US1157049A

US1157049A - Skate.

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Publication number: US1157049A
Application number: US2724515A
Authority: US
Inventors: Karl Schultz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-05-10
Filing date: 1915-05-10
Publication date: 1915-10-19
Anticipated expiration: 1932-10-19

Description

K. SCHULTZ."

SKATE. l APPLICATION FILED MAY l0. |915- 1,157,049. Patented oct. 19, 1915.

UNITED STATES' PATENT oFFIcE.

KARL sonULTz, or BERWYN. ILLINOIS.

SKATE.'

T o all vll-omit may concern.

Be it known that I, KARL ScIIUL'rz, a subject4 of the Emperor of Germany, residing at 6&31 Twenty-seventh Place, in the town of Berwyn, county of Cook, and State of Illinois,I have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skates, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvement-s in skates and particularlyv to skates of that class known as roller skates. The objects of my invention are to 'provide a skate which is adjustable in length to enable it to be tted to feet of different sizes, to so construct the members thereof that they may be easily and quickly dismounted or assembled or adjusted relatively to each other to support the rollers yieldingly from the skate body, to arrange cushions of elastic material between the rollers and skate body that extend obliquely to the said body land at an angle to each otherto properly brace-the parts thereof, and to connect the members of the body at a plurality of separated points. These and other objects I accomplish as hereinafter described' and as particularly4 pointed out in the appended claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings 1n which a preferred adaptation or embodiment of my invention In the drawings: Figure 1, is a central longitudinal section through my improved skate on line'1-1 Fig. 2. \Fig. 2, is a bottom plan view of my improved skate. Fig. 3, is a front end elevation of myV improved skate looking/in the direction 'of the arrow X in Fig. 2. Fig. 1, is a detached'fragmentary end view of the offset locking tongue, of thetoe member. Fig. 5, is an edge view of the fragment of thevofset lockingv tongue y Specification of Letters Patent.

( many important particulars they will each' be separately described.

The toe member has asubstantially flat top plate 1, which is curved to conform generally to the shape of the forward portion of a shoe vand is provided with a rearwardly .extending portion5 2 of narrower width Patented Oct. 19, 1915. y

Application aea may 1o, 1915. serial No. 27,245.

which terminates in a tongue 3, that is ofl set so as to extend in a. plane slightly be# low but parallel with the plate 1, to whichA it is joined by a narrow oblique integral neck t, formed as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

An angular bracket 5 is suitably riveted or otherwise fastened to the undersurface of the plate 1, fand the upper portions of its parallel'sides are bent and separated sufficiently to provide a slideway for a purpose to be hereinafter explained. The cross' or connecting portion or web of the bracket which extends between the vtwoside portions thereof is arranged obliquely/ or at an angle to the top plate 1.

The bracket 1s provlded with a depending lip 6, at each end which is provided with an opening or eye.

I prefer toemploy but a single centrally located wheel 7, to support the front or toe member and to rotatably 'mount said wheel 'A on a spindle 8. which extends between and is fastened to the lower extremities of an iriverted U shaped support 9. This support 9 is providedwith upwardly extending lips l10 which lap on the lips 6, and have corresponding openings through which a pivot pin 11 is fitted and screwed to pivotally connect the U shaped support to the bracket.

ATo cushion and limitthe transverse oscil- `lation of the support-a block 12 of rubber or similar resilient material is fitted in place between thelips and the top and bottom portions respectively of the U shaped supports and the bracket as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be noted gfrom Fig. 1, that the bottom portion of the bracket and top portion of the support extend parallel with each other and at an angle with the top plate l, and that the pivot pin 1.1, passes longitudinally through the block 12.

To additionally stifen and strengthen the yconnection between the wheel supports and the top plate, a diagonal brace 1B-extends from the rear-extremity of the pivot pin 11,

upwardly and rearwardly to a connecting bolt 14.

A clamping device is attached to the tod4 A member which -consists of two jaws l5, and an adjusting screw bar 16.

' The rear or heel member of the skate has a heel portion 17, which conforms substantially in shape' to the vheel of a vshoe and a forwardly extending portion 19 of narrow width which has parallelv sides and a central longitudinal slot 20, which extends to and through the forward extremity-of said portion 19, and is of even width throughout.

An angular bracket 2 1 substantially similar to thebracket 5 is fastened to the under surface of the heel member. and is provided with depending lips 22.- f

The rear wheel 23 is rotatably mounted on. a spindle 24 which extends between and is fastened to the lower extremities of the l Fig. 1, which is formed ,It will be observed by referring to sides of a U shaped wheel support 25.

Two lips 26, extend upwardly'-v from wheel support and lap and are pivoted to the lips 22 by a pivot pin 2.7.

, A cushion' block 28, is interposedbetween thebracket `21 vandsupport 25 as shown in of rubber or'other suitable resilient material.

Fig'. 1 that the blocks 12 and 28 are-obliquely disposed with respect to the top plates of the toe'and heel membersand also extend at an angle to each-V other, lone extending rearward and downward and the other Nfront- `wardl and downward.

tween the top plate of the heel member and also by the bolt 14 at or near its".middle, as shownin Fig. 1, thereby securing the two members to each'lother at widely separated points.

The top platesl of the toe aild heel members l prefer to`construct of relatively light j and thin metal so that they may spring slightly 'when the skate is fitted to the bottom of the shoe and thusaccommodate themselves to the curve of the sole of the shoe. 1 also preferably provide the heel plate with a shallow longitudinal recess or depression in which the extension of the toe plate fits and/ slides and to arrange a countersunk seatfor the head of the fastening bolt 14, in the toe member.

While 1 have illustrated and described a preferred forni of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of` \a wide range of variation, alteration,

modification and change without departingfrom the spirit of my invention. l, therefore, 'do not wish to be limited to the construction herein shown and described but desire to avail myself of allsuch variations,

alterations, modifications,v and changes as fairly fall within the scope of the appended *claims or may be construed to be within the" `scope thereof by invoking the doctrine of equivalents.

What l claim is:

1. A skate comprising a heel member having a forwardly extending longitudinally recessed portion and a central longitudinal slot in said forwardly extending portion, and a toe member havinga vrearwardly extending portion adapted to lap upon and slide in the longitudinal recess of the heel member, a tongue at its rear extremity adapted to fit against the undersurface of the heel member, and an oblique neck eX- vtending through the longitudinal slot of theheel member and connecting the tongue to the rear extremity of the toe member.

2. A skate 'comprising a heel member having a. forwardly extending longitudinally recessed portion and a central .longitudinal slot in said forwardly extending` portion, anda toe member having a rearwardly extending portion adapted to lap upon and 'slide' in the longitudinal recessof theheel Vmember, a tongue at its 'rear extremity adapted to lit against the undersurface of the heel member, and an oblique neck exl tending through the longitudinal slotof the heel member and connecting the tongue to the rear extremity of the toe member;'said rearwardly extending portion, tongue and neck being integral.

3. A skate comprising a ,heel vmember having a forwardly extending longitudinally recessed portion and a central longitudinal slot in said ,forwardly extending portion, and a toe member having a rearwardly extending portion adapted to lap upon and lslide in the longitudinal recess, of the heel 'member, a tongue at its rear extremity adapted to lit against'the undersurfa-ce of the heel member, and an oblique neck extending through the longitudinal slot of the 'I said brace, the'slot of the heel member and the rearward extension of the toe member 10 for securing the said brace to the said members and also fastening said members together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto' atlixed my name in the presence of-two witnesses.

KARL SCHULTZ,

Witnesses:

Ro'r. KLOTZ, FRED WEGAND.