Motor vehicles – Ski- or skate-type vehicle for imparting movement to a... – With power means or a portion thereof affixed to or built...
Patent
1988-12-21
1991-01-15
Mitchell, David M.
Motor vehicles
Ski- or skate-type vehicle for imparting movement to a...
With power means or a portion thereof affixed to or built...
180 923, 280 142, 305 35EB, 440 97, 441 77, A63C 508
Patent
active
049846485
ABSTRACT:
A motorized skiboard includes a skiboard having a central opening with a drive belt mounted in said central opening and driven by a motor and encased and held in a drive belt housing. First and second foot mounts rest on said housing on either side of said motor. The first foot mount is mounted on a piano hinge and is connected to a throttle cable so that pivoting the foot mount controls the motor. The drive belt is formed from a plurality of trapezoidal linkages with pivotally attach drive bars. When the motor is moving the belt at a speed greater than the speed at which the board is moving (when the belt is propelling the skiboard) the drive bars pivot into a ground engaging position. However, when the skiboard is sliding downhill and moving faster than the speed of the belt the drive bars pivot into a non-ground engaging position permitting the board to freely slide down the slope of a hill.
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