Patent ID: 7063335

Claim:
An in-line roller skate comprising: a frame having a front end and a tail end, said frame having attachment means adapted to secure said frame to a boot, said fame having a longitudinally curved lower portion, a point stop located at the front end of said frame along said curved lower portion, a front ball support located adjacent and behind said point stop at the front end of said frame along said curved lower portion, a plurality of rotating rollers located behind said front ball support along said curved lower portion of said frame each of said rollers rotatably supported about an axis affixed perpendicularly to the frame, and a tail ball support located at the tail end of said frame along the curved lower portion thereof, whereby said rotating rollers can only rotate in a plane defined by the curvature of the frame while said front and said tail ball supports can turn in any direction, at least two points of contact with an underlying surface are present while using said in-line roller skate to perform various skating maneuvers including rotations and jumps, a first point of contact being said point stop on said front end of said frame, and a second point of contact being said front ball support.