Patent ID: 8002296
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A skate board of the type including a riding platform having a leading end and a trailing end and an undercarriage formed by front and rear bogies which support said platform; wherein the platform and undercarriage mutually co-operate to allow riding on the platform while the undercarriage travels along a ground surface; wherein the platform has an upper surface, a lower surface and a wear means embedded in the platform between said upper and lower surfaces at or near a peripheral end edge for providing resistance to edge wear of said peripheral end edge of said platform caused by abrasion of the peripheral end edge and of the wear means when the peripheral end edge and said wear means together engage an abrasive ground or wall surface during use of the board; wherein said wear means are embedded rods which are disposed about the trailing end of the platform so that an end of said rods provides wear resistance when said rod ends are flush with the peripheral end edge of the platform; wherein the rods are disposed normally to an outer surface of the peripheral end edge of said platform; and wherein the rods are embedded in the platform no deeper than 3 mm to 25 mm and have a length no greater than a distance from the rear bogie to the peripheral rear end edge of the board.