Skateboard having rotatably mounted disk with or without illumination
AssigneeSoaring Minds
InventorsDavid R. Ekedal, Kenneth D. Harris, Jr., Michael C. Copley
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Abstract
A skateboard comprising a rotatable disk mounted on the top surface of the skateboard's riding platform surface for rotatably maneuvering the skateboard in different directions. The skateboard may include front and rear illumination sources mounted within respective front and rear housings secured to the underside of the riding platform.
Claims11
A skateboard with rotatably mounted disk for rotatably maneuvering the skateboard, comprising, in combination:
- (a) a riding platform having a top riding surface and a bottom surface;
- (b) wheels depending from said bottom surface and rotatable about their respective axles;
- (c) a rotatable disk secured to the top surface of said riding platform so as to rotatably maneuver the skateboard in different directions when said disk is manipulated by a foot of the skateboard rider, said rotatable disk comprising a disk member having a top textured surface and a bottom surface;
- a mounting plate secured to the top surface of said riding platform, said mounting plate having a recessed, relatively smooth surface for receiving said disk and facilitating rotation of said disk member by pressing said disk member against said surface of the mounting plate, and a contour pad secured between the top surface of the platform and bottom surface of the plate, said contour pad including a central aperture aligned with the central aperture in said mounting plate, a retainer member inserted through said apertures for uniting said mounting plate and said contour pad, and a retainer clip for securing said mounting plate to said contour pad.
A rotatable disk assembly comprising a disk member having a top surface and a bottom surface, said bottom surface having a series of at least three concentric, spaced-apart grooves separated by a series of at least three concentric ridges;
- a mounting plate having a recessed relatively smooth top surface for receiving said disk and a central aperture in said surface;
- a generally circular inner ridge formed about said aperture on said surface of the mounting plate, a generally outer circular ridge on said surface of the mounting plate spaced away from said inner ridge, said inner ridge and outer ridge being dimensioned to engage an inner groove and an outer groove in the bottom surface of said disk to permit rotation of said disk within said mounting plate when said disk is rotatably forced against said top surface of the mounting plate, and a contour pad positioned between the bottom surface of the plate and the top surface of the skateboard, said contour pad including a central aperture aligned with the central aperture in said mounting plate, a retainer member inserted through said apertures for uniting said mounting plate and said contour pad, and a retainer clip for securing said mounting plate to said contour pad.
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