Terrestrial wakeboard
AssigneeTommy Board, Inc.
InventorsTom Goehring, Jr., Jason Rogers
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Abstract
An oversized wheeled board and, more particularly, a wheeled board of at least 4 feet in length made of soft, flexible materials. The wheeled board includes a deck having pair of trucks and wheels mounted to an underside, much like a standard skateboard. The oversized deck has a flexible laminated construction of multiple layers that provide enhanced ridability, including fiberglass layers, and may have a layer of a softer material such as foam or urethane. The wheeled board can be ridden on the street much like a wakeboard on the water, and will accommodate carving and other such maneuvers as done when ocean surfing.
Claims17
An oversized wheeled board, comprising:
- a deck having a length of between about 48-60 inches and a maximum width of between about 15-20 inches, the deck being formed of at least nine total layers of flexible material including a soft layer made of a foam or urethane and multiple layers of fiber glass adhered together, wherein none of the layers are bamboo or plyboard;
- a pair of trucks having wheels;
- a riser plate made of an elastomer positioned above each truck between the truck and the deck;
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- a plurality of fasteners securing the trucks and riser plates to a lower surface of the deck, the fasteners each passing through one of the riser plates, wherein the fasteners extend downward through holes in the deck, risers and a mounting plate of each truck and are secured below the mounting plate with nuts, and wherein the deck has recesses formed in a top surface sized to receive reinforcing plates having a thickness that is equal to or less than a depth of the recesses so as to remain flush with or below the top surface of the deck, and the fasteners each passing through one of the reinforcing plates.
An oversized wheeled board, comprising:
- a deck having a length of between about 48-60 inches and a maximum width of between about 15-20 inches, the deck being formed of at least four middle layers of flexible material adhered together including a soft layer made of a foam or urethane, wherein none of the layers are bamboo or plyboard;
- a pair of trucks having wheels;
- a pair of riser plates positioned above each of the trucks;
- and
- a plurality of fasteners securing the trucks to a lower surface of the deck, the fasteners each passing through one of the riser plates, wherein the fasteners extend downward through holes in the deck, risers and a mounting plate of each truck and are secured below the mounting plate with nuts, and wherein the deck has recesses formed in a top surface sized to receive reinforcing plates having a thickness that is equal to or less than a depth of the recesses so as to remain flush with or below the top surface of the deck, and the fasteners each passing through one of the reinforcing plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.