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A braking system for in-line skates including a skid pad. The skid pad is mounted to transversely pivot within a support bracket or track housing and adjust to ankle cant of a skater. A spring at the skid pad mates to a tapered socket at the bracket to center the pad to the bracket. Side limits prev

A braking system for in-line skates including a skid pad. The skid pad is mounted to transversely pivot within a support bracket or track housing and adjust to ankle cant of a skater. A spring at the skid pad mates to a tapered socket at the bracket to center the pad to the bracket. Side limits prevent over rotation of the skid pad. Insert molded and multi-section skid pad assemblies are disclosed.

대표청구항 ▼

Skate braking apparatus comprising: a) a support frame including a plurality of wheels aligned seriatim between sidewalls of the support frame and along a longitudinal axis of the support frame; and (b) a skid pad having a terrain contacting brake surface, wherein said skid pad is mounted to said su

Skate braking apparatus comprising: a) a support frame including a plurality of wheels aligned seriatim between sidewalls of the support frame and along a longitudinal axis of the support frame; and (b) a skid pad having a terrain contacting brake surface, wherein said skid pad is mounted to said support frame and to a pivot having a pivot axis coaxial to the longitudinal axis such that the skid pad can rotate about the pivot to maintain said brake surface parallel to the terrain and normal to a plumb axis to the terrain and through said pivot and independent of a cant angle of said frame from the plumb axis, whereby the brake surface uniformly engages the terrain without incurring uneven wear at the brake surface.