Land vehicles – Skates – Wheeled skate
Patent
1995-08-29
1998-04-14
Camby, Richard M.
Land vehicles
Skates
Wheeled skate
280 112, 280 1127, A63C 1714
Patent
active
057383600
ABSTRACT:
A toe pick for an in-line skate provides figure skaters with a means for performing various skating maneuvers the same as performed on ice skates. The positioning and configuration of the toe pick effectively prevents the skater from over-rotating while providing a pick point used to center the skater's body in preparation for a jump or other type of stunt. The invention features a cylindrical toe pick disk held rotationally mobile by locking means, and secured to the in-line wheel frame of the skate forward of the toe wheel so as not to contact the ground during normal skating action. Although rotationally mobile, the toe pick disk is orientated to have a central axis parallel to the axis of rotation of each of the in-line skate wheels. The toe pick disk is positioned so that it contacts the horizontal skating surface, e.g., the ground, when the axis passing through the axles of the front and rear wheels of the in-line skate form an angle of between 5.degree. and 20.degree.. The invention also features an integral wheel frame constructed from a single piece metal extrusion machined to accommodate boot toe and heel mounting surfaces. The integral wheel frame can be produced in a variety of sizes by maintaining the same boot toe mounting surface and wheel and toe pick disk placement along the frame, but changing the position of the heel mounting surface.
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Perna Nicolas A.
Petell John J.
Camby Richard M.
Harmony Sports, Inc.
Smith Richard B.
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