Patent ID: 8777236

Claim:
A braking assembly for an inline roller skate having a boot, an pair of mounting plates, and a plurality of inline wheels secured between the mounting plates, comprising: a cuff mounted on the boot including a pair of pivoting brackets, the pair of pivoting brackets pivoting relative to the cuff; a pair of push rods coupled to the pair of pivoting brackets at a first end, and connected at a second end by an axel extending therebetween, where the push rods have an upper portion oriented substantially vertically and parallel, a middle portion oriented inwardly converging to the axel therebetween, and a lower portion that is substantially vertical and parallel, where the boot is disposed between the pair of push rods at the upper portion, and wherein the pair of pivoting brackets are disposed fore of a last inline wheel, the axel reciprocates vertically within a slot in the mounting plates; a pair of conical braking elements disposed on the axel and opposed to each other, the conical braking elements including serrations radially aligned on an outer surface for engaging at least one of said wheels; a spring disposed between the braking elements to maintain a gap between the braking elements; and a pair of freely rotating disks each disposed on the axel between a respective planar surface of a conical braking element and an inner surface of a respective mounting plate, the free disk moderating an applied frictional load between the conical braking element and the mounting plate; wherein the location of the upper portion of the push rod's connection to the pair of pivoting brackets is adjustable.