Patent ID: 6834881
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A shock absorbing system for a sports board having a top surface and a bottom surface for engaging a ground or water surface, comprising:(a) a rocker platform having forward and rearward end sections, a top surface for receiving, supporting and positioning both feet of a sport board rider, and a bottom surface, (b) a rocker assembly hingedly interconnecting the rocker platform to the top surface of the sports board, the rocker assembly enabling the forward and rearward end sections of the rocker platform to rotate towards and away from the top surface of the sport board and to support one and the other foot of the sport board rider, the hinge connection defining first and second spaces between the forward and rearward end sections of the rocker platform and the top surface of the support board, and the feet of the sport board rider being adapted disposed to be forward and rearward of the said rocker assembly atop a respective end section, and (c) a pair of compressible members, one compressible member being disposed forward of the rocker assembly and in said first space and the other compressible member being disposed rearward of the rocker assembly and in said second space, the pair of compressible members resisting relative closing movement between the platform and the board.