Skateboard

US4194752A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gerhard Tilch · Schweinfurt, DE
• Wolfgang Friedrich · Schweinfurt, DE
• Herbert Dobhan · Bergrheinfeld, DE
• Hermann Hetterich · Heidenfeld, DE
• Peter Horling · Schweinfurt, DE
• Sigismund Finzel · Dittelbrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 1978
• Grant date: Mar 25, 1980
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63C17/01
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A skateboard comprising an elongated board and a pair of trucks mounted adjacent opposite ends of the board, each having a pair of rotatable wheels. Each truck consists of a tensile elastic suspension member and a pivot support consisting of a universally movable ball and socket joint.