Patent ID: 6648344
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A skate frame for an in-line skate, the skate having a shoe portion and a plurality of wheels capable of traversing a surface, the skate frame comprising:(a) an elongate structural member comprised of a structural material having a first average density, the structural member having a forward end, a rear end, an inner surface, an outer surface, first and second sidewalls each having an upper end and a lower end, and a shoe mounting portion spanning between the upper ends of the sidewalls, the lower ends of the first and second sidewalls being space to receive the wheels therebetween such that there is a gap extending along a longitudinal axis defined between the forward and rear ends of the structural member, the gap being defined between the inner and outer surfaces of the shoe mounting portion, the shoe mounting portion having a shoe load introduction portion; and (b) core material disposed within the gap and extending between the first and second sidewalls, the core material being absent from areas immediately adjacent at least the shoe load introduction portion.