Patent ID: 6135463
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
An inline skate frame assembly, adapted to be attached to the sole of a boot having heel and toe portions, comprising:a frame platform having an upper face and a lower face and toe and heel portions corresponding to said boot toe and heel portions, said frame platform upper face adapted to be attached to said boot sole, wherein said frame lower face includes toe and heel flange pairs, each of said flange pairs including two pairs of spaced apart downwardly extending flanges defining pairs of heel and toe cavities, wherein an engagement projection extends from at least one of said flanges ofeach of said toe flange pairs within said toe cavities;separate first and second downwardly extending sidewalls having front and rear upper portions received within respective front and rear toe and heel cavities, each of said sidewalls including a front recess that engages one of said engagement projections of said toe flange pairs, each of said sidewalls further including one of a rear engagement recess and a rear engagement projection; anda biasing unit configured to engage one of said rear engagement recess and said rear engagement projection and biasing said first and second sidewalls longitudinally toward said front recess.