Roller skate construction

Claim 1

A TWO-WHEELED TANDEM-TYPE ROLLER SKATE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, FRAME MEANS EMBODYING AN ELONGATED SUPPORT PLATE, A SINGLE PAIR OF COMPANION LEADING AND TRAILING TRACTION WHEELS ORIENTED AND ARRANGED IN TANDEM ALIGNMENT AND BALANCED AND SUSPENDED BY COOPERATIVE PLATESUPPORTED ARM MEANS FOR FREE ROTATION BENEATH COORDINATING FORWARD AND REARWARD PORTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID PLATE, A BOOT-TYPE SHOE FIXED ATOP SAID PLATE AND CONSTITUTING A COMPONENT OF THE OVER-ALL SKATE, SAID PLATE BEING FLAT AND RIGID, SAID SHOE RESEMBLING AND BEING STRUCTURALLY COMPARABLE WITH A SHOE OF THE TYPE USED ON THE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CONVENTIONAL-TYPE ICE SKATE AND HAVING A FLAT SOLE PORTION SUPERIMPOSED ON AND AFFIXED FLATWISE ATOP SAID PLATE, THE REARWARD UNDERNEATH SIDE OF SAID PLATE BEING PROVIDED WITH A FRICTION BRAKE PAD ORIENTED WITH AND SITUATED ABOVE AND NORMALLY SPACED FROM THE TREAD OF SAID TRAILING TRACTION WHEEL BUT CAPABLE OF BEING FORCIBLY PRESSED BY THE SKATER WHILE IN MOTION INTO FRICTIONAL CONTACT WITH SAID TREAD TO ACHIEVE AND DESIRED RETARDING AND ARRESTING CONTROL FOR SAID WHEEL, AND, IN COMBINATION, SHOCK ABSORBING AND BRAKE ACTION ADJUSTING MEANS OPERATIVELY INTERPOSED BETWEEN A MEDIAN UNDERNEATH PORTION OF SAID PLATE AND A CORRESPONDING MEDIAN PORTION OF SAID WHEEL BALANCING AND SUSPENDING ARM MEANS.