US 12,246,244 B2
Inline skates
Shinzo Ota, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to Shibuya Longevity Health Foundation, (JP)
Filed by Shibuya Longevity Health Foundation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/212,675.
Prior Publication US 2024/0424385 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. A63C 17/06 (2006.01); A63C 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63C 17/06 (2013.01) [A63C 17/004 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inline skate, comprising:
a wheel frame;
a plurality of running wheels arranged in a row in series in a running direction; and
a plurality of curving wheels arranged to the wheel frame, each curving wheel having a wheel shaft in an axial direction orthogonal to an axial direction of a wheel shaft of each running wheel and the running direction, respectively;
said wheel frame further comprising:
an upper plate and a lower plate each being longer in the running direction than in a width direction and facing each other in a vertical direction;
connecting portions connecting front and rear sections of the upper plate and the lower plate in the running direction;
parallel flange portions respectively protruding forward from the connecting portion connecting the front section of each of the upper plate and lower plate; and
parallel flange portions respectively protruding rearward from the connecting portion connecting the rear section of each of the upper plate and lower plate;
through holes in which the wheel shafts of the running wheels are mounted between the flange portions protruding forward and between the flange portions protruding rearward, respectively;
through holes in which the wheel shafts of the curving wheels are mounted between the upper plate and the lower plate in a row in series; and
a shoe mounted on an upper surface of the upper plate.