Patent ID: 6176553
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: A63C,B60C

Abstract:
A wheel for skates, comprising a hub having a tread, grooved regions being formed in the lateral surfaces of said tread and extending gradually in opposite directions with respect to the median plane of said tread, said grooved regions comprising separate first grooves which are substantially V-shaped and having a vertex being directed toward said hub, a first wing and a second wing being formed in said first grooves and having mutually different lengths, so as to arrange their tips at difference distances with respect to the median plane of said tread, said first wing being longer than said second wing, so that the free end of said first wing is spaced, with respect to said median plane, by a first distance (A) which is shorter than a second distance (B) between the free end of said second wing and said median plane, said first grooves being arranged side by side at said lateral surfaces and being mutually equidistant, at least one second groove being formed in the interspace between two of said first grooves.