Patent ID: 6059303
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A skateboard comprising:a board having a front end, a rear end, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side and a median longitudinal axis running from the front end to the rear end dividing the left and right sides;a plurality of in-line wheels rotatably mounted on fixed axes on the bottom side towards the front end of the board, the in-line wheels being longitudinally disposed along the median longitudinal axis of the board;a first incurvating rear wheel rotatably mounted behind the in-line wheels on the left side towards the rear end of the board;a second incurvating rear wheel rotatably mounted behind the in-line wheels on the right side towards the rear end of the board; andwherein the first and second incurvating rear wheels are operably coupled to the board to incurvate with respect to the board and the in-line wheels to co-operate with the in-line wheels to steer the board to the left or to the right respectively when the skateboard rolls over a surface, the skateboard being steerable to the left by tilting the left side of the board downwards to steeringly engage the first incurvating rear wheel with the surface, and steerable to the right by tilting the right side of the board downwards to steeringly engage the second incurvating rear wheel with the surface.