Antilock brakes
Invention Education
Rollerblading on your feet is so 1994. This full-body roller suit allows the user to glide on their knees, their elbows, even their stomach. The patent’s stick figure illustrations demonstrate the infinite possibilities: crab walk rollerblading, side-crawl rollerblading, squat position rollerblading. “The object of the present invention is to propose a new sport involving skill and speed in which the user can move at high speed by rolling on the ground and/or any hard and smooth surface in all positions while constantly varying his 30 bearing points,” the 1999 patent reads. The suit did go into production: check out this video of the inventor, Jean-Yves “Rollerman” Blondeau, flying down a mountain road in full roller armor.