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Steerable in-line skateboard

  • US 6,270,096 B1
  • Filed: 02/02/2000
  • Issued: 08/07/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A skateboard comprising:

  • a rigid elongated board with a longitudinal center line running fore and aft and front, the board having front and rear portions, and having a top surface and a bottom surface, a U-shaped frame mounted to the bottom surface of the board, the U-shaped frame having a first depending flange and a second depending flange;

    at least one wheel truck mounted to the U-shaped frame;

    a steering platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the steering platform mounted within the top surface of the board for rotatable movement;

    the wheel truck has at least one wheel rotatably mounted upon an axle disposed transversely to the longitudinal centerline of the board, a first end of the axle being mounted in a bearing in the first depending flange of the U-shaped frame and a second end of the axle being mounted for fore and aft movement in a slot in the second depending flange of the U-shaped frame; and

    a steering mechanism connecting the steering platform to the wheel truck.

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