Detachable frame device for in-line roller skate

Claim 2

A frame device for in-line roller skate comprising: a rack means having a plurality of wheels linearly detachably mounted on the rack means, each said wheel rotatably secured on the rack means by an axle means detachably secured on the rack means, a chassis secured to a boot of the roller skate and pivotally secured to the rack means, and a locking means for locking the chassis with the rack means when each said axle means is clamped in between the chassis and the rack means, whereby upon unlocking of the locking means to separate the chassis from the rack means, said wheel and said axle means are removable from the rack means for replacing a new wheel.

Claim 3

A frame device according to claim 1, wherein said rack means includes: a pair of elongated rack members having a plurality of ribs connected between the two rack members, a plurality of supporting extension portions bent inwardly upwardly from each said rack member to be generally L shaped, each said supporting extension portion disposed with two lugs on two opposite ends of the supporting extension portion, a longitudinal groove defined between the rack member and the supporting extension portions, a pair of front brackets, each said front bracket protruding upwardly from a front end portion of each said rack member for pivotally connecting a front portion of the chassis by passing a pivot through a pair of pivot holes formed through the two front brackets and two front pivot holes formed through the chassis, and a pair of rear brackets, each said rear bracket protruding upwardly from a rear end portion of each said rack member for transversely connecting a latch of the locking means on the rear brackets.

Claim 4

A frame device according to claim 1, wherein each said axle means includes: a pair of holding disk members each said holding disk member clamped between each said rack member and the chassis, a screw portion protruding inwardly from each said disk member, a shaft defining an axle axis about a center of the shaft and having the two screw portions of the pair of holding disk members disposed on two opposite sides of the shaft and inserted into two opposite portions of the shaft, and a pair of bearings disposed on two opposite end portions of the shaft for rotatably engaging the shaft within the pair of bearings which are fixed in two opposite side portions in a hub of each said wheel for rotatably securing each said wheel about the shaft of said axle means.

Claim 5

A frame device according to claim 3, wherein said screw portion is male threaded to be engageable with a female-threaded hole formed in the shaft, whereby upon driving of each said disk member, each said screw portion is fixed into the shaft.

Claim 6

A frame device according to claim 3, wherein each said holding disk member includes: a pair of flanges, with each said flange engageable with a groove formed in the rack member and engageable with a flange recess recessed in a lower portion of the chassis, and a neck portion sandwiched between the two flanges and said neck portion clamped by a clamping extension portion of said chassis and a supporting extension portion of said rack member, said neck portion held on said supporting extension portion between two lugs formed on the supporting extension portion.

Claim 7

A frame device according to claim 5, wherein said neck portion of the holding disk member is eccentric to an axle axis of each said axle means to have a first height (H1) of said neck portion above the axle axis when a neck portion axis is lower than the axle axis, and to have a second height (H2) of said neck portion above the axle axis when the axle means is rotated for 180 degrees from the first height (H1) to allow the neck portion axis to be higher than the axle axis, thereby giving a height difference (H) for adjusting a height of the chassis.

Claim 8

A frame device according to claim 6, wherein said neck portion is formed as a rectangular shape.

Claim 9

A frame device according to claim 3, wherein said chassis includes: at least a platform portion for securing a boot of a roller skate, a pair of elongated frame members protruding downwardly from the platform portion and having a plurality of ribs transversely connected between the two frame members, a plurality of clamping extension portions each protruding downwardly from a flange recess recessed in a lower portion of the elongated frame member, with each said flange recess engageable with a flange of each said holding disk member of the axle means, and the clamping extension portion operatively holding the neck portion of each said disk member in cooperation with a supporting extension portion of the rack member for firmly clamping each said disk member between the chassis and the rack means for rotatably mounting each said wheel on each said axle means, a front pivot hole formed in a front portion of each said frame member for pivotally connecting each said rack member by a pivot inserted through the front pivot hole, a rear pivot hole formed in a rear portion of said chassis for pivotally connecting the locking means by a lever pivot inserted in the rear pivot hole, and a rear convex portion formed on a rear portion of the chassis for engaging a lever of the locking means after actuating the locking means for coupling the chassis with the rack means.

Claim 10

A frame device according to claim 8, wherein said locking means includes: a base portion having said lever pivot passing through the base portion and through said rear pivot hole formed in the chassis for pivotally connecting the base portion on the chassis, said lever protruding outwardly from the base portion having a hook portion formed on a lower portion of the base portion opposite to the lever, and a latch transversely secured on a pair of rear brackets of the rack means for engaging the hook portion of the locking means for coupling the chassis and the rack means for stably holding each said axle means between the chassis and the rack means for rotatably mounting a wheel in each said axle means.

Claim 11

A frame device according to claim 9, wherein said lever has a concave portion recessed in an end portion of the lever to be engageable with a rear convex portion of the chassis for stably positioning the lever on the convex portion after actuating the locking means for coupling the chassis with the rack means.