Patent ID: 6663116
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A skate vehicle for supporting a plurality of wheels comprising:at least one truck and mounting structure for mounting said at least one truck to said skate vehicle, said at least one truck comprising at least one flexible deflecting beam member having portions in at least two intersecting planes, along a major portion of the length of said flexible deflecting beam member, for attachment to at least one of said wheels, said at least one flexible deflecting beam member supporting no more than one wheel, said at least one flexible deflecting beam member connected to the bottom surface of, and extending downward from said mounting structure, said flexible deflecting beam member resisting vertical deflection of said truck and twisting of said truck and wobble of said wheel, and a safety peg disposed between said mounting structure and a place of contact of said mounting structure on said at least one flexible deflecting beam member said flexible deflecting beam member of a front one of said wheels meeting, and extending downwardly and rearwardly from said mounting structure at a first acute angle, the apex of said acute angle facing rearwardly of the place of attachment of said flexible deflecting beam member to said bottom surface of of said mounting structure.