Wheel suspension system for in-line roller skate

The present invention relates to in-line roller skates and more particularly to an adaptive wheel suspension system that permits the skate's wheels to deflect in the vertical plane. There is provided a suspension for the wheels of an in-line roller skate, the suspension comprising a frame connectable to the boot of the skate, the frame having a pair of parallel spaced-apart rails extending in the longitudinal direction of the skate, a bogey for supporting at least one of the skate's wheels, the bogey being suspended to be pivotable about a horizontal axis relative to the frame, and beams for supporting the skate's leading and trailing wheels, pairs of the beams being pivotably connected at one of their ends to the bogey, rotatably supporting one of the wheels at the other of their ends, and being pivotably connected to respective rails of the frame member at a point intermediate the two ends of the beams.