![Entitled: "Child roller skating with pillows." The four-wheeled turning roller skate, or quad skate, with four wheels set in two side-by-side pairs( front and rear ), was first designed by James Leonard Entitled: "Child roller skating with pillows." The four-wheeled turning roller skate, or quad skate, with four wheels set in two side-by-side pairs( front and rear ), was first designed by James Leonard](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G16E1H/entitled-child-roller-skating-with-pillows-the-four-wheeled-turning-G16E1H.jpg)
Entitled: "Child roller skating with pillows." The four-wheeled turning roller skate, or quad skate, with four wheels set in two side-by-side pairs( front and rear ), was first designed by James Leonard
HISTORY - Did you know that the first modern quad roller skates were patented in 1863 by James L. Plimpton, a New York City furniture dealer? Plimpton went on to found the
![January 4, 1863: 4 Wheeled Roller Skates Are Patented in the United States by James Plimpton of New York ~ Vintage Everyday January 4, 1863: 4 Wheeled Roller Skates Are Patented in the United States by James Plimpton of New York ~ Vintage Everyday](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cMJrVEZhexE/X_NGNN9Kk9I/AAAAAAAD8_I/K_ERUsMZyucNKZYRrhWf1s2TdY0Hdq2iACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/plimpton-skate-1.jpg)