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Articulating skateboard with springable connector

  • US 5,540,455 A
  • Filed: 02/23/1994
  • Issued: 07/30/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An articulated skateboard having two sets of wheels with each wheel set having wheels rotatable about a respective horizontal axis when the skateboard is resting on a flat horizontal surface, said horizontal axes being parallel to each other and perpendicular to a normal direction of rolling movement of the skateboard with the wheels tracking on said surface when the board is without a rider thereon,said skateboard having platform means for a rider to place his feet on while using the board,said platform means comprising two relatively articulated platform sections,each platform section having a broad area on which the rider can place at least one of his feet,each platform section having one of said wheel sets attached to the under side thereof to provide rolling support during movement of the respective platform section,said skateboard having articulating means interconnecting said platform sections whereby each platform section has means defining a normal line of orientation biased by said articulating means parallel to said normal direction of rolling movement and transverse to the axis of the respective set of wheels during said rolling movement of the respective platform section without a rider on the skateboard,said articulation means being spaced along said normal direction from each wheel set and interconnecting said platform sections to enable a rider to angularly change the directions of said normal lines of orientation of the platform sections with respect to each other during maneuvering of the skateboard.

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