Patent ID: 6543792
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
An in-line skate comprising:a platform adapted for attachment of the skate to a foot, a rigid frame, a plurality of wheels mounted on said frame, configured for rolling ground contact along a single line, each wheel of said plurality of wheels having an axis of rotation, said plurality of wheels having a plane of rotation that is coplanar with at least one of the wheels, a first shock element mounted on said platform and said frame configured for non-pivotal resilient extension of said platform from said frame along a first axis only, said first shock element comprising a first bearing element mounted on said platform and a second bearing element mounted slidably on said first bearing element and moveable thereon in said first axis only and mounted rigidly on said frame in fixed, non-pivotal position to the axis of rotation and to the plane of rotation of said plurality of wheels, said first shock element comprising a resilient element that urges said first bearing element slidingly away from said second bearing element in said first axis only, said platform having a toe area and a heel area, and further comprising a second shock element, said first shock element being in one of said toe area and said heel area, said second shock element being in the other of said toe area and said heel area, said second shock element being mounted on said platform and being mounted on said frame in fixed position to the axes of rotation and to the plane of rotation of said plurality of wheels.