Resiliently yieldable

Roller skates are provided with a pneumatic shock absorbing system to cushion the skaters foot from wheel shock.

A roller skate having a frame mounting heel and toe sections which are independently adjustable to accommodate different foot and shoe sizes and wheels having spring supported axles whose ends are releasably positioned in slots in the frame in such a way as to permit rapid removal and replacement of...     

The skateboard includes only one forward roller and one rearward roller both of sufficient width to provide stability. Each roller is rotatably supported by a combined fork and fender member which in turn is supported to the underside of the board in a manner to permit swivelling about a journal axis...     

A pair of roller wheel assemblies that are secured in longitudinally spaced relationship to an elongate platform of a skateboard. Each assembly includes a first centrally disposed resilient roller wheel and a pair of indepndently rotatable second rollers of generally frusto-conical shape situated on...     

A steering wheel mechanism in which independent front and rear steering is obtained by weight shifting. A pair of rocker members are pivotally mounted below the front and rear ends of a platform. A pair of spindles are pivotally mounted on king pins at opposite sides of each rocker member, and wheels...     

A skateboard is provided which has a longitudinal axis and comprises a support member having a top support surface and a bottom surface, a pair of projections fixed to and extending from the member beneath the bottom surface, a pair of wheel assemblies each fastened to an associated projection, and fastening...     

A dolly for moving heavy loads over a supporting surface. Four axles are mounted on an elongated frame having a wood bolster for engaging the heavy load being moved. Wheels are rotatably attached to the outer ends of the axles. A resilient pad is positioned above each axle to allow each axle a degree...     

An improved skateboard having a front platform separate and spaced from a rear platform. To each platform is attached a relatively conventional flexing wheel assembly with axle. In the first species of the invention the base plate of the wheel assemblies has resilient cushions mounted between the base...     

An improved wheel carriage or truck assembly for skateboards and the like. The wheel carriage comprises a pivot arm which carries an axle and wheels near one end thereof. The opposite end is mounted to the bottom of the board for pivotal movement against a shock absorber in a vertical plane which includes...     

A wheel housing is resiliently mounted on a skateboard truck base by means of a fastener which extends through the housing and is threaded onto a stud fixed to the base to compress a tubular cushion between the housing and the base. The fastener has a square cross-section which mates with a square bore...     

A skateboard truck includes an axle assembly which is quickly detachable from the truck mounting pad by means of a tension bolt fitting within a slotted bracket in the mounting pad for quick detachment therefrom. The skateboard truck assembly is provided with tension screw assembly that is mounted at...     

Wheeled skateboards which in one embodiment includes a novel wheeled truck adjustment for the turning radius of the skateboard to any desired value. The invention may be applied to either standing or sitting skateboards, and certain embodiments provide shock absorbing properties for the wheeled trucks,...     

Wheeled skateboards which feature novel wheel turn movements, by preventing turning of the wheels until the skateboard platform has been tilted through a certain angle. The invention may be applied to either standing or sitting skateboards, and certain embodiments provide shock absorbing properties to...     

A three-point cambering vehicle having an upright steering frame supporting a steerable contact and a pair of rearwardly positioned and laterally spaced contacts which are connected to the steering frame through spring means for allowing cambering of the vehicle when the operator leans into a turn.

A Cam-action axle carrier apparatus for use with a wheeled vehicle which depends for its steering function upon the rolling or tilting of its bed around a longitudinal axis. The cam-action axle carrier apparatus includes a support member inclined with respect to the vertical, and consisting substantially...     

An improved roller skate assembly is provided in which the hanger bracket that is attached to the sole of the boot, and the trucks, or axle housings, which support the wheels, are preferably composed of a plastic material; and in which the trucks are attached to the hanger bracket by a snap-in relationship...     

A truck for a skateboard or the like in which one end of a generally S-shaped leaf spring attaches to the skateboard and, through a pivot pin, carries a transverse axle-supporting member at the opposite end. A pair of upwardly and inwardly inclined compression springs, engaged by a pin carried by the...     

A skateboard capable of being adjusted for different weights and different desired ride characteristics without changing the distance between the fore and aft wheels. The truck assembly is mounted on an angled leaf spring and the leaf spring is slideably engaged against a pad having shoulder guides....     

A wheel truck for a steerable platform such as a skateboard. The wheel truck includes a base frame mounted below the platform and carrying a vertical support shaft and downwardly inclined steering shaft. An axletree upon which wheels are mounted is carried from the frame by resilient support means. The...     

A skateboard truck is provided which comprises a base a hanger and a coupling assembly. The base has a first portion with a first hole therein and a second portion with a second hole therethrough. The hanger has an axle for mounting wheels thereon, a ring and a pin, the pin being received in the first...     

A skateboard including a platform, at least one flange member extending from the bottom of the platform, the flange member including an opening extending into the flange member and also including a recessed portion, a wheel support member for supporting a shaft member and wheel members at opposite ends...     

In a truck having a base plate for securing to the underside of a skateboard deck, a spring member such as a plate spring is joined to the base plate by one end and carries a wheel axle near an opposite end. The axle-carrying end is flexed away from the base plate to be biassed into engagement with a...     

A skateboard comprising an elongated board and a pair of trucks mounted adjacent opposite ends of the board, each having a pair of rotatable wheels. Each truck consists of a tensile elastic suspension member and a pivot support consisting of a universally movable ball and socket joint.

A roller skate has a front lever and a rear lever mounted on a base plate, as well as pairs of hemispherical rollers, each pair of rollers being supported by axles which are held by each of the levers and which are tilted toward the skating surface. Each lever is supported by a base plate by means of...     

A one-piece, plastic molded, roller skate chassis, including foot plate, trucks, and wheel axles. Each truck, which provides for turning in a conventional manner, includes a cylindrical torsional member, inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the foot plate, and a shank attached at one end...     

A shoe skate includes a single row of in-line wheels or rollers, mounted on the shoe as front and rear wheel units. The front wheel unit includes a bogie pivoted about a transverse axis and carrying leading and trailing wheels, enabling the skater to maintain these wheels in contact with the skating...     

The roller skate is designed for outdoor skating with balancing control being attained by a pair of center wheels, a front wheel and a rear wheel. Center wheels are on opposite sides of an imaginary center line while the front and rear wheels are aligned with each other along said imaginary line. All...     

A roller skate having front and rear hangers connected together with main and secondary leaf spring jump bars. Locating and holding pins mount the secondary jump bar to the hangers. A truck carrying a pair of wheels is mounted on each hanger with resilient sleeves and a bolt. Each truck has an upright...     

A foot-mounted roller skate includes front and rear roller assemblies pivotable about upright axes. The rollers are hemispherical in shape and resilient pads are positioned on opposite sides of the roller support brackets to restrain the pivoting of the rollers out of alignment with the foot support...     

Rolling skating shoe with injection molded sole in which receptacles are provided that support the wheel hangers and wheels. The sole shown has a structural beam "T" profile, the flange of which supports the foot and the lower rib of which has an irregular lower edge forming a series of apertured angled...     

A speed skate plate having an elongate plastic member with means for securing a shoe on the top of the member and having axle anchors at the bottom of the plate, at the front and rear ends thereof. Each anchor is secured to the plate by means of a resilient connection permitting limited rocking of the...     

A roller skate having a wheel support assembly which provides a single device for adjusting the compression within the assembly. The adjustment is accomplished by a cap at the lower end of the assembly which can be rotated to apply the required compression, without the need to loosen any other part of...     

An improved truck or undercarriage for a skate and adapted for injection molding has an elongated plastic body and a pair of traverse plastic axle elements with grooved projections through which mounting bolts extend to flexibly clamp the elements against depending V-shaped projections on the body for...     

A skating shoe including a rigid structural member embedded within the sole of the shoe which permits the selective mounting of one or more wheel truck assemblies throughout the length of the shoe. The embedded beam design provides a rigid soled skate shoe having a low center of gravity which increases...     

An improved construction for roller skate apparatus is provided in which enhanced safety, performance, convenience and economy are achieved through the employment of a universal type of skate plate in conjunction with a correlated configuration for wheel carrying trucks adapted for permitting fabrication...     

A roller skate intended for jumping includes a two-piece plate of adjustable length for supporting the foot of a skater, a pair of arms pivotally connected to the bottom of the plate, including front arms inclined slightly forwardly and rear arms inclined slightly rearwardly, with rollers on the bottom...     

A roller ski training device which effectively simulates weighting, unweighting, and edging techniques of the downhill parallel snow skiing. The device includes a support frame, a pair of parallel elongated foot plates pivotally carried in side by side relation by said support frame, and rollers flexibly...     

A steerable roller skate of the shoe skate variety has an elongated one-piece sole plate in the form of an open topped dish with a bottom wall, a side wall and a continuous rim, outturned along the long sides thereof and, in the preferred form, rising from the toe end toward the heel end to join with...     

A skating velocipede apparatus to facilitate skating propulsion of a skater along a smooth, hard underlying ground surface while in a seated position taking the form of a longitudinal support member having wheels at the rear, a handle at the front end, a seat at an intermediate location, and a thigh-receiving...     

A two-wheeled roller skate comprising (a) a base plate adapted to be mounted on a shoe base; and (b) a pair of suspension arms each having one end resiliently connected to said base plate, a bent portion resiliently and more or less rotatably supported by said base plate and a free end rotatably supporting...     

A roller skate comprising a foot-supporting plate having a normally-raised rear brake wheel, which brake wheel is activated by tilting the plate backwardly, the plate being supported at a low center of gravity between a pair of side wheels and having an extendable front wheel, which front wheel and brake...     

There is disclosed an entirely new configuration for a truck for skateboards, roller skates, and the like including a baseplate adapted to be connected to the underside of a skate, an elongate beam made from a flexible material, one end of the beam being connected to the baseplate and the beam extending...     

There is disclosed an improved roller skate having a unitary soleplate. The roller skate includes a pair or truck assemblies secured to the bottom surface of the soleplate at the toe portion and at the heel portion by a threaded fastener. The soleplate has an aperture for receiving each threaded fastener...     

A two-piece longitudinally adjustable roller skate has a pair of support axles resiliently mounted to it. Each axis is mounted for pivotal movement about a transverse axis. The axes are downwardly converging about the middle of the skate so that pressure to one side or the other will cause the inner...     

A roller skate formed of a plate with an upper surface to receive a shoe and having a forward and rearward downwardly extending suspension housing, each housing having an opening therethrough, an axle extending through each suspension housing opening having means at each end for receiving a skate wheel,...     

A unitary roller skate sole plate is provided with downwardly open recesses for receiving the strut arms of attached wheel trucks. The recesses include shaped, resilient cushions having sockets for holding the strut arms ends while allowing generally universal motion thereof.

A one-piece hanger plate is detachably secured to the underside of a shoe plate for a roller skate. Front and rear wheel trucks are mounted to the hanger plate independent of the shoe plate. The hanger plate is constructed with bends to provide strength against twisting of the shoe plate and hold the...     

The assembly includes a skateboard, a plurality of spaced wheel axles and rotatably secured sets of wheels and elongated resilient suspension frames connected at their opposite ends through housings to the wheel axles and to the underside of the skateboard. The assembly has at least four different shock-absorbing...     

There is provided a steering mechanism for a wind propelled land vehicle wherein steering is made possible by the footboard being connected with the front axle by means of a steering head in the manner of a hinge connection inclined at an angle to the direction of travel. This connection features two...     

An adjustable roller skate has a front toe platform and a rear heel platform longitudinally behind the toe platform. One of the platforms is formed with a longitudinal extension telescoping in the other platform. Respective front and rear axles carried on the platforms in turn carry respective front...     

The ski structure comprises two ski elements for resting and sliding on snow, placed the one ahead of the other and each having a slightly upturned end, on which there are made rigid supports with which lever devices are associated which are connected together to a flat plate. The lever devices are provided...     

Each of a pair of wheeled ski simulators has a two-wheel truck assembly mounted to an adjacent end of an elongate simulator frame via a journal bearing sleeve. Each bearing is located at or above the base of a boat, e.g., affixed to a central part of the frame, and has an axis inclined to the length...     

When the front truck of a skateboard is offset laterally to the right from the rear truck, the rider can transfer his weight from the rear truck to the front truck when making a right turn and from the front truck to the rear truck when making a left turn. The truck whose weight is augmented turns through...     

Roller skates provided with essentially spherical wheels mounted on trucks pivotally connected to a sole plate with longitudinally offset skate wheel axes and yieldable resilient neutralizing bias accommodating steering truck displacement in response to skater leaning.

A wheeled skate vehicle consists of an elongated foot support platform, a front wheel fixedly mounted to and extending above the platform, a pair of side wheels mounted on both sides of the platform to rotate about a side wheel axis and extending above the platform, a brake pad attached to platform rearwardly...     

A two wheel roller skate has a roller that has two distinct surfaces consisting of a central part that is a curved surface and matching right and left frusto conical sections that have an angle that equals the degree of arc in the central part measured from the central point of the central part's arc...     

Improved propulsion, suspension, and steering means for a skateboard-like vehicle which can be propelled and steered entirely by the feet of a rider without those feet touching the ground. An actuating means is also provided which allows the operation of brakes and/or other appropriate mechanisms without...     

There is provided a new and useful wheel assembly incorporating a brake mechanism for mounting on the frame or base of a skateboard or a roller skate comprising a truck for attachment to a roller skate or skateboard, a first axle secured on the truck, a pair of wheel supports mounted on the first axle...     

This invention relates to a skateboard which includes two footboards with each footboard consisting of a foot platform and a wheel-set which carries two wheels in axial alignment fixed to the underside of the platform, a spacer element for holding the footboards in a spaced relationship and a pivot arrangement...     

A skateboard axle mounting apparatus having a base, a support element attached to the base for securely receiving a skateboard axle, and a mounting bracket for attaching the base to a friction-reducing accessory, such as a snow ski or a roller/belt assembly. The support element includes a guide located...     

A pair of roller skates each containing a shock-absorption device and an additional rear braking device. Each roller skate contains a member (2) which is fixed on the lower surface of the skate plate (3) and which is provided at both ends with removable pad devices (45) which absorb the shock due to...     

A board type recreational and sporting device for use in riding down an inclined surface includes an elongated platform for supporting a rider in a generally upright position. The platform has a front portion, a central portion and a rear portion. A front wheel is mounted on the front portion of the...     

A roller skate has a compression spring for each of a plurality of rollers for passing over relatively rough terrain. A compression rod having a cylindrical top portion bears against the compression spring in each cylindrical hole placed vertically in the skate body. A middle part of the compression...     

A grass ski is designed to simulate a snow ski in skiing characteristics. The grass ski has an elongate foot board with forward, central and rear portions. The central portion is arched lengthwise in elevation. Suspended beneath the foot board are spaced pairs of rollers including at least one roller...     

A wheeled board for riding downhill over the ground. The board has a generally flat riding board which is supported by four wheels through carriage assemblies. The carriage assemblies are held to the board through springs and supported so that when the board is tilted to the right, the front axle will...     

A skate truck including a wheel assembly baseplate rigidly secured to the underside of a skateboard and with a curved recess depending therefrom, two beams integrally molded in a letter "V" are provided. One end of the beams is securely anchored to the baseplate and the other two ends are mounted in...     

A wheeled riding apparatus having as a base embodiment a flexible skateboard including a flat board member, a pair of trucks and an elliptical leaf spring member. The leaf spring member is attached to each truck and is curved to support the flat board member when the weight of a rider is placed upon...     

An elastic truck for roller skates includes two brackets being located on the center top portion of a front and a rear beam, respectively, and each shaped like a bowl having recessed surfaces facing upward, two bosses that are integrally formed to the underside of the baseplate and face downward, with...     

A roller skate includes a sole member having a steering base steerably rotatably mounted under the sole member about an axis of a bolt vertically secured to the sole member having a pair of front wheels rotatably secured to an axle transversely fixed to the steering base, and a pair of rear wheels rotatably...     

A grass ski is designed to simulate a snow ski in skiing characteristics. The grass ski has an elongate footboard with forward, central and rear portions. The central portion is arched lengthwise in elevation. Suspended beneath the footboard are spaced pairs of rollers including at least one roller pair...     

An improved skateboard truck is disclosed which incorporates exceptionally rapid and consistently accurate axle rebound to the straight-ahead position, consistent and predictable steering response, an improved balance between stability and maneuverability, fine steering control, and a wide range of steering...     

In sport equipment in the form of short ski-like rollers for each foot, with a support as base for the shoe of the user and only one front wheel and one rear wheel each, a particularly compact and maneuverable construction of the equipment is achieved owing to the fact that the front wheel and the rear...     

The skate chassis of the present invention includes a single, homogeneous, integrally molded upper boot and truck assembly which more evenly distributes internal stresses created in the chassis during use. The truck assembly may include a beam extending at an angle from the upper boot to form an axle...     

This invention is directed to in-line roller skates. More particularly, this invention pertains to shock absorbent in-line roller skates wherein the wheels are resilient mounted to navigate over rough, bumpy surfaces. An in-line roller skate comprising: (a) a boot adapted to receive a foot of a skater;...     

An in-line roller skate which includes a base, a front brake assembly mounted on a front wheel assembly, and a rear brake assembly mounted on a rear wheel assembly. The front and rear brake assemblies are respectively mounted to the front and rear of the bottom of the base. The front wheel assembly includes...     

A wheeled simulator for enabling the practice of ski turns on "dry land." In particular, both edging of the simulated skis and preferential weighting of the "outside" simulated ski contribute to tightening of the turn to prevent a fall by the user.

A track/roller skate includes an upper structure, front and rear roller assemblies mounted below the upper structure and including a plurality of rollers aligned in two lines, a device for mounting the roller assemblies to the upper structure, and a track removably mounted to surround each roller line...     

A skate including a chassis formed by an upper horizontal plate solidly joined to the sole of a shoe by fasteners and a lower part running perpendicular to the plate and including at least one lateral flange on which the wheels are disposed by transverse axles solidly joined to the chassis, constituting...     

Disclosed is an in-line roller skate including an elongate base plate having a top side to which a boot is secured, and an underside that mounts four wheel assemblies, the front wheel assembly having a fixed orientation and the remaining assemblies each having a caster-like construction. Springs bias...     

The figure-blade roller skake costitutes the steering cushion mechanism. Due to the steering cushion mechanism, as the roller blade skate tilts, the wheels are aligned on an curved track. Shifting the body weight right, the steering cushion mechanism will cause the rollers to curve to the right; shifting...     

A skate with aligned wheels, comprising a support for an item of footgear from which a frame protrudes downward. The ends of respective wheel supporting trucks are pivoted to the frame. The peculiarity of the invention resides in the fact that two movable sliders are interposed between the trucks and...     

A steerable roller skate includes: a sole member of a skate boot or strap of roller skate having a pair of rear wheels rotatably transversely secured to a rear bottom portion of the sole member, a steering base steerably secured on a front bottom portion of the sole member, a pair of front wheels rotatably...     

A skate board includes a beam including two hubs disposed on the end portions. Two axles each includes two wheels and each includes a shaft extended upward through the hubs. A pair of foot supports are secured on top of the shafts and rotated in concert with the shafts, and each includes two curved grooves....     

The discloure relates to a roller-skate with improved brake device. A guidance slanting upwards is disposed at a first through hole of the skate body for the mounting of a first rolling axle having a first wheel member rotatably engaged therewith. A spring mount fixed with a brake plate having brake...     

An in-line skate has a wheel mounted on a rocker arm so as to be pivotable toward and away from the main platform. The pivoting is restrained by a compression spring whose pre-load is adjustable with a screw arrangement. A fixed brake pad depends downwardly an adjustable distance from the main platform...     

Roller skates in which the sole plate has a downward inclination or tilt towards the front in relation to the ground. The inclination of the roller skate is due to the fact that at the front a so-called "semi-rigid" steering system 7 is used, and at the rear a spring steering system 7' or another raised...     

In a preferred embodiment, a roller board for athletic training and recreational use, which includes a generally flat, elongated, horizontal board member and a first plurality of selectively removable wheels attached to a lower surface of the board member. The first plurality of wheels are sequentially...     

The in-line roller skate includes a shoe (10) having a sole plate (12), a toe attachment (14) and a heel attachment (16) which is secured to the sole plate (12). A suspension system (18) is secured at one end thereof on the central part of the rear axle (40) of the wheel frame (44). The opposite end...     

An in-line wheeled skate has a frame with opposed, parallel side rails and wheel arranged in tandem between the side rails, each wheel mounted on an axle. Each axle end is surrounded and supported by a resilient element in a cushioning aperture of the side rail. Each axle end also extends into a guiding...     

An articulated skateboard having two or three separate platform sections connected end-to-end with conventional skate wheel trucks under the end platform sections. The articulation structure between platform sections comprises a combination of pivoting and resilient spring members enabling universal...     

A blade roller skate having a sole plate supporting multiple rollers or wheels from its underside in downwardly depending relationship and with front rollers in linear alignment along the central longitudinal axis of the plate and rear rollers arranged in tandem separated by the central longitudinal...     

This invention is directed to in-line roller skates. More particularly, this invention pertains to shock absorbent in-line roller skates wherein the wheels are resilient mounted to navigate over rough, bumpy surfaces. An in-line roller skate comprising: (a) a boot with a heel and toe adapted to receive...     

An in-line skate for resiliently supporting a skater relative to a ground surface. The inventive device includes a foot engaging assembly for receiving a human foot. A rolling support assembly is movably mounted to the foot engaging assembly for rollingly engaging a ground surface. A spring assembly...     

A skateboard has a row of rollers, with a rear roller of relatively larger diameter for improved ground contact during turning maneuvers. Rollers are pivotally mounted for steer-ability, preferably being mounted on inclined axes for the effecting of turning torque about the axes in desired directions...     

A roller ski board similar to an ordinary snow ski board having a board body with bending elasticity and repellent property and a plurality of roller pairs pivoted rotatively on an under-surface of the board body along its longitudinal axis. The roller pairs have a lubricity and a wear proof property...     

A roller skate with improved performance including a substantially U-shaped frame supporting in-line wheels. The skate comprises dampers that are adapted to absorb forces applied to the wheels and can be deactivated by tilting the frame.

Several embodiments of open and closed loop frames substantially elliptical in shape are disclosed for in-line skates. Some embodiments include independent suspension for each wheel. The frame is flexible to provide shock absorption and rebound. The frame stiffness increases with the applied load. The...     

A skateboard has a plurality of in-line wheels rotatably mounted on the front end of the board and rear wheels disposed on either side of the rear end of the board. The board may have a resiliently flexible portion between the in-line and rear wheels. The in-line wheels may be supported between a pair...     

Roller skate with improved comfort including dampers for damping only the forces that are applied to the wheels along axes that are not at right angles to the frame. It is thus possible to improve foot comfort while maintaining optimum transmission of the efforts of the foot to the wheels.

A steerable roller skate includes: a sole member of a skate boot or strap of roller skate having a pair of rear wheels transversely rotatably secured to a rear bottom portion of the sole member, a steering base steerably secured on a front bottom portion of the sole member, a pair of front wheels transversely...