Abstract: A suspension system for a skate including a shoe and a truck device. The suspension system includes a four bar linkage having a forward mount connectable to the shoe; a rearward mount connectable to the shoe, a first double pivot mechanism interconnecting the forward mount with the truck device, and a second double pivot mechanism interconnecting the rearward mount with the truck device. A shock absorber subsystem biases the position of the truck device relative to the shoe.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 1997
Date of Patent:
March 21, 2000
Assignee:
Evolutionary Designs, Inc.
Inventors:
Clay Allen Burns, Peter Madelaire Nielsen, John Aloysius Sullivan, Frederic Ballou-Viaux Sullivan