of a sports article and a boot/chassis assembly so assembled. The boot includes a rigid outer sole and an upper that is at least partially flexible and the method includes mounting the flexible upper on an inne... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5988683 | Replaceable blade skate A replaceable blade skate comprises inexpensive, light, easily changed blades adapted to fit to multiple rocker curvatures. A torque limiting device provides for easy replacement and adjustment of blades by consumers. Replaceable toe and heel caps provide... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5901970 | Metal wheels for roller ice skates Novel tempered rust resistant steel wheels for installation on conventional in-line four wheel roller skates, parallel four wheel roller skates, and, in-line five wheel roller skates that convert traditional ground roller skates into ice skates. The novel... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5511824 | Convertible roller footwear A convertible roller footwear comprises: a sole; an elongate bushing embedded in the sole and extending in a transverse direction of the sole to terminate at opposite open ends, the bushing having an inner circumferential surface and generally hemispheric... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5498033 | Skate boot with molded plastic overlay A skate boot is described, having a plastic overlay sewn or otherwise secured to the boot of the skate, wrapping around the heel of the boot from the medial to the lateral side of the ankle. The overlay increases the rigidity of the rear of the skate, to ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5398970 | Shoes for walking and roller skating A shoe with skate wheels which can be alternatively used as a walking shoe or a skating shoe. The shoe is constructed so that the skate wheels are quickly, easily, and securely locked into either a retracted walking position or an extended roller skating ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5320368 | Curved speed skate blade The invention relates to blades for speed skating on ice. These blades are attached to speed skating boots, and are shaped with related combinations of radius and bend.... | 06/14/1994 |
| 4988122 | Roll ice shoe A combination roller skate and ice skate is provided and consists of a boot affixed to top of an elongated base member and a structure for removably attaching a roller skate insert to bottom of the base member so that a person wearing the boot can roller ... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4394037 | Spark-generating roller skate assembly An improved roller skate assembly in either shoe skate or skate board form is provided which includes a plurality of roller wheels, a frame securing the wheels in spaced relation for rotation and one or more spark generators, each comprising an abrasive s... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4345774 | Roller skate apparatus An improved construction for roller skate apparatus is provided in which enhanced safety, performance, convenience and economy are achieved through the employment of a universal type of skate plate in conjunction with a correlated configuration for wheel ... | 08/24/1982 |
