Support rack for a skateboard

• US 5,301,818 A
• Filed: 05/07/1993
• Issued: 04/12/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kevin M. Dix
• Original Assignee: Kevin M. Dix
• Inventors: Dix, Kevin M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin-Shue, Alvin C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lechok, Sarah A.
• Application Number:
  US08/060,306
• Time in Patent Office: 340 Days
• Field of Search: 211/87, 211/66, 211/13, 211/70.6, 248/301, 248/303, 248/304, 248/250
• US Class Current: 211/85.7
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0876 Display stands with fixed brackets or hooks for suspending articles A47F5/0807, A47F5/0884 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 11/028 Storage in cupboards or ski-racks, e.g. with clamping devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/00 Roller skates; Skate-boards
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 17/01 Skateboards A63C17/02 - A63C17/28 take precedence; rolling devices on skis A63C5/035
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/44 Storage or transportation means for ice or roller skates

Abstract

There is provided a rack for supporting a skateboard by hanging the skateboard vertically by way of one pair of its wheels and allowing the board and remaining pair of wheels to hang below. The rack comprises a broad, flat plate mountable on a wall or other substantially vertical surface. A support shelf for a skateboard comprising two shelf parts, one for each of a pair of skateboard wheels, is located on the front face of the plate and extends outward from the plate. The support shelf has a horizontal supporting surface in the shape of the inside of a partial tube. The inside tube surface is generally cylindrical and conforms to the outer surface of the skateboard wheels. The partial tube has an arc of approximately 130° to 180° of a circle, measured from a point at which a vertical line tangentially intersects the surface, so that the wheels may be easily inserted from above, but such that the wheels can rest securely and be adequately supported by the supporting surface. The plate further comprises an integral lateral extension at its lower edge. The extension should extend downward and be shaped symmetrically about the vertical center of balance of the plate. The extension should rest against the wall to stabilize the rack and counter the rotational force exerted by a hanging skateboard.

Claims

1. A wall-mountable rack for supporting a skateboard, the rack comprising a plate, the plate comprising a main upper portion and an integral lateral extension below the main portion, the plate having a back face and a front face, the back face being adapted to rest flat against a wall or horizontal flat surface, the front face of the plate having extending outwardly from the main portion an integral support shelf for supporting a skateboard by way of a pair of wheels thereof, the support shelf comprising two shelf parts located symmetrically about a central vertical axis of the plate, the shelf parts having a space therebetween for accommodating a wheel truck of the pair of skateboard wheels, the support shelf having a horizontal upper support surface in the shape of a partial inside tubular surface for conformingly retaining a pair of cylindrical skateboard wheels, the tubular surface having a total arc of less than 180°

an arc as measured from a point on a vertical line tangentially intersecting the tubular surface of at least 130°

, the lateral extension extending from below the main portion of the plate so as to resist a rotational force about a horizontal axis in a plane parallel to the plate, the lateral extension having a reduced width compared to the main portion, and the plate being substantially symmetrical about a vertical central axis thereof.

2. The rack of claim 1, wherein the lateral extension has a width which continually decreases from the point where said extension meets the main portion of the plate to a bottom of the extension.

3. The rack of claim 1, wherein the arc of the tubular surface of the support surface measured from said tangent point is at least 140°

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4. The rack of claim 1, wherein the lateral extension has the least possible lateral area able to resist said rotational force about said horizontal axis.

5. The rack of claim 1, wherein the rack consists of a single piece.