Roller skate

Claim 1

A roller skate comprising: a. a sole plate having a ball portion and a heel portion on its upper surface to accommodate the corresponding parts of a skater''s foot or shoe thereon, said sole plate having rigid front and rear axle mount portions along its outer margin at locations laterally aligned with said sole plate ball and heel portions, respectively; b. foot engaging means affixed to said sole plate for gripping and securely maintaining the skater''s foot or shoe against the upper surface of said sole plate; c. a front axle and a rear axle mounted in and extending downwardly from said front and rear axle mount portions, respectively, said axles being parallel to each other and being angled downwardly in excess of 28* with respect to the horizontal; d. a front wheel and an equal diameter rear wheel mounted for rotation on the outer ends of said front axle and said rear axle, respectively, said wheels having ground contacting points positioned vertically beneath the approximate front to rear center line of said sole plate; and e. a toe stop mounted on the front end of said sole plate, said top stop extending forward of said front wheel periphery; f. the point of intersection of the axis of said front wheel axle with the plane of said front wheel periphery being located in a horizontal plane which is above the upper surface of said sole plate ball portion; g. the point of intersection of the axis of said rear wheel axle with the plane of said rear wheel periphery being located in a horizontal plane which is below the upper surface of said sole plate heel portion; h. said front wheel periphery and said rear wheel periphery being spaced apart at their points of closest proximity by a distance which is less than 10% of the combined diameters of said wheels.