Patent Application
20070096408
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a multi-purpose skate, and more particularly to a skate in which the body of the skate and a skating device are fixed together by using locking structures, and after releasing the locking structures, the skating device can be changed fast to make a skate of different sporting usage.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Skates have different designs depending on different functions; particularly for those sporting skates (such as skates, roller skates), skates are devised only for a single usage for the purpose of stability and safety. For those people fond of various skating sports, not only expenditures are quite large for buying different skates for skating sports, but also the spaces for storing skates are wasting.
Hence, in order to save expenditures and wasted spaces, various skates have been developed, such as is shown in
The above stated screw connecting means “a” provide clamping forces from above and below, and during skating, and a user exerts a vertical pressure and a transverse shearing force as well on the screw connecting means “a”, so that it has worried safety for only a front and a rear screw a2 are practically used on the skate for fixing in the vertical direction.
In view of this, to get rid of the above defects by using a multi-purpose skate not only can have various skating devices changed fast according to the demand of a user, but also can make firm connecting of a skating device with the body of the skate to assure safety. The inventor of the present invention developed the present invention based on his experience of years and nonstop study and improvement.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a multi-purpose skate, by providing longitudinal engaging structures between the bottom of the body of the skate and the top of a skating device, and by providing a transverse locking member to lock the body of the skate together with the skating device, firm combination of the body of the skate with the skating device can thus be assured; and after releasing the locking member, the body of the skate and the skating device can be detached for fast changing for any of various skating devices.
In order to obtain the objective stated above, the multi-purpose skate provided in the present invention comprises a body of the skate and a skating device. The bottom of the body of the skate is provided with a front and a rear fixing seat, the two fixing seats both have a plurality of longitudinally extending engaging structures, and are provided at least each with a transverse first hole. The skating device can be one with rollers for an inline roller skate, one with a metallic blade, or one with a ski, and is provided on its top with a front positioning portion and a rear positioning portion for respectively connecting with the engaging structures on the bottom of the skate body. The two positioning portions are provided at least each with a transverse second hole, so that locking members can be extended through the first and the second holes to combine the fixing seats together with the positioning portions; the skate body and the skating device thus can be detached after removing the locking members.
The present invention will be apparent after reading the detailed description of the preferred embodiment thereof in reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring firstly to
The bottom of the skate body 2 is provided with a front fixing seat 4 and a rear fixing seat 5, the two fixing seats 4, 5 both are rectangular, and respectively protrude out of the bottom of the skate body 2. The bottoms of the two fixing seats 4, 5 are provided each with two upwardly extending elongate recesses spaced away to form engaging structures 6. And the front and the rear fixing seats 4, 5 are provided on their lateral sides with transverse first holes 7 spaced away from each other and allocated transversely.
The skating device 3 is a skating device with rollers for an inline roller skate; two mutually parallel flat plates extend upwards respectively at a front and a rear half part on the top of the skating device 3 to form a front and a rear positioning portion 31, 32. The two positioning portions 31, 32 can be respectively inserted into the engaging structures 6 on the two fixing seats 4, 5 of the skate body 2, and more, two transverse second holes 33 are provided respectively on the flat plates of the two positioning portions 31, 32.
Referring to
The above stated engaging structures 6 on the front and the rear fixing seats 4, 5 of the skate body 2 can also be flat plates protruding downwards, while the front and the rear positioning portions 31, 32 of the skate body 2 can be recesses extending downwards (not shown), and the goal that the skate body 2 and the skating device 3 are connected with each other can also be achieved.
Moreover, the skating device 3 can be one with rollers for an inline roller skate, one with a metallic blade, or one with a ski or some other similar skating structure (as shown in
The present invention thereby has the following advantages:
In conclusion, according to the description disclosed above, the present invention surely can get the expected object thereof to provide a multi-purpose skate that not only can have various skating devices changed fast according to the demand of a user, but also can make firm connecting of a skating device with the skate body to assure safety.
