Patent ID: 6820881
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A brake assembly affixed to a skateboard having a board with a pair of truck assemblies affixed to an underside thereof, each of said truck assemblies having a pair of wheels rotatingly held at ends of axle portions of said truck assemblies, one of said wheels being a braking wheel, said brake assembly comprising:a brake drum held to an inner surface of said braking wheel, said brake drum having an outwardly facing braking surface; a brake pad support plate held between the underside of said board and said brake drum, said brake pad support plate being biased in the direction toward said underside and away from said brake drum; a brake pad affixed to said brake pad support plate so that when said brake pad support plate is moved downwardly, the brake pad contacts said outwardly facing braking surface exerting a braking force on said braking wheel; and means for exerting a downward force on said brake pad support plate.