Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shoes for walking and rolling
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Application No.: US10081388Application Date: 2002-02-20
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Publication No.: US06764082B2Publication Date: 2004-07-20
- Inventor: John A. Roderick
- Applicant: John A. Roderick
- Main IPC: A63C1704
- IPC: A63C1704

Abstract:
Shoes with various configurations of rollers secured to one region of their soles for rolling, while leaving another sole region exposed for walking. The rollers are mounted to rotate about an axle defining a primary axis of rotation extending at an angle of between about zero and 45 degrees to the walking direction, as viewed from above the shoe, for rolling sideways along a support surface. This provides a combined running-rolling method of locomotion, by running on the exposed sole surfaces, and then jumping into a “surfing” stance for rolling. In some cases, the rollers are mounted on steerable truck assemblies. One particularly small truck assembly includes wedge-shaped bushings for steering compliance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030155725A1 Shoes for walking and rolling Public/Granted day:2003-08-21
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