In-line roller skates with suspension

• US 5,503,413 A
• Filed: 10/31/1994
• Issued: 04/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chuck Chang
• Original Assignee: Pavel Belogour
• Inventors: Belogour, Pavel
• Primary Examiner(s): Focarino, Margaret A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): YU, MIN SON
• Application Number:
  US08/330,449
• Time in Patent Office: 519 Days
• Field of Search: 280/11.19, 280/11.22, 280/11.23, 280/11.27, 280/11.28, 280/11.31
• US Class Current: 280/11.225
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 1/28 Pivotally-mounted plates
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/0046 with shock absorption or suspension system
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/065 with movements during use of the foot plate or shoe relative to the chassis, e.g. inline clap skate

Abstract

The in-line roller skate includes a shoe (10) having a sole plate (12), a toe attachment (14) and a heel attachment (16) which is secured to the sole plate (12). A suspension system (18) is secured at one end thereof on the central part of the rear axle (40) of the wheel frame (44). The opposite end thereof is guided by an extended pin (20) through the centering cut bore (38) which is located inside the heel attachment (16). This allows vertical movement of the shoe (10) in that the spring (15) is supported by the cavity washers (22) located on the top and bottom of the extended pin (20). Two parallel flanges (30) of the toe attachment (14) are connected to the wheel frame flanges (28) by a pivoting axle (42) which allow vertical clearance movements of the extended pin (20) of the suspension system (18).

Claims

1. An in-line roller skate comprising:

a boot with a heel and toe plate, the heel plate extending behind the heel of the boot, and comprising two raised flanges and a centering bore,

a wheel frame, with two vertical side members and a plurality of wheels connected in between the side members, pivotally connected to the front toe plate,

and a suspension system comprising a pivoting axle connected between the two side members, a hollow pin with a vertical slot pivotally connected to the pivoting axle and extending above the heel plate through the centering bore, a resilient member connected to the heel plate and the wheel frame, and a bar pin that extends through the raised flanges of the heel plate and also through the vertical slot of the hollow pin, the system working so that when a force is pressed on the heel the resilient member contracts and the hollow pin extends further through the centering bore.

2. In-line roller skates of claim 1 wherein skates are characterized in that a pivoting axle, a centering finger, and an extended pin are made as a single joined unit.

3. In-line roller skates of claim 2 wherein skates are characterized in that the pivoting axle, the centering finger and the extended pin are hollow and are made of titanium, aluminum or a strong and rigid plastic component.

4. In-line roller skates of claim 1 wherein skates are characterized in that a suspension system comprising of a spring is contracted by a heel plate.

5. In-line roller skates of claim 1 wherein skates are characterized in that cylindrically shaped centering washers are located between the side members of the wheel frame with a centering finger between them.

6. In-line roller skates of claim 1 wherein skates are characterized in that a heel plate has an oblong shaped centering bore.

7. In-line roller skates of claim 1 is characterized in that two raised flanges are used to secure a bar pin.

8. In-line roller skates of claim 1 wherein skates comprising of a combination of a suspension system and toe and heel attachments that allow vertical movement of a boot.