초록 ▼

A braking system is provided for an in-line roller skate for skating on hard skate-supporting surfaces. The roller skate includes a shoe, a wheel-supporting frame attached to the shoe, and a plurality of aligned wheels operably supposed by the wheel-supporting frame. The braking system includes a hu

A braking system is provided for an in-line roller skate for skating on hard skate-supporting surfaces. The roller skate includes a shoe, a wheel-supporting frame attached to the shoe, and a plurality of aligned wheels operably supposed by the wheel-supporting frame. The braking system includes a hub supported on the frame and a ground engaging braking wheel rotatably supported on the hub. The hub and the ground engaging braking wheel include friction-generating surfaces such that the ground engaging braking wheel causes a braking action with the hub as the braking wheel rollingly engages with the ground supporting surface. A variety of configurations of the hub are disclosed including cuff-actuated systems and frame-fixed systems, and including a plurality of hub configurations including one-piece, multi-piece and wrapped, multi-piece and levered, and spring-biased split hub versions.

대표청구항 ▼

An in-line roller skate comprising: a wheeled frame including a hub-supporting subframe; a plurality of aligned wheels operably supported by the wheeled frame and adapted to rollingly engage a hard surface; and a braking mechanism including: a hub supported on said hub-supporting subframe, and a bra

An in-line roller skate comprising: a wheeled frame including a hub-supporting subframe; a plurality of aligned wheels operably supported by the wheeled frame and adapted to rollingly engage a hard surface; and a braking mechanism including: a hub supported on said hub-supporting subframe, and a braking wheel rotatably supported on a permeter surface of said hub, said hub and said braking wheel each including friction-generating surfaces for generating a braking force therebetween when the roller skate is pivoted to rollingly engage said braking wheel with the hard surface, said hub including a first member and a second member movable relative to said first member, and a third member positioned between the first and second members, said third member being fixed to the hub-supporting subframe, and said first and second members being movable relative to said third member when said braking wheel rollingly engages the hard surface.