Information
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Patent Grant
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6536785
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Patent Number
6,536,785
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Date Filed
Thursday, March 1, 200124 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, March 25, 200322 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
- Johnson; Brian L.
- Shriver; J. Allen
Agents
- Chan; Raymond Y.
- David and Raymond
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 250 1125
- 250 1127
- 250 11223
- 250 11221
- 250 11232
- 250 11233
- 250 841
- 250 1119
- 250 713
- 250 1126
- 250 4324
- 036 114
- 036 115
- 036 116
- 036 25 R
- 036 132
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A roller skate shoe includes a shoe base having two receiving cavities provided thereunder at a front portion and a rear portion of the shoe base respectively, a roller arrangement fittedly received in each receiving cavity including a supporting frame securely mounted on a ceiling of the receiving cavity having a supporting member extended downwardly, a T-shaped wheel frame including a vertical wheel arm rotatably mounted on the supporting member and a horizontal wheel axle for rotatably supporting two wheels at two ends thereof, and a resilient element for applying an urging pressure against the wheel frame so as to normally retain the wheel frame slid out of the receiving cavity, and a locker means for securely locking the wheel frame in a rotatably movable manner selectively between a folded position and an unfolded position.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to roller skate shoes, and more particularly to a pair of roller skate shoes each comprising two foldable roller arrangements wherein each foldable roller arrangement is adapted for substantially supporting a pair of wheels thereon in a stable manner.
2. Description of Related Arts
Nowadays, roller skates are well known and have been considered as a formed of transportation, recreation, and exercise. Conventional roller skates each comprises a roller device permanently installed thereunder such that a player must carry an extra pair of shoe for interchange purpose, which is a hassle for the player.
As shown in
FIG. 1
, an improved pair of roller skate shoes is adapted for solving the above problem. Each roller skate shoe comprises a base
1
A having two chambers
10
A provided thereon and two roller devices
2
A foldably received in the chambers
10
A respectively in such a manner that the roller device
2
A is folded into the chamber
10
A for storage and unfolded out of the chamber
10
A for usage. So, the player does not have to carry an extra pair of shoes everywhere. Each roller device
2
A comprises an U-shaped supporting frame
21
A under the base
1
A of the roller skate shoe within the chamber
10
A comprising a shaft
211
A transversely mounted on the supporting frame
21
A, and an U-shaped wheel frame
22
A rotatably mounted on the shaft
211
A comprising a wheel axle
221
A transversely mounted on the wheel frame
22
A wherein a wheel
222
A is rotatably supported on the wheel axle
221
A in such a manner that the wheel frame
22
A is adapted for rotatably folding in the chamber
10
A for storage purpose and rotatably folding out of the chamber
10
A for use.
Such roller skate shoe further comprises locking means
23
A mounted on the shaft
211
A of the supporting frame
21
A for locking the wheel frame
22
A in position. The locking means
23
A comprises a locker arm
231
A slidably mounted on the shaft
211
A of the supporting frame
21
A wherein the locker arm
231
A has a locking tip
2311
A for blocking a rotational movement of the wheel frame
22
A by the supporting frame
21
A, and a compression spring
24
A, which is coaxially mounted on the shaft
211
A, having two ends biasing against the locker arm
231
A and the wheel frame
22
A for urging and retain the locker arm
231
A in a locking position. In order to use the roller skate shoe, the player must use his or hand to pull the wheel frame
22
A out of the chamber
10
A in a rotatably movable manner until the locking tip
2311
A of the locker arm
231
A slid out of the supporting frame
21
A so as to lock up the wheel frame
22
A in position. For unlocking the wheel frame
22
A, the player must use his or her hand again to push the locker arm
231
A aside until the locking tip
2311
A is moved away from the supporting frame
21
A and then push the wheel frame
22
A back into the chamber
10
A.
While the foregoing disclosure of the conventional roller skate shoes, the shoes have several drawbacks. Each roller device
2
A must have a relative larger size in order to rigidly support a downward force which is the weight of the player. In other words, the roller device
2
A requires a bigger chamber
10
A, especially the depth thereof, to fittedly store the roller device
2
A therein such that the shoe must be increase its size and weight, which is an unreasonable afford for the player especially for a young child.
Thus, since the contacting area of the shoe is between the wheel
222
A and the ground, the size of the wheel
222
A is a main factor for stable manner. However, the wheel frame
22
A can only carry one wheel
222
A such that when a bigger wheel
222
A is used, the size of the wheel frame
22
A must be bigger than the size of the wheel
222
A, Which will create the storage drawback as mentioned above. When a smaller wheel
222
A is used, the young player may easily lose his or her balance so as to cause an unwanted injury to the young player. In fact, the U-shaped wheel frame
22
A cannot provide a rigid structure for the wheel
222
A supporting thereon so that the wheel frame
22
A may be easily broken when an external force, such as a collusion force, exerted on the wheel frame
22
A and cause major injury to the young player.
Moreover, the locking means
23
A cannot securely hold the wheel frame
22
A in order to prevent an unwanted rotational movement thereof. Since a coil spring
25
A is used for retaining the wheel frame
22
A rotatably sliding out of the chamber
10
A, the locker arm
231
A is also forced to push of the supporting frame
21
A to lock up the wheel frame
22
A as well. So, the wheel frame
22
A may only be blocked to slide back to the chamber
10
A until the locker arm
231
A hits the supporting frame
21
A such that an unwanted rotational movement of the wheel frame
22
A will cause an unbalance of the roller skate shoe. Also, in the locked position, the locker arm
231
A must be strong enough to bias against the rotating force of the wheel frame
22
A. It is worth to mention that the rotating force will proportionally increase when the radially distance from the center is increased. In other words, the longer length of the locker arm
231
A is, the greater rotational force of the locker arm
231
A must be afforded. So, the locker arm
231
A must be rigid enough to lock up the rotation of the wheel frame
22
A.
Furthermore, the player must use his or her hand to pull out the wheel frame
22
A and unlock the wheel frame
22
A every time for use and storage respectively. It is a hassle for the player because the player must touch the wheel
222
A even though the wheel
222
A is dirty. Also, some players may have difficulties to bend down their body to fold and unfold the roller device
2
A due to their physical abilities. They may merely take off their shoes to operate the folding and unfolding process. It is unreasonable that they have to take off their shoes every time, which is the same as the conventional roller skates.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
A main object of the present invention is to provide roller skate shoes wherein each roller arrangement of the roller skate shoes comprises a pair of wheels rigidly supported on a wheel axle for increasing a contacting area between the wheels and the ground so as to provide a stable manner for a player.
Another object of the present invention is to provide roller skate shoes wherein each roller arrangement has relative small size and shape so as to reduce the size and weight of the shoe, which can also minimize the cost of the shoe as well.
Another object of the present invention is to provide roller skate shoes which comprises a locking means for locking up a wheel frame in position wherein an operation button is provided on an outer surface of the shoe for unlocking the wheel frame. In other words, the player does not require his or her hands to touch the wheels in order to unlock the wheel frame.
Another object of the present invention is to provide roller skate shoes wherein the locking means locks up the wheel axle by means of engagement so as to minimize the rotational force exerted on the locking means. In other words, the locking means can securely lock up the roller device in position.
Accordingly, in order to accomplish the above objects, the present invention provides roller skate shoes, each comprising:
a shoe base having two receiving cavities provided thereunder at a front portion and a rear portion of the shoe base respectively;
a roller arrangement fittedly received in each receiving cavity comprising:
a supporting frame securely mounted on a ceiling of the receiving cavity comprising a supporting member extended downwardly;
a T-shaped wheel frame comprising a vertical wheel arm rotatably mounted on the supporting member of the supporting frame by a shaft and a horizontal wheel axle for rotatably supporting two wheels at two ends thereof; and
a resilient element which is disposed in the wheel frame for applying an urging pressure against the wheel frame so as to normally retain the wheel frame slid out of the receiving cavity; and
a locker means for securely locking the wheel frame in a rotatably movable manner selectively between a folded position and an unfolded position wherein in the folded position, the wheel frame is rotatably slid into the receiving cavity and in the unfolded position, the wheel frame is rotatably slid out of the receiving cavity.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a perspective view of a conventional roller skate shoe.
FIG. 2
is a perspective view of a roller skate shoe according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3
is an exploded perspective view of a roller arrangement of the roller skate shoe according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4
is a side view of a locker means of the roller skate shoe in a locked position according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5
is a side view of the locker means of the roller skate shoe in an unlocked position according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6
is a perspective view of the roller skate shoe according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention, illustrating the wheel frame being folded out of the receiving cavity.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring to
FIG. 2
of the drawings, a roller skate shoe
10
according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. The roller skate shoe
10
comprises a shoe base
11
having two receiving cavities
111
provided thereunder at a front portion and a rear portion of the shoe base
11
respectively and a roller arrangement
2
fittedly received in each receiving cavity
111
of the shoe base
10
.
As shown in
FIG. 3
, the roller arrangement
2
comprises a supporting frame
20
securely mounted on a ceiling of the receiving cavity
111
comprising a supporting member
21
extended downwardly, a T-shaped wheel frame
30
comprising a vertical wheel arm
31
rotatably mounted on the supporting member
21
of the supporting frame
20
by a shaft
33
and a horizontal wheel axle
32
for rotatably supporting two wheels
34
at two ends thereof, and a resilient element
40
which is disposed in the wheel frame
30
for applying an urging pressure against the wheel frame
30
so as to normally retain the wheel frame
30
out of the receiving cavity
111
of the shoe base
11
.
The roller skate shoe
10
further comprises a locker means
50
for securely locking the wheel frame
30
in a rotatably movable manner selectively between a folded position and an unfolded position wherein in the folded position as shown in
FIG. 2
, the wheel frame
30
is rotatably slid into the receiving cavity
111
and in the unfolded position as shown in
FIG. 6
, the wheel frame
30
is rotatably slid out of the receiving cavity
111
of the shoe base
11
.
According to the preferred embodiment, the shoe base
11
of the roller skate shoe
10
has a predetermined shape and thickness such that the receiving cavity
111
has a predetermined depth adapted for fittedly receiving the roller arrangement
2
therein. It is worth to mention that when the wheel frame
30
is foldably received in the receiving cavity
111
, the roller skate shoe
10
becomes a regular sport shoe and when the wheel frame
30
is foldably rotated out of the receiving cavity
111
, the wheels
34
are rotatably exposed under the roller skate shoe
10
and function as a conventional roller skate.
The supporting frame
20
further comprises a rigid supporting panel
22
firmly mounted on the ceiling of the receiving cavity
111
of shoe base
10
so as to reinforce the shape of the receiving cavity
111
wherein the supporting member
21
is securely affixed to the supporting panel
22
. Accordingly, the supporting member
21
comprises a pair of parallel supporting walls
211
,
212
downwardly extended from the supporting panel
22
.
The wheel arm
31
of the wheel frame
30
is rotatably mounted between the two supporting walls
211
,
212
of the supporting member
21
by the shaft
33
in such manner that the wheel frame
30
is adapted for freely rotating from the receiving chamber to outside. The two wheels
34
are rotatably mounted on two outer ends of the wheel axle
32
. Accordingly, the construction of the wheel frame
30
is rigid enough to support the wheels
34
thereon when a downward force which is the weight of the player is exerted on the entire roller skate shoe
10
, such as the construction of the wheel assembly of the airplane.
The resilient element
40
, according to the preferred embodiment, is a coil spring disposed in the wheel frame
30
for normally retaining and urging the wheel frame
30
in the unfolded position wherein the resilient element
40
has a coil body
41
coaxially affixed to the shaft
33
and at least one resilient arm
42
extended from the coil body
41
for biasing against the wheel arm
31
. The resilient arm
42
of the resilient element
40
applies an urging force against the wheel frame
31
to push it outwardly until the wheel frame
30
is rotatably slid out of the receiving cavity
111
, which is the unfolded position of the wheel frame
30
.
The locker means
50
has an operation through slot
51
provided on a sidewall of the receiving cavity
111
to communicate with an exterior of the shoe base
10
, a locking member
52
for selectively engaging with the wheel arm
31
from being slid rotatably with respect to the supporting member
21
, and a resilient member
53
for applying an urging pressure against the locking member
52
so as to retain the locking member
52
in a locking position.
According to the preferred embodiment, the operation through slot
51
is transversely formed on an inner sidewall of the receiving cavity
111
wherein the operation through slot
51
is coaxially aligning with the shaft
33
of the wheel frame
30
.
The locking member
52
is movably attached to a side of the wheel frame
30
so as to lock up the wheel frame
30
on the supporting frame
20
in a rotatably movable manner, wherein the locking member
52
comprises an operation button
521
extended to the operation through slot
51
for operating the locking member
52
to move from a normally locking position to an unlocked position.
Accordingly, in the locking position as shown in
FIG. 4
, the wheel frame
30
is locked for rotational movement by the engagement between the locking member
52
and the wheel frame
30
so as to lock up the wheel frame
30
on the supporting frame
20
. In the unlocked position as shown in
FIG. 5
, the locking member
52
is moved to release the engagement between the locking member
52
and the wheel frame
30
so that the wheel frame
30
is capably of rotatably sliding into the receiving cavity
111
, i.e. the folded position of the wheel frame
30
, and out of the receiving cavity
111
, i.e. the unfolded position of the wheel frame
30
.
The locking member
52
further comprises a locker cap
522
having at least a locking flange
523
integrally therefrom wherein the locker cap
522
is coaxially attached to an outer end of the shaft
33
and positioned adjacent to the respective supporting wall
211
. Two locker grooves
524
,
525
are transversely formed on the wheel arm
31
respectively wherein the locking flange
523
is engaged with one of the locker grooves
524
in the folded position of the wheel frame
30
while the locking flange
523
is engaged with another locker groove
525
in the unfolded position of the wheel frame
30
. In other words, the wheel frame
30
is locked up by the engagement between the locking flange
523
and the locker grooves
524
,
525
in both folded and unfolded positions, so as to prevent an unwanted rotational movement of the wheel frame
30
.
The operation button
521
comprises an elongated button body
5211
outwardly extended from an inner end of the shaft
33
to the exterior of the shoe base
11
through the operation through slot
51
in a slidably movable manner and an enlarged button head
5212
provided on an inner side of an outer surface of the shoe base
11
in such a manner that when the button head
5212
of the operation button
521
is pressed in an inward manner, the locking flange
523
of the locker cap
522
is disengaged with the respective locker groove
524
,
525
so as to unlock the rotational movement of the wheel frame
30
.
The resilient member
53
, which is a compression spring, is coaxially mounted on the button body
5211
of the operation button
521
wherein the resilient element
53
has one end biasing against the respective supporting wall
212
and the other end connected with a spring stopper
531
for biasing against the sidewall of the receiving cavity
111
. The resilient member
53
normally applies an urging force against the operation button
521
to push it to the exterior of the shoe base
11
through the operation through slot
51
until the spring stopper
531
is stopped by the sidewall of the receiving cavity
111
, wherein the locker cap
522
is pulled towards to the wheel frame
30
to engage the locking flange
523
with the respective locker groove
524
,
525
and maintain in such a locking position that substantially blocks the rotational movement of the wheel frame
30
.
It is worth to mention that the locker means
50
locks up the wheel frame
30
from the shaft
33
so as to minimize the rotational locking force exerted on the locker means
50
, so that the locker means
50
can securely lock up the rotational movement of the wheel frame
30
.
The locker means
50
further has a guiding slot
54
provided on the respective supporting wall
211
of the supporting member
21
of the supporting frame
20
wherein the locking flange
523
is fitted in the guiding slot
54
so as to hold the locker cap
522
in position.
In order to unlock the roller skate shoe
10
, an inward pushing force must be intentionally pressed on the button head
5212
of the operation button
521
, so that the locker cap
522
is driven to move away from the wheel arm
31
through the shaft
33
, so as to disengage the locking flange
523
with the respective locker groove
524
. Then, the wheel frame
30
is automatically slid out of the receiving cavity
111
by the compressed resilient element
40
in a rotatably movable manner. While the pushing force is released, the compressed resilient member
53
will be rebounded to its original form which pushes the locker cap
522
back to its original locking position so that the locking flange
523
will then be engaged with the respective locker groove
525
to lock up the wheel frame
30
in the unfolded position.
For folding the wheel frame
30
, the player simply applies the inward pushing force again on the operation button
521
to disengage the locking flange
523
of the locker cap
522
with the respective locker groove
524
and then rotatably press the wheel frame
30
back into the receiving cavity
111
until the locking flange
523
re-engaging with the respective locker groove
525
so as to lock up the wheel frame
30
in the folded position. It is worth to mention that since the player wears the roller skate shoe
10
, the player can simply press down the roller skate shoe
10
in order to press the wheel frame
30
back into the receiving cavity
111
with respect to the ground. So, the player does not have to take off the roller skate shoe
10
in order to unfold the wheel frame
30
out of the receiving cavity
111
for use and fold the wheel frame
30
into the receiving cavity
111
for storage. Thus, in both locking and unlocking processes of the roller skate shoe
10
, the player simply presses the operation button
521
to operate the roller skate shoe
10
, so that the player does not require to use his or her hand in order to touch the wheel frame
30
at all.
Claims
- 1. A roller skate shoe, comprises:a shoe base having two receiving cavities provided thereunder at a front portion and a rear portion of said shoe base respectively; two roller arrangements, which are fittedly received in said receiving cavities respectively, each comprising: a supporting frame securely mounted on a ceiling of said receiving cavity comprising a supporting member extended downwardly; a T-shaped wheel frame comprising a vertical wheel arm rotatably mounted on said supporting member of said supporting frame by a shaft and a horizontal wheel axle for rotatably supporting two wheels at two ends thereof; and a resilient element which is disposed in said wheel frame for applying an urging pressure against said wheel frame so as to normally retain said wheel frame slid out of the receiving cavity; and a locker means for securely locking said wheel frame in a rotatably movable manner selectively between a folded position and an unfolded position wherein in said folded position, said wheel frame is rotatably slid into said receiving cavity and in said unfolded position, said wheel frame is rotatably slid out of said receiving cavity, wherein said locker means has an operation through slot provided on a sidewall of said receiving cavity to communicate with an exterior of said shoe base, a locking member for selectively engaging with said wheel arm from being slid rotatably with respect to said supporting member, and a resilient member for applying an urging pressure against said locking member so as to retain said locking member engaging with said wheel arm, wherein said locking member comprises a locker cap coaxially attached to an outer end of said shaft and positioned adjacent to said respective supporting member wherein said locker cap comprises at least a locking flange integrally therefrom for selectively engaging with two locker grooves transversely formed on said wheel arm respectively, and an operation button extended to said operation through slot for operating said locker cap to move from a normally locking position to an unlocked position, wherein in said locking position, said locking flange is engaged with said locker grooves in said folded and unfolded positions of said wheel frame respectively, and in said unlocked position, said locking flange is disengaged with said locker groove so that said wheel frame is capably of rotatably sliding with respect to said supporting frame.
- 2. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 1, wherein said operation button comprises an elongated button body outwardly extended from an inner end of said shaft to said exterior of said shoe base through said operation through slot in slidably movable manner and an enlarged button head provided on an outer surface of said shoe base in such a manner that when said button head of said operation button is pressed in an inward manner, said locking flange of said locker cap is disengaged with said respective locker groove so as to unlock a rotational movement of said wheel frame.
- 3. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 1, wherein said resilient member, which is a compression spring, is coaxially mounted on said operation button wherein said resilient element has one end biasing against said supporting member and an other end connected with a spring stopper for biasing against said sidewall of said receiving cavity, wherein said resilient member normally applies an urging force against said operation button to push it to said exterior of said shoe base through said operation through slot until said spring stopper is stopped by said sidewall of said receiving cavity so as to maintain said locking member in said locking position.
- 4. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 1, wherein said locker means further has a guiding slot provided on said supporting member of said supporting frame wherein said locking flange is fitted in said guiding slot so as to hold said locker cap in position.
- 5. A roller skate shoe, comprises:a shoe base having two receiving cavities provided thereunder at a front portion and a rear portion of said shoe base respectively; two roller arrangements, which are fittedly received in said receiving cavities, each comprising: a supporting frame securely mounted on a ceiling of said receiving cavity comprising a supporting member extended downwardly, wherein said supporting member of said supporting frame comprises a pair of parallel walls extended downwardly from said ceiling of said receiving cavity; a T-shaped wheel frame comprising a vertical wheel arm rotatably mounted on said supporting member of said supporting frame by a shaft and a horizontal wheel axle for rotatably supporting two wheels at two ends thereof, wherein said wheel arm of said wheel frame is rotatably mounted between said two supporting walls by said shaft; and a resilient element which is disposed in said wheel frame for applying an urging pressure against said wheel frame so as to normally retain said wheel frame slid out of the receiving cavity; and a locker means for securely locking said wheel frame in a rotatably movable manner selectively between a folded position and an unfolded position wherein in said folded position, said wheel frame is rotatably slid into said receiving cavity and in said unfolded position, said wheel frame is rotatably slid out of said receiving cavity, wherein said locker means has an operation through slot provided on a sidewall of said receiving cavity to communicate with an exterior of said shoe base, a locking member for selectively engaging with said wheel arm from being slid rotatably with respect to said supporting member, and a resilient member for applying an urging pressure against said locking member so as to retain said locking member engaging with said wheel arm, wherein said locking member comprises a locker cap coaxially attached to an outer end of said shaft and positioned adjacent to said respective supporting member wherein said locker cap comprises at least a locking flange integrally therefrom for selectively engaging with two locker grooves transversely formed on said wheel arm respectively, and an operation button extended to said operation through slot for operating said locker cap to move from a normally locking position to an unlocked position, wherein in said locking position, said locking flange is engaged with said locker grooves in said folded and unfolded positions of said wheel frame respectively, and in said unlocked position, said locking flange is disengaged with said locker groove so that said wheel frame is capably of rotatably sliding with respect to said supporting frame.
- 6. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 5, wherein said operation button comprises an elongated button body outwardly extended from an inner end of said shaft to said exterior of said shoe base through said operation through slot in slidably movable manner and an enlarged button head provided on an outer surface of said shoe base in such a manner that when said button head of said operation button is pressed in an inward manner, said locking flange of said locker cap is disengaged with said respective locker groove so as to unlock a rotational movement of said wheel frame.
- 7. A roller skate shoe, comprises:a shoe base having two receiving cavities provided thereunder at a front portion and a rear portion of said shoe base respectively; two roller arrangements, which are fittedly received in said receiving cavities, each comprising: a supporting frame securely mounted on a ceiling of said receiving cavity comprising a supporting member extended downwardly, wherein said supporting member of said supporting frame comprises a pair of parallel walls extended downwardly from said ceiling of said receiving cavity; a T-shaped wheel frame comprising a vertical wheel arm rotatably mounted on said supporting member of said supporting frame by a shaft and a horizontal wheel axle for rotatably supporting two wheels at two ends thereof, wherein said wheel arm of said wheel frame is rotatably mounted between said two supporting walls by said shaft; and a resilient element which is a coil spring disposed in said wheel frame for applying an urging pressure against said wheel frame for normally retaining and urging said wheel frame in said unfolded position so as to normally retain said wheel frame slid out of the receiving cavity, wherein said resilient element has a coil body coaxially affixed to said shaft and at least one resilient arm extended from said coil body for biasing against said wheel arm; and a locker means for securely locking said wheel frame in a rotatably movable manner selectively between a folded position and an unfolded position wherein in said folded position, said wheel frame is rotatably slid into said receiving cavity and in said unfolded position, said wheel frame is rotatably slid out of said receiving cavity, wherein said locker means has an operation through slot provided on a sidewall of said receiving cavity to communicate with an exterior of said shoe base, a locking member for selectively engaging with said wheel arm from being slid rotatably with respect to said supporting member, and a resilient member for applying an urging pressure against said locking member so as to retain said locking member engaging with said wheel arm, wherein said locking member comprises a locker cap coaxially attached to an outer end of said shaft and positioned adjacent to said respective supporting member wherein said locker cap comprises at least a locking flange integrally therefrom for selectively engaging with two locker grooves transversely formed on said wheel arm respectively, and an operation button extended to said operation through slot for operating said locker cap to move from a normally locking position to an unlocked position, wherein in said locking position, said locking flange is engaged with said locker grooves in said folded and unfolded positions of said wheel frame respectively, and in said unlocked position, said locking flange is disengaged with said locker groove so that said wheel frame is capably of rotatably sliding with respect to said supporting frame.
- 8. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 7, wherein said operation button comprises an elongated button body outwardly extended from an inner end of said shaft to said exterior of said shoe base through said operation through slot in slidably movable manner and an enlarged button head provided on an outer surface of said shoe base in such a manner that when said button head of said operation button is pressed in an inward manner, said locking flange of said locker cap is disengaged with said respective locker groove so as to unlock a rotational movement of said wheel frame.
- 9. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 7, wherein said resilient member, which is a compression spring, is coaxially mounted on said operation button wherein said resilient element has one end biasing against said supporting member and an other end connected with a spring stopper for biasing against said sidewall of said receiving cavity, wherein said resilient member normally applies an urging force against said operation button to push it to said exterior of said shoe base through said operation through slot until said spring stopper is stopped by said sidewall of said receiving cavity so as to maintain said locking member in said locking position.
- 10. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 8, wherein said resilient member, which is a compression spring, is coaxially mounted on said operation button wherein said resilient element has one end biasing against said supporting member and an other end connected with a spring stopper for biasing against said sidewall of said receiving cavity, wherein said resilient member normally applies an urging force against said operation button to push it to said exterior of said shoe base through said operation through slot until said spring stopper is stopped by said sidewall of said receiving cavity so as to maintain said locking member in said locking position.
- 11. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 7, wherein said locker means further has a guiding slot provided on said supporting member of said supporting frame wherein said locking flange is fitted in said guiding slot so as to hold said locker cap in position.
- 12. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 8, wherein said locker means further has a guiding slot provided on said supporting member of said supporting frame wherein said locking flange is fitted in said guiding slot so as to hold said locker cap in position.
- 13. A roller skate shoe, as recited in claim 10, wherein said locker means further has a guiding slot provided on said supporting member of said supporting frame wherein said locking flange is fitted in said guiding slot so as to hold said locker cap in position.
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