# US 11,439,890 B2 · Personal transport apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,439,890 B2 - Document ID: US11439890B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/810,097 - Filed: 2020-03-05 - Published: 2020-07-09 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-05 - Assignees: Skate Innovation Pty Ltd. - Applicants: Skate Innovation Pty Ltd. - Inventors: Jason Koch; Daniel James De Gaye - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439890B2 ## CPC - A63C 17/265: {with handles or hand supports} - A63C 17/0013: {Devices used in combination with the skate but not fixed to it, e.g. supporting frames, sail, sticks, auxiliary wheel aid (uniaxle walk-type tractors B62D51/06)} - A63C 17/004: {with auxiliary wheels not contacting the riding surface during steady riding} - A63C 17/012: {with a truck, i.e. with steering mechanism comprising an inclined geometrical axis to convert lateral tilting of the board in steering of the wheel axis} - A63C 17/015: {with wheels arranged in two pairs} - A63C 17/26: with special auxiliary arrangements, e.g. illuminating, marking, or push-off devices - A63C 17/01: Skateboards (A63C17/02 - A63C17/28 take precedence) - A63C 2203/42: Details of chassis of ice or roller skates, of decks of skateboards - A63C: SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE (water skis B63B32/00, B63B34/00) ## Abstract A personal transport includes a deck configured for supporting a rider in a standing position. At least one wheel assembly is mounted on a bottom surface of the deck, the, or each, wheel assembly having at least one wheel so that the deck can travel over a substrate. An operator handle is substantially rigidly mounted on a rear end of the deck and extends rearwardly from the deck so that an operator, standing on the substrate, can grasp the operator handle and push the apparatus along the substrate, or tilt the apparatus relative to the substrate, while the rider is supported on the deck. A rider handle mounted on one of the deck and the operator handle and positioned so that the rider can grasp the rider handle for balance while supported by the deck. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A personal transport apparatus, which comprises: a deck configured for supporting a rider in a standing position, the deck having a front end and a rear end; two wheel assemblies, in the form of a front wheel assembly positioned towards the front end of the deck, and a rear wheel assembly positioned towards a rear end of the deck, mounted on a bottom surface of the deck, the, or each, wheel assembly having a pair of wheels so that the deck can travel over a substrate; and an operator handle that includes an elongate support that is fixed to the deck at a rear edge of the deck, behind the rear wheel assembly, and extends upwardly and rearwardly from the deck so that an operator, standing on the substrate, can grasp the operator handle and push the apparatus forwardly along the substrate, or tilt the apparatus relative to the substrate, about the rear wheel assembly, while the rider is supported on the deck. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which each wheel assembly includes a truck that is fastened to a bottom surface of the deck with each pair of wheels being mounted on respective trucks. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which the elongate support is demountable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 3, in which the deck includes a socket member that defines a socket at the rear end of the deck, one end of the elongate support being receivable in the socket. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which the deck includes a deck body, a chassis mounted in the body to extend from a rear end portion of the deck body to a position forwardly of the rear wheel assembly and a deck cover arranged on the deck body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 5, in which the chassis includes a bracket at its rear end, a mounting member for the operator handle being fastened to the bracket so that the mounting member extends upwardly and rearwardly from the chassis, the mounting member also extending through the deck cover, the operator handle being mountable on the mounting member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 6, in which the mounting member is in the form of a mounting tube that defines a socket, the operator handle including an elongate support, one end of which is received in the socket. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 7, in which the chassis includes at least one reinforcing member that extends at least partly along a length of the body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 8, in which the, or each, reinforcing member is in the form of two elongate tilt members that are operatively engaged with the bracket and fastened to the deck body, the tilt members being spaced apart and extending from the bracket to at least a position interposed between the rear and front wheel assemblies so that torque applied to the bracket can be transferred to the tilt members and thus the deck body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 9, in which the tilt members are fastened to the deck body with at least one bracing member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which the operator handle includes a handle bar mounted on an upper end of the elongate support so that the operator can grasp the handle bar while pushing or pulling the transport apparatus. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which a ground-engaging formation is arranged on the bottom surface of the deck and is interposed between the rear wheel assembly and the rear end of the deck. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 12, in which the ground-engaging formation is in the form of one of an ellipsoidal projection and a spheroidal projection. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 13, in which the ground-engaging formation is in the form of a ball that is rotatable relative to the deck. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 14, in which the ball has full rotational freedom relative to the deck. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which a rider handle is mounted on one of the deck and the operator handle and is positioned so that the rider can grasp the rider handle for balance while supported by the deck. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The personal transport apparatus as claimed in claim 1, in which a rider handle is mounted on the elongate support and extends forwardly from the elongate support.