Roller skate shoes

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6536785
  • Patent Number
    6,536,785
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, March 1, 2001
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, March 25, 2003
    22 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Johnson; Brian L.
    • Shriver; J. Allen
    Agents
    • Chan; Raymond Y.
    • David and Raymond
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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