Roller ski having a bridle

Claim 1

A pair of roller skis, each ski comprising: a longitudinally extending long slender plate having a cambered front end and a base portion behind said front end; said base portion having a front portion adjacent said cambered front end and a rear portion behind said front portion; a nonskid agent located on said base portion for receiving thereon a foot of a rider; a reinforcement plate fixed to the bottom of said base portion; a pivot bearing having a vertical coupler opening, fixed to said reinforcement plate at said front portion longitudinally spaced from said cambered front end; a bracket and a flanged pivot held in said vertical coupler opening, said bracket being mounted to said pivot bearing by said flanged pivot, said bracket having a horizontal opening at a lower portion thereof extending transversely of said longitudinal direction rearward of said vertical coupler opening; a support plate fixed to said bracket, said support plate and said pivot bearing defining a horizontal ringshaped race therebetween surrounding said flanged pivot; a plurality of ball bearing filling said race so as to be subject to thrust; a front shaft received in said horizontal opening and a front wheel rotatably mounted on said front shaft; a support member extending vertically downward from said reinforcement plate rearward of said support plate; a tension spring stretched between a rear end of said support plate and said support member so as to urge said front wheel into a vertically and longitudinally extending plane; a cover mounted to said reinforcement plate so as to enclose said tension spring; a base fixed to said base portion beneath said base portion rearward of and longitudinally spaced from said front wheel; a resilient cushion fixed to said base beneath said base; a pedestal fixed to said cushion beneath said cushion; a rear shaft having two rotatable rear rollers at each end thereof mounted to said pedestal, said rear shaft and said two rear rollers constituting a rear wheel having outer wheel surfaces separated by a first distance greater than the width of said said long slender plate; said long slender plate and said reinforcement plate extending rearward of said rear wheel a second distance of between one third and one half of the longitudinal distance between said front wheel and said rear wheel; and a saddle fixed to said reinforcement plate beneath said reinforcement plate rearward of said rear wheel, and a brake head fixed to said saddle beneath said saddle.