Motor roller-skate

Claim 1

A motorized roller-skate comprising a pair of drive wheels mounted on a rotatable drive shaft, a motor system including a power unit mounted on a frame which can be tied as a kit-bag to the body of the roller-skater and a flexible connection comprising a rotatable flexible shaft within an outer housing for driving the drive shaft, the flexible connection being connected to an L-shaped housing, the L-shaped housing containing a conical gear transmission having a rotatable driving element disposed at a right angle to the flexible shaft and capable of releasably engaging the drive shaft, the L-shaped housing having a releasable connection for connecting to the side of the roller skate, the releasable connection including a first bracket on the L-shaped housing having a plurality of connection pins with enlarged heads, the roller skate having a second bracket disposed around the drive shaft and having a plurality of eyelets capable of releasably receiving the connection pins, upon rotation of the first bracket relative to the second bracket, for attaching the first bracket to the second bracket and the drive element to the drive shaft, the L-shaped housing further comprising a reciprocating locking pin receivable in a hole in the second bracket thereby resisting rotation of the L-shaped housing to the second bracket.