Land vehicles – Skates – Wheeled skate
Patent
1995-05-02
1996-09-03
Ballato, Josie
Land vehicles
Skates
Wheeled skate
188 29, A63C 1714
Patent
active
055517129
ABSTRACT:
A skate brake and braking system for in-line skates, roller skates and like devices is disclosed. The skate brake comprises of a chassis which is comprised of a set of aligned runners with slots located therein to accept an axle mounted wheel, springs to hold the axle to one end of the slots and an adjacent braking surface to contact the wheel when the spring force is overcome by the skater's weight. The braking system comprises of multiple brakes arranged in the same chassis and provided generally at the frontmost and rearmost runner positions, although other locations on a single chassis are possible. The advantages of the disclosed invention are an improved braking effect over previous designs allowing the skater to stop in short distances, the skater's ability to utilize his or her weight to control the braking action, the skater's ability to maintain balance on both skates when braking due to the mechanism being located under the skater's foot, the low cost and ease of manufacture of the design, the capability of securing the braking wheel for the purpose of pushing off and pivoting during skating to more adequately simulate ice skating and when multiple braking mechanisms are used at the frontmost and rearmost positions of the chassis, the ability to stop effectively in both the forward and backward moving directions.
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