Land vehicles – Skates – Wheeled skate
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-08
2005-02-08
Phan, Hau (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Skates
Wheeled skate
C280S011231
Reexamination Certificate
active
06851681
ABSTRACT:
A skate frame (20) for an in-line skate (18) having a shoe portion (22) and a plurality of wheels (24) capable of traversing a surface. The skate frame includes an elongate structural member comprised of a structural material having a first average density. The structural member having first and second sidewalls (62, 68). The structural member also includes a shoe mounting portion (50) spanning between at least a portion of the upper ends of the sidewalls. The skate frame also includes core material (64) disposed within at least one of the first and second sidewalls or within the shoe mounting portion. In an embodiment of the invention a threaded insert (602) is embedded in the core material of one sidewall, and an aligned tubular insert is installed in the opposite sidewall, such that the wheel axle (612) can be inserted through the tubular insert to engage the embedded threaded insert. In another embodiment, a protective cap (770) protects and/or enhances the appearance of the skate frame.
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Grande Dodd H.
Svensson John E.
Christensen O'Connor Johnson & Kindness PLLC
K-2 Corporation
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