Roller field skate patent model
date: label: date made
content: 1869
label: patent date
content: 1869-05-04
name: label: inventor
content: Luders, Thomas L.
label: Maker
content: Luder, J.L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Roller field skate patent model, patent by T.L. Luders, Olney Illinois on 5/14/1869. According to patent data "The object of this invention is to provide a device by means of which the surface of the ground may be traversed with the same graceful, easy and delightful motion as when skating on ice." Consists of a large iron wheel mounted on a wooden base with a horizontal platform. A leather shoe is attached to a vertical wooden rod which is attached to the hub of the wheel. There is a cloth strap at the top of the wooden rod to attach the skate to the user's leg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Olney
topic: label: name of sport
content: Roller Skating
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer, Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.62.358
label: catalog number
content: 62.358
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 89,833
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Roller Skate
label: Object Name
content: model
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: roller skate
label: Object Name
content: patent model, roller skate
label: Object Name
content: roller skate, skating
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 26.035 cm x 23.495 cm x 6.985 cm