Easily adjusted skate

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6786493
  • Patent Number
    6,786,493
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, January 30, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, September 7, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
An easily adjusted skate includes a front seat, a rear seat and a buckle structure for connecting the front seat and the rear seat. The buckle structure is formed by a round lower cover, a buckle, and a tooth bank. An upper side of the lower cover has a confining seat and the confining seat has guide grooves at two sides thereof. Thereby, the buckle slides along the linear guide grooves of the lower cover. One inner end of the buckle has engaging teeth which protrude downward and extend inward so that the engaging teeth are exactly engaged to the tooth bank at a lower end of the front seat. The user can press the buckle from a lateral side of the skate so that the engaging teeth of the buckle separates from the tooth bank; and thus the size of the skate is adjusted.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to skates, and particularly to an easily adjusted skate, wherein user can press a buckle from a lateral side of the skate so that engaging teeth of the buckle is released; and thus the size of the skate is adjusted.




2. Description of Related Art




Skating is an activity requiring a large output of energy. A known prior art skate has a front seat with a elleptical receiving hole and a rear seat which is tightly locked to a rear end of the front seat. When it is desired to adjust the size of the skate to match the size of the feet of the user, a stud may move in the receiving groove to a desired length. However, this kind of skate has some shortcomings which are necessary to be improved upon.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide an easily adjusted skate comprising a front seat, a rear seat and a buckle structure for connecting the front seat and the rear seat. The buckle structure is formed a round lower cover, a buckle, and a tooth bank. An upper side of the lower cover has a confining seat and the confining seat has guide grooves at two sides thereof. Thereby, the buckle moves straightly along the guide grooves of the lower cover. One inner end of the buckle has engaging teeth which protrude downward and extend inward so that the engaging teeth is exactly engaged to the tooth bank at a lower end of the front seat. The user can press the buckle from a lateral side of the skate so that the engaging teeth of the buckle separates from the tooth bank; and thus the size of the skate is adjusted.




The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the appended drawing.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is an exploded perspective view of the present invention.





FIG. 1A

shows the details of the buckle structure illustrated in FIG.


1


.





FIG. 2

is an assembled perspective view of the present invention.





FIG. 3A

is a front view showing the engagement state of the present invention.





FIG. 3B

is a front view showing the disengagement state of the present invention.





FIG. 4

is a cross sectional view of the present invention.





FIG. 4A

shows the details of the front seat illustrated in FIG.


4


.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




With reference to

FIGS. 1 and 2

, the structure of the present invention is illustrated. The skateboard shoe A is formed by a front seat


1


, a rear seat


2


and a buckle structure


3


for connecting the front seat


1


and the rear seat


2


. Both the front seat


1


and the rear seat


2


are formed with shoe surfaces A


2


. Two lateral wings A


3


and buckling surface A


4


are extended from the lateral sides of the seat so that the user may wear shoes which are then buckled to the skate A. The features of the present invention will be described hereinafter.




The buckle structure


3


is formed by a round lower cover


31


fastened to the lower center of the front seat


1


, a buckle


32


locked to an upper side of the lower cover


31


by a stud P, a tooth bank


33


integrally formed to a bottom of the rear seat


2


and exactly coupled to the lateral side of the buckle


32


.




An upper side of the lower cover


31


has a confining seat


312


having guide grooves


311


at two sides thereof. A locking shaft seat


313


is formed between the two guide grooves


311


for locking the buckle


32


so that the buckle


32


is confined to only slide along the linear guide grooves


311


. A periphery of the lower cover


31


is installed with a buckling disk


314


. Thereby, the lower cover


31


may be tightly coupled to a lower end of the front seat


1


by buckling.




The buckle


32


resembles a long plate. The plate body has a stepped elliptical hole


321


. The elliptical hole


321


is exactly matched to an upper side of the locking shaft seat


313


of the lower cover. The stud P loosely inserts into the locking shaft seat


313


from the elliptical hole


321


so as to firmly secure the buckle


32


with the lower cover


31


. Thereby, the buckle


32


may be arranged to a bottom of the skate A. One end of the buckle


32


slightly protrudes from an outer side of the skate A. Thereby, a user can press the buckle


32


inwards so that the buckle separates from the tooth bank


33


. The inner end of the buckle


32


has an engaging teeth


322


which protrude downward and extend inward, so that the engaging teeth


322


is exactly engaged to the tooth bank


33


at a lower end of the front seat


1


. One end of the buckle


32


passing through the lower cover


31


has a receiving hole


323


. A spring


324


is positioned in the receiving hole


323


. An outer end of the spring


324


resists against another side of the front seat


1


.




With reference to

FIG. 5

, the inner side of the shoe surface A


2


of the skate A is distributed with a plurality of elastic pads A


21


so that the user's rear heel can adhere to the pads comfortably. Moreover, it provides an adjusting size for matching the size of the user's heel.




The assembly way of the present invention will be illustrated in

FIGS. 3 and 4

.




The buckle


32


is locked to an upper end of the lower cover


31


by the stud P. Then the lower cover is tightly fixed to a lower end of the front seat


1


so that the buckle


32


is engaged to the engaging teeth


322


so that the front seat


1


and the rear seat


2


are engaged (referring to FIG.


3


).




When it is desired to adjust the size of the skate A to match the size of the user, the user can press the buckle


32


from a lateral side of the skate A. Then, the buckle


32


will compress the spring


324


so that the engaging teeth


322


of the buckle


32


separate from the tooth bank


33


. Then the front seat


1


is disengaged from the rear seat


2


. Then, the whole rear seat


2


moves backwards or forwards for properly adjusting the size of the skate A. Then the buckle


32


is released. By the resilient force of the spring


324


, the buckle


32


is pushed to be engaged with the tooth bank


33


, thereby, being positioned properly (referring to FIG.


4


).




The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.



Claims
  • 1. A skate comprising a front seat, a rear seat and a buckle and a lower cover for connecting the front seat and the rear seat; whereinthe buckle is installed in the lower cover and tightly fixed to a predetermined position of the front seat, the buckle is fixed to an upper side of the lower cover by a stud, a tooth bank is integrally formed to a bottom of the rear seat and engaged to a lateral side of the buckle; an upper side of the lower cover has a confining seat; the confining seat has guide grooves at two sides thereof; a locking shaft seat is formed between the two guide grooves; and the buckle has a stepped elliptical hole at a predetermined position thereof; the elliptical hole is aligned with the locking shaft seat of the lower cover so that the locking shaft seat is within the elliptical hole; thereby, the buckle slides along the linear guide grooves of the lower cover; one lateral side of the buckle has engaging teeth which protrude downward and extend inward so that the engaging teeth are engaged with the tooth bank at a lower end of the front seat; one end of the buckle which passes through the lower cover has a receiving hole; a spring is positioned in the receiving hole; an outer end of the spring is in contact with the front seat; wherein the buckle is capable of being pressed by a user from a lateral side; the buckle will compress the spring so that the engaging teeth of the buckle separates from the tooth bank; and thus the size of the skate is capable of being adjusted.
  • 2. The skate as claimed in claim 1, wherein lateral wings of the rear seat have elastic pads installed in holes in the lateral wings.
  • 3. The skate as claimed in claim 1, wherein a distal end of the buckle is formed with a receiving hole for receiving the spring.
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Entry
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