Systems, apparatuses, and methods for anchoring and fastening of skate truck kingpins
AssigneeMesa Distribution, Inc.
InventorsYuche Su, Joseph Pulsifer
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for fastening components of equipment, for example, a skateboard or a roller skate, among other types of sporting boards, sports apparatuses, or wheeled sporting apparatuses. Fastening systems disclosed herein may be utilized to couple a skateboard truck to a skateboard deck. The fastening systems may add a high level of stability and durability to the coupling or the anchoring of, e.g., a kingpin to a baseplate on the skateboard truck. For example, the high level of stability and durability to the coupling or the anchoring may be achieved via a sleeve (e.g., a flanged sleeve) that is formed of high-strength material and press-fit into an aperture on the skateboard truck baseplate.
Claims20
A skateboard truck, comprising:
- a kingpin;
- a baseplate configured to be attached to a skateboard deck, the baseplate including an aperture, the aperture including a sidewall bounding an interior of the aperture for receiving the kingpin;
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- a sleeve configured to extend within the aperture and including an interior channel for receiving the kingpin, the sleeve including an exterior surface having one or more grooves or ridges extending circumferentially about the exterior surface for engaging the sidewall of the aperture.
A skateboard truck, comprising:
- a baseplate having an aperture, the baseplate configured to be attached to a skateboard deck;
- a flanged sleeve configured to extend within the aperture and including an interior channel, a first flange positioned at a first end portion of the flanged sleeve and extending radially outward from the first end portion, and a second flange positioned at a second end portion of the flanged sleeve that is opposite the first end portion and extending radially outward from the second end portion;
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- a kingpin configured to extend within the interior channel of the flanged sleeve.
A skateboard comprising:
- a skateboard deck;
- a pair of skateboard trucks coupled to the skateboard deck, each truck configured with:
- a kingpin,
- a baseplate attached to the skateboard deck, the baseplate including an aperture, the aperture including a radially inward step and a sidewall bounding an interior of the aperture that receives the kingpin,
- a sleeve extending within the aperture and including an interior channel receiving the kingpin, the sleeve being seated upon the radially inward step with the radially inward step being positioned between the sleeve and the skateboard deck, and the sleeve including an exterior surface having one or more engagement features engaging the sidewall of the aperture, and
- a hanger with an axle supported by the baseplate;
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- a set of wheels coupled to each of the pair of skateboard trucks via each axle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.