HEELING APPARATUS

• US 20180021664A1
• Filed: 09/29/2017
• Published: 01/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Heeling Sports Limited (Sequential Brands Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Heeling Sports Limited (Sequential Brands Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Adams, Roger R.
• Granted Patent: US 10,549,176 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/1633 Multipurpose skate boots roller skates convertible to ice skates A63C17/18, with fixable wheels permitting walking A63C17/20
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/1641 characterised by the sole skates with special foot-plates for the boot A63C1/22; characterised by the attachment of the skate A43B5/1633 takes precedence; skates rigidly mounted to the sole of the boot A63C1/02
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/008 with retractable wheel, i.e. movable relative to the chassis out of contact from surface
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/08 single-wheel type with single axis
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/20 with fixable wheels permitting the skates to be used for walking
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/24 with ball-shaped or spherical running surfaces

Abstract

Provided is a heeling apparatus. The heeling apparatus includes a sole including a forefoot portion and a heel portion. The heel portion has an opening formed therein. In one embodiment, the sole includes a removable portion. The heeling apparatus further includes a wheel assembly including wheel rotably mounted to an axle and a mounting structure, wherein the wheel extends through the opening in the heel portion.

Claims

1. An item of footwear comprising:

a sole including a forefoot portion and a heel portion, the heel portion having an opening formed therein, wherein the sole includes;

(a) an inner sole and (b) an outer sole, and wherein the inner sole includes a removable portion; and

a rolling means retained in the opening of the heel portion, wherein the rolling means is positioned such that, in use, in a non-rolling mode a primary contact of the item of footwear with a ground is provided by the forefoot portion of the sole and as such the item of footwear does not roll and, in a rolling mode, the rolling means provides the primary contact with the ground.