Patent ID: 6565104
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A kicktail concave skateboard comprising:a blank having opposite end sections and top and bottom surfaces, the end sections being inclined upwardly from a center region of the blank and terminating in first and second convex end edges, respectively, each end section forming a section of the bottom surface of the blank, which bottom surface section is inclined upwardly toward the respective end edge, at least one of the end edges being of reduced thickness to define a recess in at least the respective bottom surface section; and an element mounted in the recess and being of generally U-shaped cross section with an upwardly facing side and a downwardly facing side, wherein an inner portion of the downwardly facing side adjoins the bottom surface section of the respective end section and has a thickness substantially equal to a depth of the recess, whereby the inner portion of the downwardly facing side being substantially flush with the adjoining bottom surface section, the element formed of a material having a lower mechanical damping capacity and a higher modulus of elasticity than the blank, the downwardly facing side and the adjoining bottom surface section being unobstructed in the downward direction of the skateboard and exposed for directly contacting a skateboard-supporting surface during the performance of ollie maneuvers and sliding maneuvers of the skateboard, wherein the upwardly facing side includes a plurality of first through-holes formed therein, and the downwardly facing side includes a plurality of second through-holes formed therein and aligned with respective ones of the first through-holes to define pairs of aligned first and second through-holes, a first fastening member disposed in one of the first and second through-holes of each pair; and a second fastening member extending into the blank through the other of the first and second through-holes of each pair and being secured in a respective first fastening member.