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Braking device particularly usable for skates including a shoe composed of at least one quarter articulated to a shell associated with a supporting frame for two or more wheels. The device includes a rod member which is connected to a braking element and has a kinematic system suitable to allow the

Braking device particularly usable for skates including a shoe composed of at least one quarter articulated to a shell associated with a supporting frame for two or more wheels. The device includes a rod member which is connected to a braking element and has a kinematic system suitable to allow the rotation of the quarter without activating the braking element, so as to allow to deactivate the braking element while skating or allow rear-entry insertion of the foot if the skate is of the rear-entry type. A locking element is provided for locking the kinematic system and/or the devices for deactivating the braking element.

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In a skate comprising a longitudinally-extending frame adapted to support a plurality of wheels, a quarter mounted above said frame for forward and rearward pivotal movement relative to said frame, a braking element positioned rearwardly of said frame for upward and downward movement relative to sai

In a skate comprising a longitudinally-extending frame adapted to support a plurality of wheels, a quarter mounted above said frame for forward and rearward pivotal movement relative to said frame, a braking element positioned rearwardly of said frame for upward and downward movement relative to said frame, and an actuator interconnected between said quarter and said braking element such that said actuator causes said braking element to move towards and away from the ground in response to rearward and forward movement of said quarter relative to said frame, that improvement wherein said actuator comprises: a first member having a first end thereof connected to said quarter for pivotal movement relative to said quarter; a second member having a first end thereof connected to said braking element for pivotal movement relative to said braking element, a second end of said second member being connected to a second end of said first member such that said first and second members are pivotal relative to each other between (i) a first position in which said first and second members are generally aligned with each other and said first end of said first member is on the side of said second end of said second member opposite said first end of said second member and (ii) a second position, the distance between said first end of said first member and said first end of said second member when said members are in said first position being greater than when said members are in said second position whereby said braking element is movable downwardly to interact with a braking surface upon a degree of backward movement of said support when said first and second members are in said first position, and said degree of backward movement is insufficient to cause said braking element to move a distance sufficient to interact with said braking surface when said first and second members are in said second position; and, means for releasably maintaining said first member and said second member in said first position.