Patent ID: 7497445
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. An inline skate wheel assembly for being rotatably attached to an inline skate, said assembly comprising: a loop having a centrally disposed opening extending therethrough, said loop defining a wheel, said loop having an outer perimeter surface, an inner perimeter surface, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, a ring being integrally attached to and being coextensive with said inner perimeter surface, said ring being coaxial with said loop and being positioned between and being spaced from said first and second lateral sides, said ring having a first side edge, a second side edge and an inner edge, said inner edge having a plurality of elongated cavities therein extending between and through each of said first and second side edges; a hub assembly being configured to be removably attached to said loop, said hub assembly including a cylinder having a first end and a second end, said first and second ends being open, a first perimeter flange being attached to an outer surface of said cylinder and abutting said first end, a second perimeter flange being attached to an opposite side of said outer surface of said cylinder and abutting said second end, a plurality of raised sections being attached to said outer surface and extending between and abutting said first and second flanges, each of said raised sections being positionable in one of said elongated cavities, said first flange having a plurality of elongated wells extending therein, each of said plurality of elongated wells extending through one of said plurality of raised sections and outwardly of said second flange, said cylinder having a break therein and extending through said raised sections such that a first portion and a second portion of said cylinder are defined; a plurality of fasteners, each of said fasteners being removably extendable through one of said elongated cavities and securing said first portion to said second portion when each of said first and second flanges is abutted against one of said first and second side edges of said ring; wherein an axle may be extended through said cylinder such that said cylinder is rotatably mounted on said axle, the axle being secured to an inline skate track.