Patents Assigned to J. S. Wheelwright Company, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4844491
    Abstract: A wheeled skate vehicle consists of an elongated foot support platform, a front wheel fixedly mounted to and extending above the platform, a pair of side wheels mounted on both sides of the platform to rotate about a side wheel axis and extending above the platform, a brake pad attached to platform rearwardly of the side wheel axis, and bindings for releasably securing a skater's foot to the platform. The bindings include a toe shroud defining an aperture adapted to receive and confine against lateral and forward motion a toe of a skater's shoe, a heel cup defining a recess adapted to receive and confine against lateral and rearward motion a heel of a skater's shoe, a foot strap attached to the skate and a foot strap receptor for releasably engaging an end of the foot strap, and an ankle brace pivotally attached to the skate and supporting thereabove an ankle strap and ankle strap receptor for releasably engaging an end of the ankle strap extending about a skater's ankle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: J. S. Wheelwright Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph S. Wheelwright