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An in-line skate having a suspension means that reduces or eliminates lateral movement of the skate boot. The in-line skate has a wheel chassis with a plurality of tandem wheels rotatably mounted thereon and a boot attached to the chassis. The diameter of the wheels preferably decreases from the toe

An in-line skate having a suspension means that reduces or eliminates lateral movement of the skate boot. The in-line skate has a wheel chassis with a plurality of tandem wheels rotatably mounted thereon and a boot attached to the chassis. The diameter of the wheels preferably decreases from the toe end to the heel end of the chassis. The toe of the boot is pivotally attached to the chassis. A cylindrical suspension guide member extends vertically along a portion of the back of the boot and has a central bore located therein. A suspension chassis includes a pair of substantially parallel vertically disposed guide posts with a horizontal guide plate extending between the upper ends of the vertical guide posts and around the back of the boot. A stabilizer rod extends upwardly from the heel end of the wheel chassis. The stabilizer rod extends through the bore of the cylindrical guide member and through a bore extending vertically through the horizontal guide plate. A spring is positioned around the stabilizer rod and is adapted to be compressed by the suspension guide member when the rear of the wheel chassis moves upward or the rear of the boot moves downward.

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1. An in-line skate comprising:a wheel chassis having a toe end and a heel end; a plurality of tandem wheels rotatably attached to said wheel chassis; a boot having a foot portion and a lower leg portion extending upwardly from said foot portion, said boot having front and rear ends and right and le

1. An in-line skate comprising:a wheel chassis having a toe end and a heel end; a plurality of tandem wheels rotatably attached to said wheel chassis; a boot having a foot portion and a lower leg portion extending upwardly from said foot portion, said boot having front and rear ends and right and left sides; said foot portion of said boot including a toe at its front end and a heel at its rear end; said toe being pivotally attached to the toe end of said wheel chassis; said boot having a vertical suspension guide member attached to and extending vertically along at least part of the rear of said boot, said vertical suspension guide member including a body having a bore extending longitudinally therethrough, an open lower end and an upper end having a centrally located rod opening therein; a suspension chassis including first and second substantially parallel vertical post members extending upwardly from said wheel chassis adjacent the sides of said boot and terminating at upper ends, said post members being vertically slidably attached to said foot portion of said boot, and a horizontal guide member extending between the upper ends of said vertical post members and around the rear of said boot, said horizontal guide member having a rod bore extending therethrough; a rod having upper and lower ends and a mid-portion, the mid-portion of said rod extending through said bore of said vertical suspension guide member and having spring retention means at the lower end thereof, said rod being attached at its lower end to said wheel chassis, the upper end of said rod extending through said rod opening in the upper end of said vertical suspension guide member and through said rod bore in said horizontal guide member of said suspension chassis, said upper end of said rod being attached to said horizontal guide member; and spring means having upper and lower ends extending around the mid-portion of said rod between the upper end of said vertical suspension guide member and said spring retention means, said upper end of said spring means abutting against the upper end of said vertical suspension guide member, said spring being adapted to be compressed by said vertical suspension guide member in response to upward movement of said wheel chassis or downward movement of the rear of said boot.