Land vehicles – Wheeled – Coasters
Patent
1997-04-01
2000-10-17
Mar, Michael
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Coasters
280 20, 280 8705, 403102, A63C 1701
Patent
active
061319317
ABSTRACT:
A conventionally shaped skateboard is divided into three sections, one section measures at about half the length of the skateboard, a middle section measures at approximately the height of the truck and wheel assembly, and a third section constitutes the remaining length of the skateboard. The three sections are hinged together to form a folding skateboard such that when the skateboard is folded, the trucks and wheels of the skateboard are adjacent each other in the interior of the J-shaped configuration of the folded skateboard. The sections are locked in an extended, aligned orientation to form a usable skateboard in three embodiments by clips which fit onto the side edges of the skateboard deck and in a fourth embodiment by rods which fit into and slide within cylindrical grooves formed on the bottom of the skateboard deck. The clips and rods are of such a length that they are long enough to span the middle section and a sufficient portion of the two sections to lock the skateboard open but short enough to fit on the longest section without protruding beyond its extremeties, when the skateboard is folded.
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"Fold-A-Bord", Grade School Contest Entry, Justin D. Globerson, Dec. 11, 1995.
Globerson Justin David
Globerson Marlan Beth
Globerson Terry Lee
Franklin Lawrence R.
Mar Michael
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