Patent ID: 7472915

Claim:
A speed control device suitable for use with roller skates or the like each skate having at least a wheel, the device comprising a brake pad frictionally engageable in use with a surface of or on the wheel, and an actuator adapted upon activation to initiate motion of the brake pad towards said surface and to cause the brake pad gradually to move into frictional engagement with said surface, the brake pad being substantially axially and circumferentially movable relative to a housing of the actuator rigidly mountable upon the axle of the wheel, the brake pad including a braking first pad surface frictionally engageable in use with the surface and a second opposed pad surface in contact engagement with the actuator, the second pad surface being generally angled relative to the first pad surface so as to form a wedge-shaped brake pad tapering in a direction of rotation of the wheel, the brake pad further including a guideway substantially circumferentially formed in a back side of the brake pad adjacent the second pad surface and remote from the braking first pad surface thereof and being in registration with the actuator, the brake pad, once frictionally engaged with the wheel surface, partially circumferentially moves to remain engaged therewith rotation of the wheel substantially ceases, thereby controlling the speed of the wheel and of the roller skate.