Skateboard and skateboard trucks
OwnerMark Slagterinventor
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Abstract
A truck suitable is described herein that is suitable for attachment to a skateboard, the truck including: a kingpin having a shaft with a first end portion and a second end portion; an elastic bushing having a hub with a plurality of outwardly-extending spokes, the hub having an opening for receiving the shaft of the kingpin; a baseplate having an opening for receiving the first end portion of the kingpin, the baseplate; a first undulating surface fixed relative to the baseplate and facing the elastic bushing for seating the elastic bushing; a hanger having an opening for receiving the second end portion of the kingpin; and a second undulating surface fixed relative to the hanger and facing the elastic bushing for seating the elastic bushing; wherein hanger is pivotable relative to the baseplate about the kingpin.
Claims20
A truck suitable for attachment to a skateboard, the truck comprising:
- a kingpin having a shaft with a first end portion and a second end portion;
- an elastic bushing having a hub with a plurality of outwardly-extending spokes, the hub having an opening for receiving the shaft of the kingpin;
- a baseplate having an opening for receiving the first end portion of the kingpin;
- a first undulating surface fixed relative to the baseplate and facing the elastic bushing for seating the elastic bushing;
- a hanger having an opening for receiving the second end portion of the kingpin;
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- a second undulating surface facing the elastic bushing for seating the elastic bushing;
- wherein hanger is pivotable relative to the baseplate about the kingpin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.