Roller skates Roller skates Roller skates are shoes, or bindings that fit onto shoes, that are worn to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels. The first roller skate was effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade. Later the "quad" style of roller skate became more popular consisting of four wheels arranged in the same configuration as a typical car. While the first reported use of roller skates was on a London stage in 1743, the first patented roller skate was introduced in 1760 by Belgian inventor John Joseph Merlin. His roller skate wasn't much more than an ice
Alfred Jost (inventor) Alfred Jost (inventor) Alfred Jost (born January 2, 1957) is a German inventor and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Solar Bankers and the inventor of a patented concentrating technology solar module. Mr. Jost is an international expert in the solar market, market economy and corporate business. As a former investment banker, Mr. Jost has successfully founded and managed more than 10 companies, with cumulative profits greater than $100 million. In 2008, Jost invented and has since been working on the development of an internationally patented solar module that manages light and increases the efficiency of the panel. He founded