Patent ID: 6193243
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A clap skate, comprising:a frame for holding surface contacting displacement means;a heel support for a heel portion of a skating shoe, said heel support being fixedly mounted on a rear part of said frame;a forefoot support for fastening a sole portion of said skating shoe thereon, said forefoot support being pivotally connected to a front part of said frame about a transverse pivot pin, so as to allow said forefoot support with the skating shoe thereon to be tilted about said pivot pin forwardly through an angle of at least 30 degree from a normal position with the forefoot support against the frame, whereby the skating shoe is lifted with its heel portion from said fixedly mounted heel support;two bracket flanges extending upwardly from said front part of said skate frame, said flanges holding said pivot pin about which said forefoot support is pivotally connected; anda spring means tending to cause said forefoot support with the skating shoe thereon to return into said normal position, with the heel portion of the skating shoe resting on said heel support, wherein said spring means is constituted by a substantially U-shaped wire spring, the U-shaped wire spring having a cross portion which engages an upper face of the forefoot support and a pair of legs, each leg being provided with a helically wound portion, said helically wound portion being positioned around said pivot pin in intermediary spaces between said bracket flanges and lateral ends of said forefoot support, each of the legs of the U-shaped wire spring includes a free end portion which is held along an inner surface of a respective bracket flange by a projection which extends inwardly from each bracket flange such that the spring is effectively guarded against obstruction from foreign matter.