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2. Bown Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   1876 patent 3266 for the invention of "improvements in the construction of wheels or rollers for roller skates and for other purposes" [6] 1876 patent 3817 in respect of the invention of "improvements in sewing machine shuttles [7] 1877 patent 3531 granted 19 September 1877 as "bearings for velocipedes, carriages and other purposes".

3. Roller skates - Wikipedia

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   The first roller skate was an inline skate design, effectively an ice skate with a line of wheels replacing the blade. In modern usage, the term typically refers to skates with two pairs of wheels on shared axles like those of skateboards (early versions of which were made using roller skate parts). Skates with this configuration are also known ...

4. Powell Peralta - Wikipedia

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   Skateboarding, quad roller skates: Predecessor: Powell Corporation (2005) [1] Founded: 1978; 47 years ago () Founder: George Powell and Stacy Peralta: Successor: Powell Corporation (1991) Products: Skateboard decks, skateboard wheels, quad roller skate wheels, bearings and accessories: Website: powell-peralta.com

5. Motorcycle accessories - Wikipedia

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   The cornering of "an outfit" is partly controlled by the throttle and this makes for interesting effects: A sidecar wheel brake — usually a pedal side-by-side with the motorcycle rear brake — helps considerably. Sidecars place a heavy strain on wheel bearings, wheel-spokes and suspension components; even frames and engines may suffer.

6. Inline skates - Wikipedia

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   Urban skates Hockey skates. Inline skates are boots with wheels arranged in a single line from front to back, allowing a skater to roll along on these wheels. Inline skates are technically a type of roller skate, but most people associate the term roller skates with quad skates, another type of roller skate with a two-by-two wheel arrangement similar to a car.

7. Motorcycle components - Wikipedia

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   A motorcycle fork is the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel and allows one to steer. For handling, the front fork is the most critical part of a motorcycle. The combination of rake and trail determines how stable the motorcycle is. The 'fork' on a motorcycle consists of multiple components.

8. Roller skating - Wikipedia

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   1760: First recorded skate invention, by John Joseph Merlin, who created a primitive inline skate with small metal wheels. 1818: Roller skates appeared on the ballet stage in Berlin. [10] 1819: First patented roller skate design, in France by M. Petitbled. These early skates were similar to today's inline skates, but they were not very ...

9. Heelys - Wikipedia

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   A pair of Heelys. Heelys (formerly known as Heeling Sports Limited) is an American brand of roller shoe (marketed by Heelys, Inc.) that have one or more removable wheels embedded in each sole, similar to inline skates, allowing the wearer to walk, run, or, by shifting their weight to their heels, roll.