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US 11,291,909 B2Granted
Single-foot skateboard
AssigneeJmkride International, LLC
InventorJon Gorden
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Abstract
A Single-foot Skateboard. The Skateboard has interchangeable components in order to reduce spare part inventory. The footboard of the Skateboard is reversible.
Claims9
A single-foot skate assembly, comprising:
- a frame defined by a top, a bottom and two opposing ends;
- a first wheel assembly rotatably attached to one said opposing end;
- a second wheel assembly rotatably attached to a second said opposing end;
- a deck element attachable to said top of said frame in either a first or second angular position relative to said frame:
- wherein a truck assembly is defined by said frame and said first and second wheel assemblies, said frame further comprises a grind plate at said bottom between said first and second wheel assemblies, and said truck assembly further comprises two or more threaded sockets extending upwardly from said frame;
- and
- wherein said grind plate is a metallic element between said first and second wheel assemblies at a level such that it is non-parallel with the bottom surface defined by the wheels of said wheel assemblies.
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A method for assembling a pair of single-foot skate assemblies, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a pair of truck assemblies, each said truck assembly comprising:
- a frame having a pair of opposing ends with wheels rotatably attached thereto;
- and
- a pair of upwardly-extending threaded sockets;
- obtaining a pair of deck elements, each said deck element defined by four apertures formed therethrough, said four apertures cooperatively formed such that pairs of diagonal said apertures align with said threaded sockets;
- obtaining a pair of threaded screws configured to pass through said deck element apertures and into said threaded sockets;
- assembling a left-foot skate assembly by aligning one diagonal pair of said deck apertures with said threaded sockets and attaching said deck element thereto with said pair of threaded screws;
- and
- assembling a right-foot skate assembly by aligning the other said diagonal pair of said deck apertures with said threaded sockets and attaching said deck element thereto with said pair of threaded screws.
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A reversible skate assembly, comprising:
- a frame defined by a top, a bottom, two opposing ends, a longitudinal axis, and a pair of threaded sockets extending upwardly therefrom;
- a first wheel assembly rotatably attached to one said opposing end;
- a second wheel assembly rotatably attached to a second said opposing end;
- a deck element defined by a deck longitudinal axis attachable to said top of said frame in either a first angular position whereby there is an angle theta between said deck element longitudinal axis and said frame longitudinal axis, or a second angular position whereby there is an angle of minus theta between said deck element longitudinal axis and said frame longitudinal axis, wherein said deck element comprises four apertures formed therethrough and one or more screws passing through one said deck aperture to threadedly engage one said threaded socket:
- further comprising a resilient pad between said frame top and said deck element and a cushioning pad between said frame and said deck element:
- and
- further comprising a grind plate metallic element between said first and second wheel assemblies at a level such that it is non-parallel with the bottom surface defined by the wheels of said wheel assemblies.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.