Patent ID: 7455305

Claim:
A brake assembly for an inline skate having a boot and linearly aligned wheels, comprising: a carrier member mounted adjacent to said linearly aligned wheels, said carrier member reciprocating along a substantially vertical path between a brake disengaged elevation and a brake engaged elevation; a braking roller mounted traverse to said carrier member and aligned to contact at least one wheel for retarding a velocity thereof when said carrier member occupies said brake engaged elevation, said braking roller spaced apart from said at least one wheel when said carrier member occupies said brake disengaged elevation; a first rocker comprising an input arm and an output arm, said output arm coupled to said carrier member to vertically drive said carrier member between said brake engaged elevation and said brake disengaged elevation; a user controlled actuator mechanism coupled to said first rocker at said input arm to rotate said first rocker in a first direction, wherein rotating said first rocker in said first direction drives said carrier member to the brake engaged elevation; and a carrier member restoring device coupled to said first rocker for returning said carrier member to said brake disengaged elevation when said user controlled actuator mechanism is inactive.