Patent ID: 6460868
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A method of corrugating skateboard decks in a skateboard deck manufacturing process, said method comprising the steps of:placing a high-density corrugated template between a top ply of a first set of flat wood plies, and a bottom ply of a second set of flat wood plies, each of said first and second sets of flat wood plies prepared with a bonding agent in-between said wood plies, said high-density corrugated template having a body portion in a first shape; placing said corrugated templates, said first set of flat wood plies and said second set of flat wood plies between an upper mold and a lower mold, said upper mold and said lower mold having a shaped, non-planar configuration on a force-applying surface thereof; applying a force on said upper mold and said lower mold to transfer said force to said first and second sets of flat wood plies, said shaped non-planar force-applying surfaces causing said flat wood plies to bend and said corrugated templates to bend into a second shape, said applying a force step being carried out without confining said upper mold, said lower mold and said sets of flat wood plies in a hermetically sealed chamber; retaining said force a sufficient time to permit said bonding agent to set and to create first and second sets of shaped wood plies; releasing said force; and removing said high-density corrugated templates and said first and second sets of shaped wood plies.