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US 6,270,096 B1Granted
Steerable in-line skateboard
OwnerBradley D. Cookinventor
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Abstract
A skateboard comprising a rigid elongated board having front and rear portions, and front and rear wheel trucks mounted to the underside of the board. The wheel trucks each have multiple wheels mounted in-line. A steering platform is at the front of the board for use by the rider to steer the board. The steering platform is rotatable and is connected by a linkage system to the wheel trucks wherein, by rotating the steering platform, each wheel within their respective truck is equally angularly displaced to effect a turning movement of the board.
Claims12
A skateboard comprising:
- a rigid elongated board with a longitudinal center line running fore and aft and front, the board having front and rear portions, and having a top surface and a bottom surface, a U-shaped frame mounted to the bottom surface of the board, the U-shaped frame having a first depending flange and a second depending flange;
- at least one wheel truck mounted to the U-shaped frame;
- a steering platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the steering platform mounted within the top surface of the board for rotatable movement;
- the wheel truck has at least one wheel rotatably mounted upon an axle disposed transversely to the longitudinal centerline of the board, a first end of the axle being mounted in a bearing in the first depending flange of the U-shaped frame and a second end of the axle being mounted for fore and aft movement in a slot in the second depending flange of the U-shaped frame;
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- a steering mechanism connecting the steering platform to the wheel truck.
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A skateboard comprising:
- a rigid elongated board with a longitudinal center line running fore and aft and front, the board having rear portions, and having a top surface and a bottom surface, a U-shaped frame mounted to the bottom surface of the board, the U-shaped frame having a first depending flange and a second depending flange;
- multiple wheel trucks mounted to the U-shaped frame;
- a first wheel truck is mounted to the U-shaped frame adjacent to the board front portion and a second wheel truck is mounted to the U-shaped frame adjacent to the board rear portion;
- a steering platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the steering platform mounted within the top surface of the board for rotatable movement;
- the steering platform being mounted in the board adjacent to the front portion;
- the wheel trucks each having a plurality of in-line wheels wherein each wheel is rotatably mounted upon an axle disposed transversely to the longitudinal centerline of the board, a first end of each axle of the first wheel truck being mounted in a bearing in the first flange of the U-shaped frame and a second end of each axle of the first wheel truck being mounted for movement in an arcuate slot in the second flange of the U-shaped frame, a first end of each axle of the second wheel truck being mounted in a bearing on the second flange of the U-shaped frame and a second end of each axle of the second wheel truck being mounted for movement in an arcuate slot in the first flange of the U-shaped frame;
- a steering mechanism connecting the steering platform to each of the wheel trucks;
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- the steering mechanism comprising a steering linkage connecting the steering platform to a first wheel linkage arm and to a second wheel linkage arm, the first linkage arm being connected to the second end of each axle of the first wheel truck and the second wheel linkage arm being connected to the second end of each axle of the second wheel truck, the first wheel linkage arm being positioned adjacent to the second depending flange of the U-shaped frame and the second wheel linkage arm being positioned adjacent to the first depending flange of the U-shaped frame, a linkage plate interconnecting the linkage arms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.