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US 4,037,852 AGranted
Skateboard braking method and apparatus
OwnerArthur J. Bayer, Henry Schwarzerinventors
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Abstract
This invention is a method, and apparatus for performing the method, for safety braking of skateboards wherein the method is practiced by the activation of a friction device to one pair of wheels of a skateboard in such manner that one using such a skateboard may bring the board to a controlled stop.
Claims1
The combination, with a skateboard comprising a platform with at least two pairs of wheels connected thereto on one side thereof, of:
- 1. Friction means pivotally supported by resilient members on the underside of said platform above one pair of wheels;
- 2. An activation lever attached to said friction means in such manner that said friction means is caused to come in contact with said wheels upon depression of said lever, and to be removed from contact upon elevation of said lever;
- 3. Hinge means pivotally attaching an end of said lever to said platform of said skateboard;
- 4. Spring means holding said lever normally at an angular relation to said platform, with the end of said lever not attached to the platform at a distance from the platform;
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- 5. Elongated rod means causing attachment of the lever means to the friction means.
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