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US 2006/0220336 A1Published application
Brake device and wheel assembly for skateboards
AssigneeGreat Lotus Corporation
InventorChorng-Jiang Lin
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Abstract
A skateboard includes a deck and a plurality of trucks connected to an underside of the deck. Each truck includes two shafts and two wheels are rotatably connected to the two shafts. At least one active device is connected to a top of the deck and controlled by user's foot. The at least one active device drives a driving member which is connected to a brake cable of at least one brake device so that the user can brake the wheels by the control from his or her feet.
Claims17
A skateboard comprising:
- a deck (10) and two trucks (11) connected to an underside of the deck (10), two shafts (12) connected to two ends of each of the two trucks (11) and a wheel (20) rotatably connected to each of the shafts (12), and
- at least one active device (30) connected to a top of the deck (10) and being adapted to be controlled by user's foot, the at least one active device (30) having a driving member (34) which is connected to a brake cable (51) of at least one brake device (50).
A skateboard comprising:
- a deck (10) and two trucks (11) connected to an underside of the deck (10), two shafts (12) connected to two ends of each of the two trucks (11) and a wheel (20) rotatably connected to each of the shafts (12);
- at least one active device (30) connected to a top of the deck (10) and being adapted to be controlled by user's foot;
- at least one synchronic device (40) connected to the underside of the deck (10) and controlled by the at leas tone active device (30) so as to synchronically pull a plurality of brake cables (51) of at least one brake device (50);
- the at least one active device (30) having a driving member (34) which is connected to the brake cables (51) of the at least one brake device (50) via the at least one synchronic device (40).
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A skateboard comprising:
- a deck (10) and a plurality of trucks (11) connected to an underside of the deck (10), two shafts (12) connected to two ends of each of the two trucks (11) and a wheel (20) rotatably connected to each of the shafts (12), the wheel (20) includes a rim (22) and a tire (21) is mounted on the rim (22), a plurality of ribs (220) extend from an outer periphery of the rim (22) and a plurality ridges (221) extend from an inner periphery of the rim (22);
- two side members (23) are respectively engaged with two sides of the rim (22) and each side member (23) has receiving grooves (230) for receiving the ridges (221) of the rim (22), each side member (23) includes a plurality of spokes (231) located at an inner periphery thereof and a hole (232) defined in a center of each of the side members (23), a connection member (24) extends through the hole (232), and
- the connection member (24) includes a stop flange (250) at one end and a fixing end (251) at the other end thereof, the stop flange (250) is engaged with an outside of a periphery of the hole (232) and the fixing end (251) extends through the other side member (23) and is connected with a nut (25).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.