Patent ID: 6536784
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A braking device in a skate comprising a shoe having a quarter which is articulated to a shell which is associated with a supporting frame rotatably supporting two or more wheels, the skate having a rear region, an inner lateral region, an outer lateral region, and a front region, the braking device comprising a braking element and at least one flexible traction element which slidably extends at said rear region and operatively connects said quarter to said braking element, wherein said at least one traction element has one end connected with an actuation element which is connected to said quarter and said at least one traction element has another end connected to an element which is suitable to actuate the movement, as a result of a rearward tilting of said quarter with respect to said shell and a consequent traction force applied to said at least one traction element by said quarter as it tilts rearwardly, of a braking element into a braking configuration, said braking element being movably connected with said frame in contrast with at least one flexible element which urges said braking element into a non-braking configuration, said traction element having a first end which is associated with said quarter by means of a first pivot, said first pivot being rigidly coupled to said quarter in a rear region and externally, said first end of said traction element being associated at said first pivot which is in turn associated with an upper end of a rack which is slidingly associated at the rear surface of said shell, and said traction element having a second end which is associated at a second pivot which is rigidly coupled to said braking element in a region that lies above a last rear wheel.