"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7309069 | Roller assembly for an in-line roller skate The present invention discloses a roller assembly of an in-line roller skate, the roller assembly comprising a roller frame and a plurality of roller wheels, of at least two different sizes, which are fastened pivotally with the roller frame, such that the roller as... | 12/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152865 | Heel adjustable skate A skate includes a holder frame, a boot, and a locking mechanism. The boot comprises a toe box and a heel portion, wherein the toe box is fixedly attached to the holder frame and wherein the heel portion engages the holder frame such that the heel portion is capable... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7104549 | Steerable inline skate A steerable inline skate which allows user to change direction more easily and reduce the abrasion of wheels to thus lengthen the life of the wheels by allowing front and rear wheels 30 and 50 among a plurality of wheels arranged in a line to be steere... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6916027 | Adjustable skate A skate comprises a chassis with a variable length boot disposed thereon. The variable length boot includes a toe portion fixedly disposed upon the chassis and a heel portion slidably disposed upon the chassis. The heel portion is slidable in relation to the toe por... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6631911 | Combined structure of a sports shoe and an in-line skate A combined structure of a sports shoe and an in-line skate mainly comprises an in-line wheel device buried in the shoe bottom of a sports shoe. The in-line wheel device comprises a base, whereon a linkage set, a position plate, a wheel position mechanism ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6422578 | In-line skate with auxiliary wheel, auxiliary wheel and method An in-line skate has an auxiliary wheel rotatably mounted in a raised position relative the primary wheels at the side of the longitudinal alignment of primary wheels. A conventional in-line skate can be retrofitted with an auxiliary-wheel assembly having... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6398231 | Roller skate with angled wheels A roller skate includes at least one mounting plate affixed or integral to an article of footwear, a bilateral frame, a plurality of axles, and a plurality of wheels. The bilateral frame is affixed to each mounting plate. The frame also includes a plurali... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6227550 | Skates with in-line wheels having improved maneuverability and control Skates with in-line wheels, each comprising a supporting structure to which supports are connected for a plurality of wheels, wherein at least one of the central wheels is coupled to the supporting structure so that it can change the level of its rotation... | 05/08/2001 |
| 5964469 | Wheels for inline roller skates A roller skate wheel is described wherein the weight of wheel is significantly reduced by employing a bushing bearing instead of the usual ball bearing in at least one side of the wheel. The bushing is formed of Peek material so as to provide the necessar... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5931477 | Roller skate In-line roller skate constituted by a frame on an upper plate of which a boot sole is fixed, and including a longitudinal lower portion on which the wheels are arranged, wherein at least one of the central wheels has an arrangement for adjusting the heigh... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5823544 | Anti-abrasion and rockering system for an in-line skate An anti-abrasion and rockering system for an in-line skate. The skate includes a skate boot mounted on a chassis. The chassis includes two sidewalls which are parallel and opposite to each other. Each sidewall has a row of holes formed therein, such that ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5791665 | Roller skate with brake A roller skate of the in-line wheel type having spherically shaped wheels and wherein the toe and heel wheels are disposed at a higher elevation than the interior wheels. The interior wheels are pivotally mounted so the skater's boot can pivot to maintain... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5738360 | Toe pick and skate frame for in-line skates A toe pick for an in-line skate provides figure skaters with a means for performing various skating maneuvers the same as performed on ice skates. The positioning and configuration of the toe pick effectively prevents the skater from over-rotating while p... | 04/14/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5657999 | In-line roller blade braking device There is provided a braking system for in-line roller skates wherein a moveable pressure plate is mounted in the toe portion of the skate such that downward pressure exerted by the toes of the skate will, through an interconnecting member, activate calipe... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5634648 | Roller skate with improved fit Roller skate with improved fit which includes a first front body for supporting and securing the front part of the foot and a second rear body for supporting and securing at least the heel. These bodies are rotatably associated with each other, and each b... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5603519 | Device for varying the alignment of wheels, particularly for in-line skates A device for varying the vertical alignment of wheels, for in-line skates includes a U-shaped frame having wings provided with at least two mutually aligned wheels. The device is constituted by a support having two second wheels. The support is selectivel... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5588658 | Apparatus for mounting skate rollers in inline roller skates In a device for mounting rollers (4) on inline roller skates (1), in which the axles of the rollers (4) extend through openings in a frame (3) and are mounted in a sub-frame (6), whereby the inside diameter of the openings (14) of the frame (3) is larger ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5586777 | In line skate with dynamically adjustable wheels An in-line skate having a plurality of aligned wheels which are secured and supported on the bottom of an in-line skate boot by a pair of axle supports. The axle supports extend longitudinally of the skate boot. One of the axle supports is secured directl... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5505470 | Tri-axle system for in-line roller skates An improved fastening system for the axles of wheels of in-line roller skates is disclosed. This tri-axle system includes a multi-position spacer which is mounted in a spacer aperture in the skate chassis, which spacer has an axle aperture to receive the ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5486011 | Spring biased braking device for in-line roller skates A braking device for in-line skates including a resiliently biased, pivotally mounted load bearing wheel. The resilient element prevents contact between the wheel and a skate mounted braking surface during normal skating movements. The braking device is a... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5411277 | Multi-terrain in-line skate chassis A multi-terrain in-line skate chassis has at least one base plate for supporting a skate boot and a single, vertically oriented wheel support plate having an upper edge. The base plate has a side edge and defines a base plane, and the upper edge of the wh... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5299815 | Roller skate braking device A braking system is disclosed for foot-bound roller skates, particularly in-line roller skates, consisting of a method and apparatus for activating the brake, continuously applying braking force while the brake is activated without the application of forc... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5183276 | Training wheel for in-line skates A balance training apparatus for a roller transportation device having a series of in-line wheels positioned beneath the user's foot. The training apparatus has a U-shaped wheel well attached to the tandem roller skate for positioning a training wheel adj... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5092614 | Lightweight in-line roller skate, frame, and frame mounting system An in-line roller skate having a frame including a pair of side rails, each side rail having front and rear mounting brackets for attachment of the frame to the boot of the in-line roller skate. Each frame side rail includes a curved portion and a planar ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5048848 | In-line roller skate with axle aperture plugs for simplified wheel installation An in-line roller skate utilizes dual position, eccentric axle aperture plugs which are received in the axle apertures of the skate frame to allow mounting of the skate's wheels in either of two distinct orientations. The plugs also solve a serious assemb... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5028058 | Hub and brake assembly for in-line roller skate An in-line roller skate includes a new lightweight frame and brake of synthetic material and embodies structurally interacting components which cooperate to counter and absorb the strain and shock of road bumps and vibration encountered at high speeds by ... | 07/02/1991 |