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US 7,338,056 B2Granted
One piece flexible skateboard
AssigneeRazor USA LLC
InventorsRobert Chen, Robert A. Hadley
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Abstract
A flexible skateboard may include a pair of direction casters mounted for steering rotation a twistable one piece skateboard. A center section may be made sufficiently narrower than outboard foot support areas which may be twisted by a rider to add energy for rolling motion to wheels in the casters. The center section may also be made sufficiently resistant to twist so that the skateboard may be ridden as a conventional, non-flexible skateboard.
Claims10
A flexible skateboard, comprising:
- a one piece molded plastic platform twistable about a twist axis, the one piece platform molded to comprise
- (i) a pair of foot support areas along the twist axis, generally at each end of the platform, to support a user's feet,
- (ii) a hollow wedge molded into each foot support area, and
- (iii) a central section molded in between the foot support areas;
- and
- a pair of caster assemblies, each having a single caster wheel mounted for rolling rotation, each caster assembly mounted to one of the hollow wedges, for steering rotation about one of a pair of generally parallel pivot axes each forming a first acute angle with the twist axis;
- wherein the central section is configured to be sufficiently narrower than the foot support areas to permit the user to twist the platform alternately in a first direction and then in a second direction to add energy to the rolling rotation of the caster wheels.
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