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 supported by the wheel-supporting frame. The braking system includes a h

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 supported 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 ▼

[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] A brake assembly for attachment to an in-line roller skate having a wheel-supporting frame and a plurality of aligned wheels operably supported by the wheel-supporting frame and ad

[ The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:] [1.] A brake assembly for attachment to an in-line roller skate having a wheel-supporting frame and a plurality of aligned wheels operably supported by the wheel-supporting frame and adapted to rolling engage a supporting surface, the brake assembly comprising:an extension frame member having first and second ends, the first end being connected to said wheel-supporting frame;an integral hub member fixedly connected to the second end of said extension frame member, the hub member having a cylindrical-shaped outer circumferential surface;a strip of material extending about a substantial portion of the outer circumferential surface of the hub member, the strip of material having opposing ends, at least one end being secured to the hub member; andan annular-shaped braking wheel having inner and outer circumferential surfaces, the braking wheel being rotatably mounted on said hub member with the strip of material positioned between the hub member and the inner circumferential surface of the braking wheel, wherein rolling engagement of the braking wheel with the supporting surface, upon pivotable movement of the roller skate, forces the inner circumferential surface of the braking wheel into frictional engagement with the strip of material for generating a braking force on the braking wheel.