Patent ID: 7165774
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
1. An external wheeled heeling apparatus for walking and running and transitioning to rolling on a surface, the external wheeled heeling apparatus comprising: a sole having a forefoot portion, an arch portion, and a heel portion, wherein the forefoot portion is provided with a first side of the forefoot portion and a second side of the forefoot portion, and the heel portion is provided with a first wheel-well opening adjacent a first side of the heel portion and a second wheel-well opening adjacent a second side of the heel portion, the forefoot operable to engage the surface for walking and running, and wherein the forefoot portion of the sole is inoperable for rolling on the surface, and the first side of the forefoot portion of the sole and the second side of the forefoot portion of the sole are not configured to couple with a rolling means to allow a user of the external wheeled heeling apparatus to roll on the surface; a first wheel operably coupled to rotate adjacent the first wheel-well opening of the heel portion, and the first wheel is positioned at least partially within the first wheel-well; and a second wheel operably coupled to rotate adjacent the second wheel-well opening of the heel portion, and the second wheel is positioned at least partially within the second wheel-well, and wherein the first wheel and the second wheel are positioned such that, in use, in a non-rolling mode a primary contact of the external wheeled heeling apparatus with the surface is provided by the forefoot portion of the sole and as such the external wheeled heeling apparatus does not roll and, in a rolling mode, the first wheel and the second wheel provide a primary contact with the surface to allow the user to roll on the surface, a change in mode being effected by a transfer in weight of the user from the forefoot portion to the first wheel and the second wheel.