Lightweight in-line roller skate, frame, and frame mounting system
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1. An in-line roller skate comprising:
- a boot having a sole, said sole having an outer sole surface, said outer sole surface having front and rear frame mounts thereon, each said frame mount having forward and aft stop barriers and defining a laterally extending slot therebetween;
a plurality of wheels rotatable in a common plane;
a frame for carrying said plurality of wheels, said frame comprising first and second longitudinally extending side rails,wherein said first side rail includes front and rear mounting brackets, each said bracket projecting laterally from said first side rail toward said second side rail and having a bracket floor, each said bracket being received in one of said slots of said frame mounts when said frame is attached to said boot;
said second side rail includes front and rear mounting brackets, each said bracket projecting laterally from said second rail toward said first rail; and
fastening means for attaching said rails to said boot by attaching said front bracket of said first rail to said front bracket of said second rail and said front frame mount, said front bracket of said first side rail being disposed between said front bracket of said second side rail and said front frame mount, and by attaching said rear bracket of said first side rail to said rear bracket of said second side rail and to said rear frame mount, said rear bracket of said first rail being disposed between said rear bracket of said second side rail and said rear frame mount.
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Abstract
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 portion. The planar portion carries a plurality of axle apertures through which an axle for a wheel may be inserted. Perferably the axle apertures are configured to receive an axle aperture plug, have an eccentrically disposed axle bore and are situated on the frame side rails such that the wheels may be mounted at multiple relative heights to each other.
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1. An in-line roller skate comprising:
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a boot having a sole, said sole having an outer sole surface, said outer sole surface having front and rear frame mounts thereon, each said frame mount having forward and aft stop barriers and defining a laterally extending slot therebetween; a plurality of wheels rotatable in a common plane; a frame for carrying said plurality of wheels, said frame comprising first and second longitudinally extending side rails, wherein said first side rail includes front and rear mounting brackets, each said bracket projecting laterally from said first side rail toward said second side rail and having a bracket floor, each said bracket being received in one of said slots of said frame mounts when said frame is attached to said boot; said second side rail includes front and rear mounting brackets, each said bracket projecting laterally from said second rail toward said first rail; and fastening means for attaching said rails to said boot by attaching said front bracket of said first rail to said front bracket of said second rail and said front frame mount, said front bracket of said first side rail being disposed between said front bracket of said second side rail and said front frame mount, and by attaching said rear bracket of said first side rail to said rear bracket of said second side rail and to said rear frame mount, said rear bracket of said first rail being disposed between said rear bracket of said second side rail and said rear frame mount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An in-line roller skate comprising:
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a boot having a sole, said sole having an outer sole surface, said outer sole surface having front and rear frame mounts thereon, each said frame mount having a pedestal-like configuration having a base depending downward from said outer sole surface and defining a substantially planar ceiling, each said frame mount further including forward and aft stop barriers projecting downwardly from said ceiling to define a laterally extending slot therebetween; a plurality of wheels rotatable in a common plane; a frame for carrying said plurality of wheels, said frame comprising first and second longitudinally extending side rails, wherein said first side rails includes front and rear mounting brackets, each said bracket projecting laterally toward said second side rail from said first side rail and having a bracket floor, each said bracket further including forward and aft bracket walls extending downwardly from said floor to define therebetween a bracket slot, each said bracket being received in one of said slots of said frame mounts when said frame is attached to said boot, said second side rail includes front and rear mounting brackets, each said bracket projecting laterally from said second rail toward said first rail and configured to conform closely to said bracket slots of said first rail brackets when said frame is attached to said boot; and fastening means for attaching rails to said boot by attaching said front brackets of said first rail to said front bracket of said second rail and said front frame mount, said front bracket of said first rail being disposed between said front bracket of said second side rail and said front frame mount, and by attaching said rear bracket of said first side rail to said rear bracket of said second side rail and to said rear frame mount, said rear bracket of said first rail being disposed between said rear bracket of said second side rail and said rear frame mount. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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