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Roller skate toe stop converter

  • US 4,094,525 A
  • Filed: 05/02/1977
  • Issued: 06/13/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An adjustable toe stop converter for converting a roller skate from use with a first toe stop having a threaded mounting stud of a given diameter and thread to use with a second toe stop having a threaded mounting stud of a diameter larger than the mounting stud of said first toe stop, said skate having on its forward end a toe stop mounting shoulder presenting a generally downwardly and forwardly facing toe stop bearing surface and defining a first threaded bore of a diameter and thread equal to that of the threaded mounting stud of said first toe stop, said toe stop converter comprising:

  • (a) a counterbored member having at one end wall an upper end surface adapted to matingly abut said roller skate toe stop bearing surface and having at the opposite end wall a lower end surface, said one end wall defining a second bore having a second diameter at least equal to the diameter of said first bore in said roller skate toe stop mounting shoulder and less than the diameter of the mounting stud of said second toe stop, said opposite end wall defining a third threaded bore having a diameter and thread equal to that of the mounting stud of said second toe stop, said third bore being coaxial and communicating with said second bore to define an annular shoulder between said second and third bores;

    (b) a bolt having a head of a diameter greater than that of said second bore and having a shank with a diameter less than that of said second bore, said shank having threading means adapted to threadingly engage said first bore in said roller skate toe stop mounting shoulder; and

    (c) means for securing the threaded mounting stud of said second toe stop against rotation within said third bore when said stud of the second toe stop is threadingly engaged therewith, wherebysaid bolt can be inserted into said counterbored member with the bearing surface of the bolt head bearing against said annular shoulder in the counterbored member and with the shank projecting from said second bore to threadingly engage said first bore in said roller skate toe stop mounting shoulder for matingly abutting said upper end surface of the counterbored member against said roller skate toe stop bearing surface,said stud of the second toe stop can be threadingly engaged with said third bore to adjustably position said second toe stop relative to said roller skate at a distance from said counterbored member lower end surface that is variable with the amount of thread engagement, andsaid stud of the second toe stop can be secured in the desired position by said securing means.

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