Collapsible grind bar
OwnerJayme Millisinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible rail glide or grind bar for use by skateboarders, in-line skaters, and snowboarders is disclosed. The present invention would be used by such individuals as a surface to skate or glide across or to perform tricks, stunts, or maneuvers. The present invention is fully collapsible and can be easily transported as needed by a single person, with the present invention collapsing to about half of its length. A pair of included supports which are stored on the present invention in the collapsed position are used to fully support the present invention in the extended position, even providing enough support to allow the present invention to be free standing with no fixed attachment to a ground surface.
Claims8
A collapsible grind bar having at least two positions, a collapsed position and an extended position, the collapsible grind bar comprising:
- (a) a pair of bars, a first bar and a second bar, each bar having two ends, a first end and a second end, each having bar having at least two surfaces, an outer surface and an inner surface, the second end of the first bar being pivotally connected to the second end of the second bar,
- (b) a pair of support poles, a first support pole and a second support pole, each support pole having two ends, a first end and a second end, the first end of the first support pole being attached to the inner surface of the first bar, the first end of the second support pole being attached to the inner surface of the second bar,
- (c) means for keeping the collapsible grind bar in a collapsed position,
- (d) a pair of supports, a first support and a second support, each support comprising a circular section having two ends, a first end and a second end, each support further comprising a base attached to the second end of the circular section, each support further comprising a threaded extension attached to the first end of the circular section, the pair of supports being stored in between the first bar and the second bar of the collapsible grind bar when the collapsible grind bar is in a collapsed position,
- (e) means for removably attaching the pair of supports to the first bar and the second bar of the collapsible grind bar when the collapsible grind bar is in a collapsed position, and
- (f) means for supporting the collapsible grind bar while the collapsible grind bar would be in an open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.