Patent ID: 6131922
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A roller skate comprising:a wheeled frame including a pair of laterally spaced frame members with a plurality of aligned wheels mounted therebetween;a shoe supported on the wheeled frame and including a cuff pivotally mounted relative to the wheeled frame;a braking mechanism including an extension frame having a pair of laterally spaced flange members pivotally connected to respective rearward end portions of the pair of spaced frame members by quick-attach connections, a braking member operably supported between the pair of flange members, and an actuator assembly operably connected to the extension frame for pivoting the extension frame to generate a braking force upon contact of the braking member with a ground surface, the quick-attach connections including laterally extending protrusions formed on outer surfaces of the pair of flange members which releasably mate with end sections of the pair of frame members, each end section including an outer member having a forward edge attached to an outer surface of a respective frame member, each outer member having an inner surface spaced a predetermined distance from the outer surface of each frame member, the inner surface of each outer member having a vertical groove formed therein with the groove extending from a bottom end of the outer member upwardly to a circular recess also formed in the inner surface, and each protrusion being formed by a pair of flat side edges and a pair of arcuate end edges, the extension frame being attachable to the wheeled frame by sliding the protrusions into respective grooves in the outer members until the protrusions are received within the circular recesses and pivoting the protrusions within the circular recesses; and an adjuster lever pivotally mounted to the wheeled frame, the adjuster lever having a plurality of protrusions which interlock with a plurality of protrusions on the extension frame for providing a plurality of locked positions of height adjustment of the braking member above the ground surface by locking the extension frame in a plurality of selected positions of angular adjustment relative to the wheeled frame.