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US 4,043,566 AGranted
Skateboard
OwnerNoel K. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A skateboard including a brake assembly for slowing and stopping the vehicle. A pivotal member on the board is provided with a depending rubber stop for engagement with the ground surface when the member is tilted by the heel of the shoe of the skater.
Claims5
A skateboard comprising:
- a low elongated substantially horizontal body having a front and a rear end,
- front and rear ground engaging support wheel means carried by corresponding end portions of said body, said support wheel means being adapted to support a load thereon, and
- brake means on said body for slowing said body by engagement with the ground in response to pivotal movement thereof by the load supported on said body,
- said brake means including
- a substantially planar member having a front and rear portion pivotally mounted in an opening in said body, and
- a depending stop member on the rear portion of said planar member,
- the front end of said body including a rearwardly projecting shoulder for abutting engagement with a forwardly projecting lip on the front portion of said planar member when said planar member is in a substantially horizontal position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.