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US 2016/0107069 A1Published application
Rotatable footplate integrated with bearing assembly imbedded in a single-board sport board
OwnerCharles D. Cole, IIIinventor
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would provide a rotatable footplate integrated with a corresponding bearing and well assembly that is imbedded into, screwed into, or otherwise, integrally a part of, a single-board sports board, such as a snowboard.
Claims9
1-16. (canceled)
A rotational footplate assembly for a sports board, said rotational footplate assembly comprising:
- a hollow member comprising a cylindrically-shaped interior wall, said cylindrically-shaped interior wall comprising an interior race around an interior circumference of said cylindrically-shaped interior wall, said hollow member at least partially housing within the interior circumference of said cylindrically-shaped interior wall, a shaft and a ball-bearing assembly, said hollow member at least partially imbedded below a top board surface of said sports board;
- said shaft comprising an exterior race, said shaft underlying an integrated footplate;
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- said ball-bearing assembly comprising a cylindrically-shaped device that houses a plurality of ball bearings, at least some portion of said ball-bearing assembly positioned between said interior race of said hollow member and said exterior race of said shaft, said ball-bearing assembly presenting at least some of said plurality of ball bearings for rotational contact with said interior race of said hollow member, said ball-bearing assembly presenting at least some of said plurality of ball bearings for rotational contact with said exterior race of said shaft, said hollow member accommodating freely-rotatable movement of said footplate according to freely-rotatable contact of at least some of said plurality of ball bearings with said exterior race of said shaft and further according to freely-rotatable contact of at least some of said plurality of ball bearings with said interior race of said hollow member.
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A sports board, said sports board comprising:
- a top sports board surface;
- a rotational footplate assembly at least partially imbedded in said sports board below said top sports board surface, said rotational footplate assembly comprising a hollow member, a ball-bearing assembly and a shaft, said hollow member at least partially housing said shaft and said ball-bearing assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.