Turf board
AssigneeM & R Innovations LLC
InventorShawn T. Miller
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Abstract
The present invention provides a turf board for simulating snowboarding on snowless terrain. The turf board includes a platform, two wheel assemblies and two bindings. Each of the wheel assemblies includes tires independently attached to a bottom surface of the platform by a shock absorber suspension. In a preferred embodiment, each of the wheel assemblies include a unique, three-piece rim which maintains the tire. The two bindings are attached to a top surface of the platform for securing a user to the turf board.
Claims17
A device for simulating snowboarding on snowless terrain, the device comprising:
- a platform having an upper surface, a lower surface and means connected to the upper surface for securing the platform to a user;
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- a pair of spaced wheel assemblies connected to the lower surface of the platform, wherein each of the wheel assemblies comprises:
- a pair of spaced lever arms having pivot ends pivotally connected to the first end of a hinge plate, each of the lever arms having base ends configured to carry a wheel;
- a pair of spaced shock absorbers having first ends connected to the spaced lever arms, respectively, at a point spaced from the pivot ends, each shock absorber farther having second ends connected to the hinge plates;
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- a pair of wheels rotatably connected to the base ends, respectively, of the spaced lever arms.
A device for simulating snowboarding on snowless terrain, the device comprising:
- a platform having an upper surface, a lower surface and means connected to the upper surface for securing the platform to a user;
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- a first wheel assembly and a second wheel assembly, the first and second wheel assemblies connected to the lower surface of the platform in a spaced relationship, each of the first and second wheel assemblies comprising:
- a hinge plate including a first end and a second end;
- a first lever arm and a second lever arm, wherein the first and second lever arms each have a hinge end and a base end, and further wherein the hinge end of each of the first and second lever arms is pivotally connected to the first end of the hinge plate;
- a first shock absorber and a second shock absorber, wherein the first and second shock absorbers each have an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end of the first shock absorber is connected to the first lever arm at a point spaced from the hinge end and the upper end of the first shock absorber is connected to the second end of the hinge plate, and wherein the lower end of the second shock absorber is connected to the second lever arm at a point spaced from the hinge end and the upper end of the second shock absorber is connected to the second end of the hinge plate;
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- a pair of wheels, wherein one of the pair of wheels is connected to the first lever arm at the base end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.