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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
David N Mitchell, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Benetton Sportsystem USA Inc., Bordentown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280 112 ; 188-5 ; 280 1122 ;
Abstract
A skate brake system includes a carriage that pivots about the rear of a skate so as to bring a brake pad into contact with the skating surface when activated by a hand-activated actuator. The skater need not perform any special body movement to raise (or lower) the toe of the skate, and, accordingly, the angle of the skate relative to the ground remains constant while the brake is applied. In another embodiment, a plunger canister contains a plunger that brings a brake pad into contact with the skating surface when the plunger is actuated by a hand-activated actuator.