"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7387303 | Spinner for a roller skate A spinner apparatus retained on a wheel to change and enhance the appearance of a roller skate. The spinner apparatus includes a support member connected to the wheel by first and second leg passing through spokes in the hub and resiliently positioned adjacent the o... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7318628 | Multiple directional wheel A multiple directional wheel includes a frame having a central hub rotatable about a main axis, a plurality of roller supports radially spaced from the central hub, and a plurality of rollers evenly spaced around the circumference of the wheel and rotatably mounted ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311318 | Troughed skateboard wheels A wheel is provided for a conveyance such as a skateboard. The wheel is generally cylindrical in form with a tread surface defining a portion of the wheel adapted to contact an underlying surface upon which the wheel is rotatably supported. The tread surface include... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7210747 | Spinner for a roller skate A spinner apparatus for the adornment of a wheel on a roller skate. The spinner apparatus includes a cone, a first disc and a second disc. The cone is connected to the wheel and connected to the first disc by locating a lip on its periphery in groove on the peripher... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7165506 | Method and device for plasma-treating the surface of substrates by ion bombardment In an ion etching method for reducing a substrate thickness, an electric arc is generated in a vacuum chamber such that the electric arc is locally separated from the substrate and circulates about the substrate. A plasma of a supplied etching gas is produced by the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7111967 | Hub light A hub that lights up that is adapted for detachable affixing to the center rim of automobile hubs and caps. The hub comprises of openings on the outer surface to allow soft led light to illuminate. This led will be powered by a 9 volt battery that's attached to a ci... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108331 | Generation of in-line skates and skate-boards with safety “EDGING FRICTION CONTROL™” The invention discloses a technology to safely control speed and brake on in-line skates using a ski-like technique, wherein in-line skate wheels can rotate both vertically and at an angle. When angled (or “canted”) the wheels contact a friction strip within the... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7090306 | Inline wheel with softer tire and internal support structure A skate wheel including a tire support structure adapted to reduce roll resistance generally encountered from a tire comprising a 60 A to 75 A Shore hardness material. The tire support structure comprises a flexible torus portion proximal to an inner core, and a sub... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7004504 | Method for skate board identification A cover designed to accommodate the unique shape of a wheel for a skate board. In one embodiment, the cover snaps onto the wheel. In another embodiment, security of the cover to the wheel by an adhesive gasket. Various patterns are punched into the cover providing d... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6991296 | Skate wheel A skate wheel for skates or skateboards is provided which includes decorative spacers therein. The skate wheel includes a cylindrical outer hub bonded to an outer layer, a cylindrical inner hub, and first and second decorative spacers positioned between the inner su... | 01/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6866344 | Wheel for in-line skates A wheel for in-line skates, which enables a user to achieve a higher speed in a short period of time on a surface, is disclosed. The wheel includes a central hub having an inner ring, an outer rim, and a connector extending between the inner ring and the outer rim, ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6851817 | Wheel incorporating a flashing light feature A wheel incorporating a flashing light feature includes a power source, a plurality of lighting elements and a flashing circuit to selectively provide lighting signals to the plurality of lighting elements. The wheel incorporating a flashing light feature further in... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6698776 | Skateboard with simulated snowboard response A skateboard for use on a hard surface, configured to simulate the response of a snowboard, has a support platform to which sets of wheels are mounted. The wheels have successively decreasing diameters mounted on a common axle. The wheels of successively ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688636 | Light-producing structure for wheeled traveling case assembly A light-producing structure for a wheeled traveling case assembly includes a mini generator having a rotary shaft with a frictional wheel connected thereto to frictionally contact with an adjacent wheel of the assembly. When the wheel rotates, the frictio... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6659480 | Skate board brake A braking apparatus for a skateboard (10) having an axle (36), wherein a braking member (42) is disposed about the axle (36), and is actuated by an actuating device (44) to engage with a wheel mounting assembly (92) of the skateboard (10) so as to effect ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655747 | In-line roller skate wheel A polyurethane in-line roller skate wheel including a narrow hub mounting a polyurethane tire body having side walls curving axially inwardly from a major thickness to a minor thickness at the hub flange interface. In one embodiment, the hub is made of se... | 12/02/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6629735 | Skate wheel and method of making a skate wheel A wheel of the roller type, i.e., whose general shape is constituted by two sides the contours of which are circles with respective centers. O,O', the flanks being substantially parallel with respect to one another, substantially perpendicular to an axis ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6578930 | Ice wheels The "ICE WHEELS" consists of a wheel assembly, which permits interchange with in-line skate wheels for use on ice that reduces weight and or the rolling resistance on ice while the wheel is perpendicular to the ice. The wheel consists of a lightweight hub... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6572198 | Structure for connecting a rim with a tire A structure for connecting a rim with a tire. The tire is formed with a central axial through hole. Multiple annularly arranged perforations are formed around the through hole. Each perforation is defined by a close circumference which is separated from t... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6454361 | Skateboard wheel cover rim A skateboard wheel (40) having bearings (42) pressed on each side is covered to enhance the appearance of the wheel. The wheel thermoplastic tire (46) includes a concentric circular recessed cavity (58) within its outer side wall (54) and a wheel cover ri... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443463 | Roller skate and wheel for use on such a roller skate An in-line roller skate assembly having at least three running rollers that are substantially equal in diameter and disposed one behind the other in a running direction of the skate assembly. Each running roller has a convex shaped rolling surface with a ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6406038 | 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 ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6398232 | Contoured roller skate for extreme skating A roller skate which includes specially shaped front and back wheels which allow the skate to operate on flat ground and over pipes or rails. The skater is able to perform stunts and maneuvers involving pipes or rails of different diameters due to the fro... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6322154 | Modified wheels for ice The "MODIFIED WHEELS FOR ICE" consists of a wheel assembly which permits interchange with in-line skate wheels for use on ice that minimizes damage from fractures in the ice, particularly when the wheel is at an angle from perpendicular to the ice while p... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6237960 | Roller-type skiing device for negotiating a slope A roller-type skiing device, in particular a roller ski or a roller skiboard, includes a chassis defining a longitudinal axis and having an underside bounded by an envelope. Supported by the chassis is at least one row with a plurality of wheels which are... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6174984 | Clear, resilient polyurethane elastomers A polyurethane elastomer is disclosed that comprises the reaction product of: A) a prepolymer of at least one diisocyanate and at least one polyether polyol selected from the group consisting of a homopolymer of ethylene oxide, a homopolymer of propylene ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6164729 | Skate wheel and method of applying indicia to a portion of a skate wheel An in-line skate wheel and a applying indicia to a part thereof so that the indicia does not wear off before the wheel needs to be replaced. The skate wheel includes a hub having an internal bearing surface and an outer surface, a see-through tire formed ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6113112 | Roller skate and wheel for use An in-line roller skate comprises at least three running rollers (4, 5, 6, 7) disposed one behind the other in the running direction and said running rollers comprise along their periphery a rolling surface (18, 19) which extends in a curved manner in an ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6106074 | Illuminating roller for in-line skates An illuminating roller for in-line skates includes an outer circular body having an axial opening and an inner side provided with a plurality of pins, an inner circular body fitted inside the outer circular body and having an axial hole aligned with the a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6102168 | Brake system for wheeled skates The present invention is a brake system for wheeled skates, and in particular in line skates. The brake system consists of at least one brake disk, but preferably two sets of interleaving disks. The first set of disks are keyed to a wheel's shaft, and the... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5990258 | High resilience, high clarity polyurethane elastomer A polyurethane elastomer possessing high resilience and high clarity is obtained by subjecting to polyurethane elastomer-forming conditions a polyurethane elastomer-forming reaction mixture comprising: a) an isocyanate selected from the group consisting of dip... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5967552 | In-line wheeled skate An in-line wheeled skate which includes one or more rollers located between the wheels and above the ground plane, thereby enabling the skater to jump up on a rail (or other supporting surface) and roll down the rail sideways, as in `extreme skating` mane... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5957541 | Illuminated skate wheel An illuminating device cooperative with an in-line skate or roller skate wheel the illuminating device having a power source, a centrifugal switch and a light emitting diode or similar illuminating device, the light emitting diode or illuminating device p... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5836591 | In-line wheeled skate for extreme skating An in-line wheeled skate which includes a rolling element between the wheels that enables the skater to jump up on a rail and roll down the rail sideways, as in `extreme skating` maneuvers, by placing the skate on the rail with the rolling element bearing... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5810450 | Wheel assembly with lighting circuit A wheel assembly including a magnetic core fixedly mounted on a wheel axle within a wheel, a winding wound round a reel around the magnetic core and turned with the wheel about the magnetic core, two induction ring caps mounted on two opposite ends of the... | 09/22/1998 |