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Class 280/11.24 - One-wheel


Subclass of Class 280 - Land vehicles
Definition: Skates having a single supporting wheel.
No. of patents: 25
Last issue date: 07/19/2011


NumberTitleIssue Date
7980568Wheel skate device
Two skate wheel devices each with a foot placement platform, a frame and a wheel. The wheel rotates relative to the frame. The user inserts both feet into respective platforms within the skate wheel devices while the devices rest on pavement. After shifting weight t...
07/19/2011
7341261Skate
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
7195251Item 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
7165774External 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
7165773Heeling 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
7134209Disc cutter
A pizza cutter has a hollow semi-circular shaped handle having a convex curved radiused top edge to facilitate use and reduce hand stress. A removable cutter wheel has outwardly extending axles having protrusions on the outer ends thereof that have a snap fit relati...
11/14/2006
7063336External 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
7059613Personal 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
6979003Heeling 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
6962209Simple, durable and easy-to-use earthworking machine
A sod cutter (10) is disclosed including a frame (12) formed by welding the free edges of mount, frame and end plates (46a, 46b 46c) bent relative to one of two side plates (46) to the corresponding edge...
11/08/2005
6926289Multifunctional 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
6913270Roller 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
6746026Heeling 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...
06/08/2004
6739602Heeling 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...
05/25/2004
6450509Heeling 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 ...
09/17/2002
6406038Heeling 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 ...
06/18/2002
6382640Latitudinal aligned mono-wheel skate device
A mono-wheel skate device with wheel mounted in a latitudinal direction. The axis of rotation of the wheel is aligned with the axis that runs between the boot toe and the boot heel. The direction of the wheel is perpendicular to the axis that runs between the ...
05/07/2002
5779247Wheeled all terrain recreational device
A recreational device for use by a person to traverse a terrain surface. In one embodiment, the device comprises a wheel member and a track member engaged thereto. The track member comprises first and second bearing surfaces. The device further comprises ...
07/14/1998
5106110Unicycle roller skate
A unicycle roller skate comprises a fork frame including a top plate and a plurality of angularly related opposed pairs of wheel mount arms at their upper ends secured to front, rear and central portions of the top plate. The arms converge downwardly and ...
04/21/1992
4598918Roller disc assembly and skate
A roller disc assembly is provided comprising a stationary disc platform beneath which is rotatably mounted a disc wheel, said wheel having at least partially a flat bottom surface. A ball bearing ring is sandwiched between said disc platform and wheel, t...
07/08/1986
4363493Uni-wheel skate
A uni-wheel skate has a circular wheel which has a rim arranged to rotate about a frame having a generally tilted axis so that the rim rotates in a plane which is generally tilted relative to the vertical. The frame has satellite rollers rotatably attache...
12/14/1982
4310168Pneumatic wheel skate device
A skate device includes a molded plastic form, a triangular plate and a pneumatic wheel. The plastic form is adapted to fit about the foot and has slightly downward extending forward and rear integral portions. The triangular plate is mounted under the mo...
01/12/1982
4194751Rolling type athletic apparatus
This invention relates to novel rolling type athletic apparatus taking advantage of the characteristic of stilts which comprises a pair of vertical rods each consisting of two pipces telescopically connected to each other. The upper end of each vertical r...
03/25/1980
4108451Roller skates with hand brakes
A pair of common roller skates are modified by replacing the normal metal casters with inflated or solid rubber tires which have braking means attached to the wheels on each of the roller skates. The shoe is attached as an integral part of the skate and b...
08/22/1978
3997179One-wheel skates
A single wheel roller skate. The skate has an axle and a wheel rotatable on the axle. A post extends upwardly from each end of the axle. The skate has leg attachment means provided with (a) pockets that engage slidably with the posts and (b) means to enab...
12/14/1976
 
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