Patent ID: 6557862
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A skate, comprising:an outer rigid portion having a first front portion and a second rear portion; an inner footwear portion disposed within said first front portion and said second rear portion; a flexible element coupling said first front portion and said second rear portion to each other, said flexible element being disposed underlying at least a portion of said first front portion and said second rear portion, being flexible to permit relative rotational movement from an alignment position of sad fire front portion and said second rear portion, and being resilient to permit automatic return of the first front portion and second rear portion to said alignment position; a pair of substantially separate vertical elements with one of said vertical elements carried by said first front portion and The other of said vertical elements carried by said second rear portion with at least a portion of one of said pair of vertical elements disposed within at least a portion of the other of said vertical elements; four wheels disposed in-line with each of said pair of vertical elements rotatably carrying at least one of said wheels and with each of said wheels being rotatable in at least one direction permitting advancement of the skate, wherein at least one wheel is an inner wheel carried by the vertical element of the first front portion and said inner wheel is disposed higher than the other wheels when the first front portion and second rear portion are in said alignment position; and a locking system operably associated with said inner wheel to prevent rotation of said inner wheel in a direction opposing advancement of the skate.