Skate structure, particularly for an in-line roller skate

• US 5,934,693 A
• Filed: 02/20/1997
• Issued: 08/10/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bauer Italia SpA (Novation Tech S.p.A.)
• Original Assignee: Bauer Italia SpA (Novation Tech S.p.A.)
• Inventors: Nicoletti, Graziano
• Primary Examiner(s): Swann, J. J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAR, MICHAEL Y
• Application Number:
  US08/803,456
• Time in Patent Office: 901 Days
• Field of Search: 280/11.22, 280/11.23, 280/11.26, 280/11.27, 280/7.13, 280/11.19, 403/345, 403/375
• US Class Current: 280/11.231
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/068 Production or mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/42 Details of chassis of ice or roller skates, of decks of skateboards

Abstract

A skate structure for in-line roller skates includes front and rear blocks adapted to be connected to the toe portion and the heel portion, respectively of a skate shoe. A pair of elongated wheel support frame members are slidably connected to opposite sides of the front and rear blocks and a plurality of in-line wheels are rotatably supported between the frame members. The slidable connection between the frame members and the blocks is provided by a pair of longitudinally extending grooves formed in opposite sides of each of the front and rear blocks and an inwardly extending appendage on each of the frame members. The grooves and appendages have a mating configuration which will prevent lateral separation of the frame members from the blocks while permitting longitudinal sliding movement of the blocks relative to each other on the frame members to accommodate different size skate shoes prior to securing the blocks to the frame members.

Claims

1. A skate structure comprising front and rear blocks adapted to be connected to a toe portion and a heel portion, respectively, of a skate shoe, a pair of separate elongated wheel support frame members, connecting means for slidably connecting said frame members to opposite lateral sides of said front and rear blocks and a plurality of in-line wheels rotatably supported between said frame members, said connecting means comprising a pair of longitudinally extending grooves formed in the opposite lateral sides of each of said front and rear blocks and a single inwardly extending appendage formed on a linear upper edge of each of said frame members, each appendage being slidably received within a respective groove of each of said front and rear blocks said grooves and appendages having a mating configuration for preventing lateral and vertical separation of said frame members from said blocks while permitting longitudinal sliding movement of the blocks relative to each other on the frame members to accommodate different size shoes prior to securing the blocks to the frame members.