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US 5,947,495 AGranted
All-Terrain Skateboard
OwnerLance Ludgay Null, Christopher A. Pincetichinventors
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Abstract
A new All-Terrain Skateboard for providing a skateboard that can be used for off-road conditions. The inventive device includes a deck, a front wheel unit disposed below the deck towards one end thereof, and a rear wheel unit disposed below the deck towards an opposite end thereof. A front suspension system and a rear suspension system each mount the front wheel unit and the rear wheel unit, respectively, to an underside of the deck wherein the front suspension system and the rear suspension system permit the front wheel unit and the rear wheel unit, respectively, to independently pivot forwards and backwards and side to side relative to the deck.
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An all-terrain skateboard, comprising:
- a deck having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a front wheel unit disposed below said deck towards one end thereof;
- a rear wheel unit disposed below said deck towards an opposite end thereof;
- a front suspension system mounting said front wheel unit to said bottom surface of said deck, said front suspension system permitting said front wheel unit to pivot forwards and backwards and side to side relative to said deck;
- a rear suspension system mounting said rear wheel unit to said bottom surface of said deck, said rear suspension system permitting said rear wheel unit to pivot forwards and backwards and side to side relative to said deck;
- a pair of remote release bindings mounted in spaced relation on said top surface of said deck, each of said pair of remote release bindings being adapted for releasably securing a foot of a rider to said deck;
- wherein each of said pair of remote release bindings has a releasable foot plate adapted for selectively overlaying a foot of a rider for holding said foot to said deck when in a closed orientation;
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- a biasing means for biasing said releasable foot plate towards an open position.
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An all-terrain skateboard, comprising:
- a deck having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a front wheel unit disposed below said deck towards one end thereof;
- a rear wheel unit disposed below said deck towards an opposite end thereof;
- a front suspension system mounting said front wheel unit to said bottom surface of said deck, said front suspension system permitting said front wheel unit to pivot forwards and backwards and side to side relative to said deck;
- a rear suspension system mounting said rear wheel unit to said bottom surface of said deck, said rear suspension system permitting said rear wheel unit to pivot forwards and backwards and side to side relative to said deck;
- a pair of remote release bindings mounted in spaced relation on said top surface of said deck, each of said pair of remote release bindings being adapted for releasably securing a foot of a rider to said deck;
- wherein each of said pair of remote release bindings include a heel support, a calf support extending upward from said heel support, and a releasable foot plate,
- said releasable foot plate being generally arched and having a first end hingedly coupled to said top surface of said deck and a second end, said releasable foot plate pivotable between a closed position wherein said releasable foot plate overlays said foot of said rider whereby said foot of said rider is captured between said releasable foot plate and said top surface of said deck and an open position wherein said releasable foot plate is pivoted above and away from said foot of said rider whereby said rider may remove said foot from said remote release binding;
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- a biasing means for biasing said releasable foot plate to said open position.
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An all-terrain skateboard, comprising:
- a deck having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a front wheel unit disposed below said deck towards one end thereof;
- a rear wheel unit disposed below said deck towards an opposite-end thereof;
- a front suspension system mounting said front wheel unit to said bottom surface of said deck, said front suspension system permitting said front wheel unit to pivot forwards and backwards and side to side relative to said deck;
- a rear suspension system mounting said rear wheel unit to said bottom surface of said deck, said rear suspension system permitting said rear wheel unit to pivot forwards and backwards and side to side relative to said deck;
- a pair of remote release bindings mounted in spaced relation on said top surface of said deck, each of said pair of remote release bindings being adapted for releasably securing a foot of a rider to said deck;
- wherein each of said pair of remote release bindings include a heel support, a calf support extending upward from said heel support, and a releasable foot plate,
- said releasable foot plate being generally arched and having a first end hingedly coupled to said top surface of said deck and a second end, said releasable foot plate pivotable between a closed position wherein said releasable foot plate overlays said foot of said rider whereby said foot of said rider is captured between said releasable foot plate and said top surface of said deck and an open position wherein said releasable foot plate is pivoted above and away from said foot of said rider whereby said rider may remove said foot from said remote release binding;
- a releasable retention means for releasably retaining said releasable foot plate in said closed position;
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- wherein said releasable foot plate includes a retention loop adjacent said second end thereof, and wherein said releasable retention means comprises:
- a securing clip mounted on said top surface of said deck adjacent said second end of said releasable foot plate when in said closed position, said securing clip including a pair of interlocking fingers adapted for capturing said retention loop provided on said releasable foot plate adjacent said second end thereof, one of said pair of interlocking fingers being a retractable finger, and
- a release wire operably connected to said retractable finger whereby actuating said release wire retracts said retractable finger and thereby releases said releasable foot plate.
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