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A toe pick for an in-line skate provides figure skaters with a means for performing various skating maneuvers the same as performed on ice skates. The positioning and configuration of the toe pick effectively prevents the skater from over-rotating while providing a pick point used to center the skat

A toe pick for an in-line skate provides figure skaters with a means for performing various skating maneuvers the same as performed on ice skates. The positioning and configuration of the toe pick effectively prevents the skater from over-rotating while providing a pick point used to center the skater's body in preparation for a jump or other type of stunt. The invention features a cylindrical toe pick disk held rotationally mobile by locking means, and secured to the in-line wheel frame of the skate forward of the toe wheel so as not to contact the ground during normal skating action. Although rotationally mobile, the toe pick disk is orientated to have a central axis parallel to the axis of rotation of each of the in-line skate wheels. The toe pick disk is positioned so that it contacts the horizontal skating surface, e.g., the ground, when the axis passing through the axles of the front and rear wheels of the in-line skate form an angle of between 5.degree. and 20.degree.. The invention also features an integral wheel frame constructed from a single piece metal extrusion machined to accommodate boot toe and heel mounting surfaces. The integral wheel frame can be produced in a variety of sizes by maintaining the same boot toe mounting surface and wheel and toe pick disk placement along the frame, but changing the position of the heel mounting surface.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A toe pick and frame for an in-line skate, comprisinga frame for carrying a plurality of wheels substantially in line and in a common plane between two opposing rails, including a toe wheel and a heel wheel, and a toe frame portion of the opposing rails extending forward of the toe

[ We claim:] [1.] A toe pick and frame for an in-line skate, comprisinga frame for carrying a plurality of wheels substantially in line and in a common plane between two opposing rails, including a toe wheel and a heel wheel, and a toe frame portion of the opposing rails extending forward of the toe wheel, anda substantially cylindrical disk, having a contact surface for contacting the skating surface, the cylindrical disk being mounted between the opposing rats of the toe frame portion and secured to the opposing rails to prevent rotation of the disk and contact surface with respect to the opposing rails, andwherein the cylindrical disk is sized and positioned so that the contact surface does not contact the skating surface during normal skating action and so that the contact surface first contacts the horizontal skating surface upon a skater rotating forward on the toe wheel when an axis passing through the axles of the front and rear wheels form an angle of between 5.degree. and 15.degree. with the horizontal skating surface, andwherein the frame comprises a metal extrusion having elongated opposing side surfaces and an elongated plate surface substantially perpendicular to the opposing side surfaces, andwherein the opposing rails are machined from the opposing side surfaces, and a toe mounting plate is machined from the plate surface at a constant location along the plate surface to maintain the cylindrical disk at substantially the same distance from the toe of the boot, for mounting the frame to the toe portion of a boot, and a heel mounting plate is machined from the plate surface at a location along the plate surface relative to the toe mounting plate accommodate mounting the frame to a given size boot.