Patent ID: 7093839

Claim:
A roller skate roller apparatus, comprising: a center wheel bank comprising a plurality of glide slide wheels residing coplanar to one another in a common center wheel bank plane; a first outer wheel bank comprising a first plurality of push, turn and stop wheels residing coplanar to one another in a common first outer wheel bank plane on a first side of said center wheel bank; said first plurality of push, turn and stop wheels rotating independently of said glide slide wheels; said first outer wheel bank plane aligned parallel to said center wheel bank plane; a second outer wheel bank comprising a second plurality of push, turn and stop wheels residing coplanar to one another in a common second outer wheel bank plane on a second side of said center wheel bank opposite said first side; said second plurality of push, turn and stop wheels rotating independently of said glide slide wheels and said first plurality of push, turn and stop wheels; said second outer wheel bank aligned parallel to said center wheel bank plane and parallel to said first outer wheel bank plane; said first plurality of push, turn and stop wheels comprising first bank asymmetric cross sections comprising first bank inboard edges thereof larger in diameter than first bank outboard edges thereof; said second plurality of push, turn and stop wheels comprising second bank asymmetric cross sections comprising second bank inboard edges thereof larger in diameter than second bank outboard edges thereof; each of said glide slide wheels and said push, turn and stop wheels comprising a width thereof which is substantially smaller than a diameter thereof; and said center wheel bank, first outer wheel bank, and second outer wheel bank comprising a total combined width thereof which is substantially smaller than a width of a human foot which said roller skate roller apparatus is intended to support; wherein: there is no non-rotating slip surface between said glide slide wheels and said first plurality of push, turn and stop wheels for contacting an intended skating surface; there is no non-rotating slip surface between said glide slide wheels and said second plurality of push, turn and stop wheels for contacting the intended skating surface; and when said center wheel bank, first outer wheel bank and second outer wheel bank are turned and angulated relative to a skating direction, said coplanar, parallel wheel bank alignments in combination with said asymmetric cross sections engage the intended skating surface to simulate ice skate hockey stops and turns.