Patent ID: 6834867
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A two piece articulated board for movement over a surface comprising:a first section having an upper surface and a lower surface, a right edge and a left edge, an outer end, an inner end, and a first section longitudinal axis lying in a first section vertical plane and a first section horizontal plane; a second section having an upper surface and a lower surface, a right edge and a left edge, an outer end, an inner end, and a second section longitudinal axis lying in a second section vertical plane and a second section horizontal plane, said second section horizontal plane being co-planar with said first section horizontal plane; and a connector having a forward end affixed adjacent the inner end of said first section and a rearward end affixed adjacent the inner end of said second section so that the inner end of the first section is separated from the inner end of the second section, said connector being a flat length of spring steel having two side faces and an upwardly directed edge and a downwardly directed edge, said flat length being vertically oriented so that the first and second sections will move more easily to the right and left as viewed from the top than they will move up and down as viewed from the side, said flat length of spring steel being held at a forward end in a forward receptacle affixed to said first section and being held at a rearward end in a rearward receptacle affixed to said second section, said flat length of spring steel being affixed with sufficient rigidity so that it will bias the connector into a central position so that the first section longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to the second section longitudinal axis.