Patent ID: 7063336

Claim:
An external wheeled heeling apparatus for walking and running and transitioning to rolling on a surface, the external wheeled heeling apparatus comprising: a sole having a forefoot portion, an arch portion, and a heel portion, wherein the forefoot portion is provided with a first side of the forefoot portion and a second side of the forefoot portion, and the heel portion is provided with a first side of the heel portion and a second side of the heel portion, the forefoot operable to engage the surface for walking and running, and wherein the forefoot portion of the sole is inoperable for rolling on the surface, and the first side of the forefoot portion of the sole and the second side of the forefoot portion of the sole are not configured to couple with a rolling means to allow a user of the external wheeled heeling apparatus to roll on the surface; and, when in use, a bottom portion of a heel of a user's foot resides in the external wheeled heeling apparatus at a position above the heel portion of the sole; a first wheel operably coupled to rotate adjacent the first side of the heel portion; and the first wheel extends from a bottom portion that, when in use, contacts the surface, to a top portion that is at a position further away from the surface than the bottom portion of the heel of the user's foot that resides in the external wheeled heeling apparatus; and a second wheel operably coupled to rotate adjacent the second side of the heel portion, and the second wheel extends from a bottom portion that, when in use, contacts the surface, to a top portion that is at a position further away from the surface than the bottom portion of the heel of the user's foot that resides in the external wheeled heeling apparatus, and wherein the first wheel and the second wheel are positioned such that, in use, in a non-rolling mode a primary contact of the external wheeled heeling apparatus with the surface is provided by the forefoot portion of the sole and as such the external wheeled heeling apparatus does not roll and, in a rolling mode, the first wheel and the second wheel provide a primary contact with the surface to allow the user to roll on the surface, a change in mode being effected by a transfer in weight of the user from the forefoot portion to the first wheel and the second wheel positioned adjacent the heel portion.