Side movement propelled wheeled recreational device

• US 20080029985A1
• Filed: 01/22/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shane Chen
• Original Assignee: Shane Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Shane
• Application Number:
  US11/656,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20080029985A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/87.042
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/0033 with a castor wheel, i.e. a swiveling follow-up wheel
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/01 Skateboards A63C17/02 - A63C17/28 take precedence; rolling devices on skis A63C5/035
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/014 Wheel arrangements

Abstract

A recreational board propelled by side-to-side movement of a user. The board may be wider than deep, to accommodate a human standing at a slight straddle, and have a plurality of caster wheels mounted to an underside thereof. The wheels are preferably mounted in a biased direction wheel arrangement, the bias being provided by tilting, spring or other mechanism. The orientation of the front wheels may be different from that of the rear wheels. Four, six and eight wheel embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A side movement propelled recreational wheeled board device, comprising:

a board sufficient in size to accommodate a standing human;

at least four caster wheels mounted to an under side of the board, the four caster wheels moving independently and being spaced from one another;

wherein the four caster wheels are mounted in a biased direction wheel arrangement.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the biased direction wheel arrangement includes a tilted caster wheel arrangement.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the biased direction wheel arrangement includes a spring biasing caster wheel arrangement.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the orientation towards which two of the wheels are biased is different from that of the other two wheels.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the castered wheels are arranged in a rectangular or polygonal alignment.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the board has a dimension perpendicular to the line of direction of travel that is greater than that parallel to the line of direction.

7. The device of claim 4, wherein two of the wheels are angled outward relative to a line parallel to the direction of travel and the other two of the wheels are angled inward relative to a line parallel to the direction of travel.

8. The device of claim 1, including at least six caster wheels, each mounted in a biased direction wheel arrangement, and wherein at least three of the caster wheels are provided on a right side of the board and at least three caster wheels are provided on a left side of the board.

9. A side movement propelled recreational wheeled board device, comprising:

a board;

at least four wheels coupled to the board and positioned such that two wheels are front wheels and two wheels are rear wheels;

wherein each of the wheels is mounted in a biased direction wheel arrangement and the front wheels are oriented in a first orientation relative to the line of straight-forward travel and the rear wheels are oriented in a second orientation, the first orientation being different from the second orientation.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the front wheels are oriented substantially in parallel with a straight-ahead line of travel of the device and the rear wheels are oriented at an outwardly disposed angle from the straight-forward line of travel.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the front wheels are oriented at an angle greater than zero degrees from the straight-forward line of travel and the rear wheels are oriented at an angle greater than zero degrees from the straight-forward line of travel, the angle of the front wheels, in size or relative orientation, being different from that of the rear wheels.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the biased direction wheel arrangement includes a tilted caster wheel arrangement.

13. The device of claim 9, wherein the biased direction wheel arrangement includes a spring biasing caster wheel arrangement.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the caster wheels are arranged in a rectangular or polygonal alignment.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the board has a dimension perpendicular to the line of direction of straight forward travel that is greater than that parallel to the line of direction of straight forward travel.

16. The device of claim 9, including at least six wheels, each mounted in a biased direction wheel arrangement, and wherein at least three of the caster wheels are provided on a right side of the board and at least three caster wheels are provided on a left side of the board.