Patent ID: 6860491
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. 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 first structural member having first and second sidewalls depending downwardly from a first upper surface, the lower ends of the sidewalls being spaced to receive the wheels therebetween; and (b) flexible vibration dampening means integrally formed with the sidewalls of the first structural member for absorbing at least a portion of vibrational energy transmitted from the surface to the shoe portion when the skate traverses the surface, wherein the flexible vibration dampening means comprises a contoured portion of each of the first and second sidewalls of the first structural member, the contoured portion having a predetermined cross sectional shape to permit the sidewalls to flex, thereby absorbing at least a portion of the vibrational energy associated with traversing the surface, wherein the flexible vibration dampening means are not removable.