Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – Convertible or combined
Reexamination Certificate
2002-08-29
2004-09-21
Cronin, Stephen K. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
Convertible or combined
C224S650000, C224S242000, C280S007130, C280S011300
Reexamination Certificate
active
06793111
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to an outer assembling mechanism of a backpack for carrying a detachable skate and more particularly to the backpack provides with the outer assembling mechanism which is adapted to conveniently assemble or disassemble the detachable ice/roller skate.
2. Description of the Related Art
The technology trend in skates manufacturing has been toward convertible shoe with a detachable roller skate. Attaching the detachable roller skate to the convertible shoe capable of converting from a shoe into a roller skate at will is known in the art. Also, detaching the detachable roller skate from the convertible shoe capable of converting a roller skate into a shoe for walking is known in the art. Thus, a skater can avoid carrying additional footwear for walking or other physical activity when the skates are not in use or are not allowed.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,998,260, issued on Aug. 29, 1961 to Meyer, discloses a skate shoe and interchangeable roller and ice skates therefor. The skate shoe includes the combination of mounting plate secured beneath the sole of the shoe. This mounting plate is provided with a plurality of headed studs and a lug. A skate has a top plate matching the mounting plate having a plurality of keyhole slots and a locking slot. The keyhole slots are capable of receiving the headed studs when the shoe is placed upon the skate for retaining the shoe assembled with the skate. The lug is capable of inserting into the locking slot so that a screw mount lug and a locking screw thereof is adjusted to abut against the lug to effectively lock the shoe in place upon the top plate of the skate. However, U.S. Pat. No. 2,998,260 fails to provide with an assembling mechanism for the skate in storage after detached from the skate shoe.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,120,038, issued on Sep. 19, 2000 to Dong et al., discloses a skate having a shoe portion detachably secured to a plurality of longitudinally aligned skate wheels for traversing a surface. The shoe portion having a sole defining a toe end and a heel end. The skate further includes a frame having an upper surface and a lower surface attached to the wheels. The skate also includes a heel latch member rotatably attached to the frame for receiving and coupling to a heel binding attachment surface located in the heel end of the sole to the frame. A lever arm is attached to the heel latch member to selectively release or attach the shoe portion from the heel latch member. The heel latch member is rotatable about a vertical axis extending normal to the elongate direction of the frame. The heel latch member is rotatable between a locked position, wherein the heel attachment member is nested therein, and an open position, wherein the frame is detachable from the shoe portion to convert the skate into a convention shoe. However, U.S. Pat. No. 6,120,038, like U.S. Pat. No. 2,998,260, fails to provide with an assembling mechanism for the skate in storage after detached from the skate shoe.
Referring to
FIG. 1
, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/142,782 discloses a sport shoe
1
and a detachable skate
40
attached thereto by a locking device
20
and a pivotal device
30
. However, a skater must store the skate
40
in a backpack after detached from the sport shoe
1
. Accordingly, a need exists for improved assembly of the skate
40
on a backpack.
The present invention intends to provide a backpack with an outer assembling mechanism for carrying a detachable skate in such a way to mitigate and overcome the above problem.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary objective of this invention is to provide an outer assembling mechanism of a backpack for carrying a detachable skate, which allows conveniently assembling the detachable skate in walking or disassembling the detachable skate for skating.
The secondary objective of this invention is to provide the outer assembling mechanism of the backpack for carrying the detachable skate, particularly avoiding inner assembled relationship of the backpack with the skate and thus increasing useful inner space of the backpack.
The outer assembling mechanism of the backpack for carrying the detachable skate in accordance with the present invention mainly comprises a base plate and a plurality of assembling seats fixed thereto. The assembling seats are adapted to releasably engage with the detachable skate in walking or to disengage with the detachable skate for skating.
Another aspect of the present invention is the base plate arranged at a bottom of the backpack.
Another aspect of the present invention is the base plate providing with a plurality of cavities adapted to receive the assembling seats.
Another aspect of the present invention is the assembling seats comprised of a locking seat and a pivotal seat adapted to correspondingly engage with a locking device and a pivotal device of the detachable skate.
Other objectives, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
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