Variable length skateboard
OwnerKevin Robert Crossland, Curtis James Crossland +1inventors
InventorsKevin Robert Crossland, Curtis James Crossland, Gary Francis Fischer
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Abstract
A human transportation device in the form of a variable length skateboard. The variable length skateboard provides a short embodiment allowing the rider greater handling and stopping ability and a long embodiment providing the rider with increased speed ability. The long and short embodiments can quickly and easily be transitioned between at any time or place by the insertion or extraction of at least one removable center deck section. The deck sections are coupled using thumb screw type fasteners and coupler plates thereby removing a need for tools to make the conversion between embodiments. The variable length skateboard provides its owner with multiple embodiments without having to purchase multiple skateboards.
Claims18
A variable length skateboard comprising:
- a front deck section comprising a front skateboard truck and at least two front wheels coupled to an underside of the front deck section;
- a rear deck section comprising a rear skateboard truck and at least two rear wheels coupled to an underside of the rear deck section;
- a removable center deck section removably coupled to the front deck section and the rear deck section;
- at least one coupling plate coupled to the underside of the rear deck section configured to interchangeably couple the rear deck section to the removable center deck section and the front deck section;
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- at least one coupling plate coupled to the underside of the center removable deck section configured couple to the front deck section,
- wherein when the coupling plate coupled to the underside of the center removable deck section is uncoupled from the rear deck section and the coupling plate of the front deck section is uncoupled, the rear deck section is configured to couple to the front deck section using the coupling plate of the rear deck section.
A variable length skateboard comprising:
- a front deck section comprising a front skateboard truck and at least two front wheels coupled to an underside of the front deck section;
- a rear deck section comprising a rear skateboard truck and at least two rear wheels coupled to an underside of the rear deck section;
- a removable center deck section removably coupled to the front deck section and the rear deck section;
- at least one coupling plate coupled to the underside of the front deck section configured to interchangeably couple the front deck section to the removable center deck section and the rear deck section;
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- at least one coupling plate coupled to the underside of the center removable deck section configured couple to the rear deck section,
- wherein when the coupling plate coupled to the underside of the center removable deck section is uncoupled and the front deck section and the coupling plate of the rear deck section is uncoupled, the front deck section is configured to couple to the rear deck section using the coupling plate of the front deck section.
A variable length skateboard comprising:
- a front skateboard truck and at least two front wheels coupled to an underside of the front deck section;
- a rear deck section comprising a rear skateboard truck and at least two rear wheels coupled to an underside of the rear deck section;
- at least one removable center deck section removably coupled to the front deck section and the rear deck section;
- at least one coupling plate coupled to the underside of the rear deck section configured to interchangeably couple the rear deck section to the removable center deck section and the front deck section;
- and
- at least one coupling plate coupled to the underside of the center removable deck section configured couple to the front deck section,
- wherein when the coupling plates decouple the removable center deck section from the rear deck section and the front deck section, the coupling plate of the rear deck section couples to the front deck section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.