Multi-purpose teeterboard
OwnerBruce Tollnerinventor
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Abstract
Multi-functional practice and training apparatus for use by skateboarders, skaters, bicyclists and the like. According to a preferred embodiment, the system comprises the combination of a board with a fulcrum member that are operative to assume at least three practice modes, namely: 1) a ramp mode whereby the fulcrum is placed at one end of the board and creates an upward slope for use in riding or jumping over objects; 2) a seesaw mode whereby the board is pivotally mounted upon the fulcrum and provides a platform surface upon which the user can rock back and forth while standing or riding thereon; and 3) a rigid rail structure whereby the fulcrum defines a rail for use in “grinding.”
Claims14
A multi-functional training apparatus for developing skills on wheeled vehicles, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a board member having a bottom surface and an upper platform surface having a geometrically continuous profile for accommodating a wheeled vehicle thereupon,
- b) a fulcrum member detachably interconnectable to said board member;
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- c) wherein said board member and said fulcrum member are operatively transitional between:
- i) a first ramp mode whereby said fulcrum member engages with the bottom surface of said board member to define a jumping ramp sized and configured to receive said wheeled vehicle thereacross and launch said wheeled vehicle therefrom;
- ii) a seesaw mode whereby said fulcrum member engages said bottom surface of said board member such that said board member is operative to move pivotally relative said fulcrum member;
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- iii) a stationary fulcrum mode whereby the board member is removed from the fulcrum member and the fulcrum member defines an elongate, upwardly-ascending rail member defining a geometrically continuous side surface sized and configured to slidably receive said wheeled vehicle thereacross.
A multi-functional training apparatus for developing skateboarding, skating and bicycling skills comprising:
- a) a board member having a bottom surface and an upper platform surface, said board member further having at least two fulcrum-receiving members formed upon said bottom surface thereof, a respective one of said fulcrum-receiving members being disposed upon a center portion of said bottom surface of said board member and a respective second fulcrum-receiving member is formed upon a respective end of said bottom surface of said board member;
- b) a fulcrum member detachably interconnectable to said board member;
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- c) wherein said board member and said fulcrum member are operatively transitional between:
- i) a first ramp mode whereby said fulcrum member engages with the bottom surface of said board member to define a ramp;
- ii) a seesaw mode whereby said fulcrum member engages said bottom surface of said board member such that said board member is operative to move pivotally relative said fulcrum member;
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- iii) a stationary fulcrum mode whereby the board member is removed from the fulcrum member and the fulcrum member defines an elongate, upwardly-ascending rail member defining a side surface upon which objects can slide across.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.