Patent ID: 6736412
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A skate including a glide member for traversing a surface, comprising:a shoe portion for receiving a skater's foot and including a base underlying the received foot; a base lever defined on an undersurface of the base, the base lever defining a forward end portion, a forward base lever attachment structure defined by the forward end portion, and a longitudinal base lever axis aligned with a longitudinal axis of the received foot; an elongate frame for mounting the glide member, the frame defining a longitudinal frame axis, a forward end portion, and a forward frame attachment structure; and a hinge, defining a pivot axis, pivotably connecting the forward end portion of the base lever to the forward end portion of the frame, wherein upon pivoting of the base lever with respect to the frame, the longitudinal base lever axis, projected onto a horizontal plane passing through the longitudinal frame axis, defines a first angle of canting with respect to the longitudinal frame axis.