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US 3,982,766 AGranted
Wind-propelled skateboard
OwnerJames D. Budgeinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a wind-propelled skateboard which includes a body member having roller bearing wheels adapted for transporting a skateboarder over a concrete or asphalt surface, a mast, which is detachably coupled to the body member in such a manner that it is substantially free from pivotal restraint, a boom coupled to the mast by a hinge, and a sail coupled to both the mast and the boom.
Claims10
A wind propelled apparatus, comprising:
- a. a body member adapted to transport a user in a standing or crouching position over a solid surface and a surface contacting means coupled to said body member so that said body member is adapted to move over a solid surface;
- b. a mast which the user holds in one of his hands;
- c. means for detachably coupling said mast to said body member in such a manner that said mast is substantially free from pivotal restraint about a plane parallel to the horizontal plane of said body member and is also able to articulated throughout all transverse and longitudinal vertical planes about said coupling means;
- d. a boom which is held in position by the user with his other hand;
- e. hinging means for coupling said boom to said mast so that said boom has 90.degree. of unrestricted, pivotal motion in a vertical plane about said hinging means;
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- f. a sail coupled to said mast and to said boom.
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