Patent ID: 7677600

Claim:
A braking mechanism for a roller ski which has a top surface and a bottom surface, an elongated foot supporting base having a front end and a rear end, a roller attached to the front end and to the rear end of the elongated base, and a binding attached to the top surface of the elongated base between the rollers at the rear end and the front end of the roller ski, the binding being used to attach a roller ski to the boot of a person using the roller ski, the roller ski braking mechanism comprising: a support member which is attached to the top surface of the elongated base between the roller at the rear end of the elongated base and the rear of a the boot attached to the binding; a lower member having a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end of which is pivotally attached to the support member with a first pin, the lower member being generally perpendicular to the elongated base when the roller ski is to be used; an actuating member which is pivotally attached to the top end of the lower member with a fastening means, the actuating member can be adjusted to an angular position with relation to the lower member to accommodate a person using the roller ski and then the actuating member is locked in the last mentioned angular position using a screw; a braking member attached to the lower member adjacent to the roller at the rear end of the elongated base of the roller ski; and a second pin that is moved to permit the lower member and the actuating member attached to the lower member to rotate about the first pin in a direction toward the front end of the roller ski until they rest on the top surface of the elongated base of the roller ski, wherein when the person using the roller ski and having a foot in the boot attached to the binding pivots the lower part of the person's leg rearward about the person's ankle, the lower part of the person's leg presses against the actuating member and thereby pivots the lower member about the first pin toward the rear end of the elongated base of the roller ski and this causes the braking member to contact the surface of the roller at the rear end of the roller ski and this creates a braking action slowing the rotation of the roller.