Customizable skate with removable wheel hangers

• US 6,003,882 A
• Filed: 11/14/1996
• Issued: 12/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: V-Formation Incorporated
• Original Assignee: V-Formation Incorporated
• Inventors: Delia, Michael S., Colonese, Joseph Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swann, J. J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McClellan, James S.
• Application Number:
  US08/746,681
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 280/11.19, 280/11.22, 280/11.27, 280/11.28, 280/11.23, 280/11.25, 280/11.3, 280/841, 301/1, 301/5.3, 301/5.7, 301/105.1, 301/111, 301/114
• US Class Current: 280/11.231
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/0066 with inclined wheel, i.e. not perpendicular to the surface it rolls on
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/06 single-track type

Abstract

A skate comprising a foot enclosure with a ball region and a heel region includes a first hanger set coupled to the foot enclosure adjacent the ball region, and a second hanger set coupled to the foot enclosure adjacent the heel region. The skate further includes a plurality of wheels corresponding in number to the hangers of the first and second hanger sets wherein the wheels are rotatably and angularly coupled to the corresponding hangers. The skate may be customizable in that the hangers may be selectively and removably coupled to the foot enclosure. A method for customizing a wheel arrangement on a skate is also disclosed.

Claims

1. Customizable skate comprising:

boot having a sole and side surfaces, said sole having a ball region, a heel region and a plane;

plate member coupled to the sole;

first hanger set comprising two separate hangers wherein each of said two hangers is individually selectively and removably coupled to the plate member and the sole about the ball region, and a second hanger set comprising two separate hangers wherein each of said two hangers is individually selectively and removably coupled to the plate member and the sole about the heel region, wherein said first hanger set is spaced from said second hanger set at a distance unequal to at least one of either the distance between said hangers of the first set or the distance between said hangers of the second set; and

wheels rotatably coupled to said corresponding hangers in an alternating angular configuration relative to and along the plane of the sole, and positioned so that all adjacent wheels are not evenly spaced from each other each wheel as well as its corresponding hanger being capable of being selectively removable apart from any other wheel and its corresponding hanger.