Information
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Patent Grant
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6679505
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Patent Number
6,679,505
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Date Filed
Friday, February 1, 200222 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, January 20, 200420 years ago
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Inventors
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Examiners
- Johnson; Brian L.
- Bottorff; Christopher
Agents
- Dennison, Schultz & Dougherty
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 280 11207
- 280 11208
- 280 11209
- 280 1127
- 280 1128
- 280 1119
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A sole plate structure of a roller skate, wherein, a sole plate is integrally formed by injection molding of plastic into a flat and elongate shape, and is provided on both the front and the rear ends thereof with two down protruding blocks; and every such two protruding blocks are placed therebetween a vibration absorbing member, two wheel axle covers are provided for the pairs of the front and the rear wheels on the roller skate to have their respective vibration absorbing members and protruding blocks enveloped, and locked with a bolt extending therethrough, the vibration absorbing members can completely absorb the vibrations induced in skating of the roller skate.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to the sole plate structure of a roller skate, and especially to a sole plate with excellent cushion effect, the skate thereby is suitable for application to sports.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Referring to
FIG. 1
, a conventional roller skate with four rollers has two wheel axle covers “B” (each having thereon two wheels B
1
) on the front and the rear ends of a sole plate “A” locked with two bolts “D”. And a braking block “C” is locked on the front end of the sole plate “A”. The two wheel axle covers “B” are provided centrally thereof each with a protruding combining block B
2
which has centrally thereof a through hole, the combining block B
2
is provided on the rear end thereof with a bevel strut B
3
to insert in a front (rear) engaging hole on the sole plate “A”. The bolts “D” each is extended through a metallic collar D
1
, a rubber collar D
2
, and then is extended through the central through hole of one of the combining blocks B
2
, and lastly, the metallic collar D
1
, the rubber collar D
2
and a nut D
3
are locked in a through hole of the sole plate “A” to complete the sole plate structure of the roller skate.
The above stated roller skate has two rubber collars D
2
over the bolts “D” to lock the combining blocks B
2
, so that when the roller skate is used for a big motion such as jumping, large vibration induced can be absorbed by the rubber collars D
2
; however, the rubber collars D
2
absorb vibration with their planes, they only absorb the vertical vibrations, those smaller vibrations induced such as in turning or circling etc. can not be absorbed by the rubber collars D
2
. Therefore, such roller skate is not ideal.
In view of the drawbacks of the conventional roller skate, the inventor studied such defects and developed the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The primary object of the present invention is to provide the sole plate structure of a roller skate capable of absorbing sideward vibration induced such as in turning or circling etc.
The secondary object of the present invention is to provide the sole plate structure of a roller skate with braking blocks both on the front and the rear ends of the roller skate.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the sole plate structure of a roller skate with reinforced combination of the sole plate with the wheel axle covers.
To achieve the above stated objects, the sole plate of a roller skate of the present invention is integrally formed by injection molding of plastic into a flat and elongate shape, and is provided at the suitable locations on both the front and the rear ends of the sole plate with two down protruding blocks, a vibration absorbing member is placed between the protruding blocks, two wheel axle covers are provided for the pairs of the front and the rear wheels to envelop the vibration absorbing members. In case the strength of the material is not so ideal, a metallic cap is used to cover each wheel axle cover; then the wheel axle covers are firmly locked with bolts. In this mode, the roller skate can completely absorb the vibrations induced in skating by means of the vibration absorbing members.
The present invention will be apparent in its particular structure, principle of application, functions and effects after reading the detailed description of the preferred embodiment thereof in reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a perspective view showing the appearance of a conventional roller skate;
FIG. 2
is a perspective view showing the appearance of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3
is an analytical perspective view showing the elements of the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4
is a sectional view of the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5
is a sectional schematic view showing use of the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6
is a sectional schematic view also showing use of the embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring to
FIG. 2
, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is comprised of a sole plate
10
, a plurality of vibration absorbing members
20
, wheel axle covers
30
, bolts
40
and braking blocks
50
. Wherein, the sole plate
10
is integrally formed by injection molding of plastic into an elongate sheet, and is provided on the front end thereof with a gradually raised slope
11
, and further is provided at the suitable locations on both the front and the rear ends thereof with two parallel down protruding blocks
12
,
15
(
12
′,
15
′) each in the shape of a conical member. The two protruding blocks
12
,
15
(
12
′,
15
′) have therebetween a gap
14
(
14
′), and are provided centrally each with a through hole
13
(
13
′). The outer protruding block
12
(
15
′) is provided on the upper portion thereof with a positioning block
16
(
16
′) (also referring to FIG.
3
).
The vibration absorbing members
20
are made blocks of the material polyurethane and each has a width to meet the size of the gap
14
(
14
′) between the two protruding blocks
12
,
15
(
12
′,
15
′).
The wheel axle covers
30
have their corresponding axle rods mounted each with either end thereof in a bearing
33
, a wheel
31
and another bearing
33
in sequence. A combining portion
32
is provided on the axle rod between every two wheels
31
, the combining portion
32
is provided thereon with an opening
34
with a contour and a length mating with those of both the two protruding blocks
12
,
15
(
12
′,
15
′) on the bottom of the sole plate
10
. The combining portion
32
is provided further on one end thereof with a sealed connecting portion
37
(
37
′) in coincidence with the shape of the cross section of the opening
34
, the sealed connecting portion
37
(
37
′) can prevent the combining portion
32
from dropping off the two protruding blocks
12
,
15
(
12
′,
15
′) of the sole plate
10
, and a metallic cap
36
is provided with a recess and a central hole to reinforce the sealed connecting portion
37
(
37
′).
The braking blocks
50
are conical members each with a bending portion, the conical member is provided on the bottom thereof with a plurality of concentric recesses. The top surface of each braking block
50
is embedded therein a nut
51
of which the upper rim portion has a positioning groove
52
.
Referring simultaneously to
FIGS. 3 and 4
, the vibration absorbing members
20
(polyurethane) same in width are placed in the gaps
14
,
14
′ between the front and the rear protruding blocks
12
,
15
,
12
′,
15
′, and then the combining portions
32
of the wheel axle covers
30
are taken to envelop the vibration absorbing members
20
and the protruding blocks
12
,
15
,
12
′,
15
′, the metallic caps
36
cover the sealed connecting portion
37
,
37
′ on the rears of the combining portions
32
. And then the bolts
40
are extended through the metallic caps
36
and the holes
13
,
13
′ provided in the protruding blocks
12
′,
15
, and further extended directly through the vibration absorbing members
20
(polyurethane) and out of the other protruding blocks
12
,
15
′. The positioning grooves
52
of the braking blocks
50
are fitted over the positioning blocks
16
,
16
′ respectively, and the bolts
40
are directly screw connected with the nuts
51
of the braking blocks
50
to combine the wheel axle covers
30
, the vibration absorbing members
20
(polyurethane), the sole plate
10
and the braking blocks
50
into a unit. Thereby, assembling of the roller skate with braking blocks
50
both on the front and the rear ends thereof is completed. Further, the metallic caps
36
can reinforce the combining of the sole plate
10
with the wheel axle covers
30
.
The tip portion of a common sports shoe
60
is made slightly bending up in pursuance of the human engineering, when it contacts with a conventional roller skate, the tip portion can not be tightly contacted, and the conventional roller skate is apparently not as fine as an in-line skate. As shown in
FIG. 5
, the sole plate
10
of the present invention is provided on the front end thereof with a slightly bending up slope
11
, hence when the sole plate
10
is contacted with the shoe body
60
, the gap between the sole plate
10
and the shoe body
60
can be effectively eliminated, and the appearance of the roller skate during contacting can be better. When in turning during skating, the gravity of the shoe body
60
will change in pursuance of the action of skating to deviate leftwards or rightwards from time to time, and vibration induced at the side bearing more load (small vibration induced during deviating leftwards or rightwards) will be absorbed by the vibration absorbing members
20
. As is shown in
FIG. 6
, the wheel axle covers
30
is connected with the sole plate
10
by means of the bolts
40
parallel to the sole plate
10
, therefore, vibration induced by deviating leftwards or rightwards will be absorbed by the vibration absorbing members
20
(polyurethane) in turning and circling during skating. And the braking blocks
50
are provided both on the front and the rear ends of the roller skate, thereby the roller skate can have braking effect either on the front and the rear ends.
In conclusion, according to the above statement, the present invention can surely get its expected objects, and provides the structure of the sole plate of the roller skate rendering the vibrations induced in tilting to be completely absorbed, thereby it is practically valuable.
The above stated is only for illustrating a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not for giving any limitation to the scope of the present invention. Various modifications or changes can be made to the elements of the present invention without departing from the spirit and principle of this invention. Accordingly, all such modifications and changes also fall within the scope of the appended claims and are intended to form part of this invention.
Claims
- 1. A sole plate structure of a roller skate, wherein a sole plate is integrally formed by injection molding of plastic into a flat and elongate shape, and is provided on both the front and the rear ends thereof with a pair of down protruding blocks with a gap left therebetween; said protruding blocks are provided each with a through hole, and every said pair of protruding blocks are placed therebetween a vibration absorbing member, two wheel axle covers are provided for front and rear wheels on said roller skate to respectively envelop one of said vibration absorbing members and a corresponding pair of said protruding blocks together, a bolt extends through and connects said one of said vibration absorbing members and said corresponding pair of said protruding blocks, said vibration absorbing member effectively absorb vibrations induced in tilting sidewards of said roller skate; said sole plate structure including a pair of axle rods disposed in said wheel axle covers and wherein, each of said wheel axle covers includes a combining portion provided thereon with an opening with a contour and a length mating with said corresponding pair of said protruding blocks on the bottom of said sole plate; said opening is narrower on the upper portion and is wider on the lower portion thereof.
- 2. A sole plate structure of a roller skate as in claim 1, wherein, said combining portions each is integrally formed on one end thereof a sealed connecting portion in coincidence with the shape of the cross section of said opening.
- 3. A sole plate structure of a roller skate as in claim 2, wherein, said combining portions each is provided with an axle hole in concentricity with said through holes of said corresponding pair of said protruding blocks.
- 4. A sole plate structure of a roller skate as in claim 3, wherein, a metallic cap provided with a recess and a central hole is provided on said combining portion of each of said wheel axle covers and is locked with one of said bolts.
- 5. A sole plate structure of a roller skate as in claim 1, wherein, said bolts are used to firmly lock braking blocks, said braking blocks are conical members each with a bending portion, each of said conical members is provided on the bottom thereof with a plurality of concentric recesses; the top surface of each of said braking blocks respectively on the front and the rear ends of said roller skate is embedded therein a nut.
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