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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Dodd H. Grande, Seattle, WA (US);
K-2 Corporation, Vashon, WA (US);
Abstract
A skate frame ( ) for an in-line skate ( ) having a shoe portion ( ) and a plurality of wheels ( ) capable of traversing a surface. The skate frame includes an elongate structural member comprised of a structural material having a first average density. The structural member having first and second sidewalls ( and ), each having an upper end and a lower end. The structural member also includes a shoe mounting portion ( ) spanning between at least a portion of the upper ends of the sidewalls. The first and second sidewalls having a wheel, load introduction portion ( ), wherein loads associated with the wheels are transferred to the structural member. The shoe mounting portion having a shoe load introduction portion, wherein loads associated with the shoe portion are transferred to the structural member. The skate frame also includes core material ( ) disposed within at least one of the first and second sidewalls or within the shoe mounting portion. The core material being sealed within the sidewalls and/or the shoe mounting portion by the structural material or a filler material. The core material is absent from at least the wheel and shoe load introduction portions.