Pivoted knee skates

• US 5,427,391 A
• Filed: 05/05/1994
• Issued: 06/27/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bobby E. Cooper
• Original Assignee: Bobby E. Cooper
• Inventors: Cooper, Bobby E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Focarino, Margaret A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAR, MICHAEL Y
• Application Number:
  US08/238,486
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 280/841, 280/11.19, 280/11.27, 280/11.28, 280/11.3, 280/809, 280/811, 280/18, 280/32.5, 280/32.6, 280/87.01, 280/87.021, 280/87.03, 280/87.042
• US Class Current: 280/11.19
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/0026 Roller skates used otherwise than standing or sitting on them, e.g. body skates
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/02 with wheels arranged in two pairs A63C17/01 takes precedence

Abstract

A pivoted knee skate comprising a leg rest having an upper surface and lower surface; a foot rest having an upper surface and a lower surface; a plurality of wheels; a coupling mechanism rotatably coupling wheels to the lower surface of the leg rest and wheels to the lower surface of the foot rest; a securement mechanism coupled to the leg rest and foot rest for securing the upper surface of leg rest to the lower leg of a user and the upper surface of the foot rest to the foot of a user; and a hinge mechanism securing the leg rest to the foot rest, whereby creating a mobile platform for supporting a user'"'"'s lower leg and foot, thus allowing a user to glide across a surface upon assuming a kneeling position thereon, and providing pivotal movement of the foot rest relative to the leg rest, thus allowing a user to stand or walk in an erect position with the platform coupled thereon.

Claims

1. A pivoted knee skate for gliding a user across a surface from one location to another comprising, in combination:

an essentially planar and rectangular leg rest having an upper surface and lower surface with a front edge, rear edge, and side edges integrally disposed therearound;

a first pair of axially aligned wheels;

first coupling means rotatably coupling the first pair of wheels to the lower surface of the leg rest near the front edge;

an elongated shin pad having a lower surface coupled to the upper surface of the leg rest, an upper surface formed to support a user'"'"'s shin and knee thereon, and an upwardly extending front edge and adjacent side edges adapted to hold a user'"'"'s shin and knee in a generally stationary position with respect thereto;

an elongated leg strap further comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment having one end coupled to one side edge of the shin pad and the other end having a securable means coupled thereto, the second segment having one end coupled to the opposite side edge of the shin pad and the other end having a securement means coupled thereto and aligned with the securable means of the first segment, the securement means adapted to receive and hold the securable means with the strap in a closed loop configuration around the lower leg of a user;

an essentially planar foot rest having an upper surface and a lower surface with a front edge, rear edge, and side edges integrally disposed therearound;

a second pair of axially aligned wheels;

second coupling means rotatably coupling the second pair of wheels to the lower surface of the foot rest near the rear edge;

an elongated foot pad having a lower surface coupled to the upper surface of the foot rest, an upper surface for supporting an upper portion of a user'"'"'s foot thereon, and upwardly extending side edges adapted to hold a user'"'"'s foot in a generally stationary position with respect thereto;

a first foot strap and a second foot strap, each strap further comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment having one end coupled to a side edge of the foot rest and the other end having securable means coupled thereto, a second segment having one end coupled to the opposite side edge of the foot rest and aligned with the first segment and the other end having a securement means coupled thereto, the securement means adapted to receive and hold the securable means with the first strap in a closed loop configuration around the ankle of a user and the second strap in a closed loop configuration around the foot of a user near the arch thereof; and

hinge means securing the rear edge of the leg rest to the front edge of the foot rest, whereby creating a mobile platform for supporting a user'"'"'s lower leg and foot, thus allowing a user to glide across a surface upon assuming a kneeling position thereon, and providing pivotal movement of the foot rest relative to the leg rest, thus allowing a user to stand or walk in an erect position with the platform coupled thereon.

2. A pivoted knee skate comprising:

a leg rest having an upper surface and lower surface;

a foot rest having an upper surface and a lower surface;

a plurality of forward and rearward wheels;

coupling means rotatably coupling the forward wheels to the lower surface of the leg rest and the rearward wheels to the lower surface of the foot rest;

securement means coupled to the leg rest and foot rest for securing the upper surface of the leg rest to a forward portion of the lower leg of a user and the upper surface of the foot rest to an upper portion of the foot of a user; and

hinge means securing the leg rest to the foot rest, whereby creating a mobile platform for supporting a user'"'"'s lower leg and foot, thus allowing a user to glide across a surface upon assuming a kneeling position thereon, and providing pivotal movement of the foot rest relative to the leg rest, thus allowing a user to stand or walk in an erect position with the platform coupled thereon.

3. The device as set forth in claim 2 and further including a vertically oriented pivot pin to allow relative pivotal movement between the leg rest and the foot rest with the forward and rearward wheels coupled thereto.

4. The device as set forth in claim 2 further including cushioning means coupled to the platform for cushioning a user'"'"'s foot and leg placed thereon.