US 6,059,307 AGranted

Skateboard deck and method for making the same

OwnerMichael W. Westerninventor

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Abstract

A skateboard deck and method for making the same. The skateboard deck is made from a wooden core. The core is made from a plurality of longitudinal portions that are each glued to one or two other horizontally adjacent longitudinal portions, so that they share a vertical planar joint. At least one end portion of the core has a transverse semicircular groove formed in its upper surface. The groove is filled by a cut-off semicircular cylindrical filler piece that has a smaller radius of curvature than the groove. The end portion of the core is bent upward and the filler piece is held in place by an epoxy resin. The entire core is then enclosed in a pregnable fabric impregnated with an epoxy resin and the enclosed core is held in place under pressure and elevated temperature until the epoxy resin has hardened. If desired, a steel protective piece can be placed against at least one end of the lower surface of the core before it is enclosed in the pregnable fabric. A key-shaped cutout in the steel protective piece locks the piece in position against the core.

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Dependent claims

A skateboard deck, comprising:

a first piece of a first material having a longitudinal axis and first and second opposed surfaces separated by a substantially uniform thickness, the piece having a first end portion and a second end portion located opposite one another along the axis, the first piece of the first material having a first substantially concave groove formed in the first opposed surface at the first end portion, the groove being substantially transverse to the axis and having a predetermined curvature at its deepest point;
a first frustocylindrical plug of a second material having a substantially planar surface and a substantially convex surface, the plug having a curvature that is greater than the magnitude of the predetermined curvature of the groove, the convex surface of the plug being placed in the groove so that the curvature of the groove is greater than the magnitude of the curvature of the plug at the point where the plug meets the deepest point of the groove,
the first end portion being bent toward the first opposed surface,
wherein the first end portion is permanently bent upwardly toward the first opposed surface.

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