Spring supported machine skates for an easier ride!
Machine skates for resiliently supporting a load relative to a ground surface. The inventive device includes a machine skate engaging assembly for receiving a load. A rolling support assembly is movably mounted to the machine skate engaging assembly for rollingly engaging a ground surface. A spring assembly is interposed between the machine skate engaging assembly and the rolling support assembly for resiliently supporting the same in a spaced relationship to absorb bumps and shocks during moving.
1. A spring supported machine skates comprising:
a machine skate engaging means comprising a skate adapted to receive and engage a load therewithin and an inverted, U-shaped outer receiver secured directly to a lower portion of the skate
a rolling support means secured to said outer receiver and movable relative to the machine skate engaging means for rollingly engaging a ground surface therebeneath, said rolling support means comprising an inner wheel rack of elongated configuration; a plurality of wheels rotatably supported in an in-line configuration within the inner wheel rack; the inner wheel rack being pivotally mounted to a forward end of the outer receiver by a pivot pin directed therethrough wherein the pivot pin comprises an axle rotatably supporting a forwardmost one of the wheels;
and,
a spring means interposed between the machine skate engaging means and the rolling support means for resiliently supporting the machine skate engaging means relative to the rolling support means.
2. The spring supported machine skates of claim 1, wherein the spring means comprises a leaf spring interposed between the outer receiver of the machine skate engaging means and the inner wheel rack of the rolling support means.
3. The spring supported machine skates of claim 2, wherein the leaf spring includes a mounting tab projecting from a first end of the leaf spring which is received within a correspondingly shaped aperture directed through the inner wheel rack so as to mount the leaf spring in a cantilevered orientation relative to the inner wheel rack, the leaf spring extending from the first end thereof through a first integral bend and into a parallel portion which is oriented in a substantially spaced orientation relative to an upper planar surface of the inner wheel rack, the leaf spring continuing from the parallel portion through a second integral bend into an angled portion projecting from the parallel portion at an oblique angle relative thereto, the angled portion engaging an interior surface of the outer receiver so as to effect flexing of the cantilevered leaf spring during articulation of the inner wheel rack within the outer receiver.
4. The spring supported machine skates of claim 3, wherein the spring means further comprises a coil spring interposed between the inner wheel rack and the angled portion of said leaf spring.
5. The spring supported machine skates of claim 4, wherein the outer receiver is shaped so as to define at least one slot directed therethrough; and further wherein the inner wheel rack includes a rear projection extending through the slot of the outer receiver; and further comprising a locking member pivotally mounted to the rear projection, the locking member being positionable into a contact with an exterior surface of the outer receiver so as to position the inner wheel rack in a predetermined orientation relative to the outer receiver.
6. The spring supported machine skates of claim 1, wherein the spring means comprises a coil spring interposed between the inner wheel rack and an interior of the outer receiver.
7. The spring supported machine skates of claim 6, wherein the outer receiver is shaped so as to define at least one slot directed therethrough; and further wherein the inner wheel rack includes a rear projection extending through the slot of the outer receiver; and further comprising a locking member pivotally mounted to the rear projection, the locking member being positionable into a contact with an exterior surface of the outer receiver so as to position the inner wheel rack in a predetermined orientation relative to the outer receiver.
The present invention relates to machine skate structures and more particularly pertains to a spring supported machine skates for resiliently supporting a load relative to a ground surface.
The use of machine skate structures is known in the prior art. More specifically, machine skate structures heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
In these respects, the spring supported machine skates according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of resiliently supporting a load relative to a ground surface.
SUMMARY
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of machine skate structures now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new spring supported machine skates construction wherein the same can be utilized for absorbing bumps and shocks during moving. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new spring supported machine skates apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the machine skate structures mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a spring supported machine skates which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art machine skate structures, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises an machine skates for resiliently supporting a load relative to a ground surface. The inventive device includes a machine skate engaging assembly for receiving a load. A rolling support assembly is movably mounted to the machine skate engaging assembly for rollingly engaging a ground surface. A spring assembly is interposed between the machine skate engaging assembly and the rolling support assembly for resiliently supporting the same in a spaced relationship to absorb bumps and shocks during moving.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new spring supported machine skates apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the machine skate structures mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a spring supported machine skates which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art machine skate structures, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new spring supported machine skates which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new spring supported machine skates which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new spring supported machine skates which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such spring supported machine skatess economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new spring supported machine skates which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new spring supported machine skates for resiliently supporting a load relative to a ground surface.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new spring supported machine skates which includes a machine skate engaging means for receiving a load, a rolling support means movably mounted to the machine skate engaging means for rollingly engaging a ground surface, and a spring means interposed between the machine skate engaging means and the rolling support means for resiliently supporting the same in a spaced relationship to absorb bumps and shocks during moving.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.