Abstract:
Truckin Board, a Recreational Board Vehicle with an elongated board, with a front and rear wheel trundle, truck assembly with eccentric friction roller brakes, activated by a spiral spring recoilable rope in a drum, pulling a cog into a lever, activating centrally pulled brakes between the wheels, which allows steering on an adjustable mount. A braking rope aids rider in staying on board while brakes are activated, while able to maintain helm control. Brake activator handle snaps back into board when not in use.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS  
       [0001]     123/118 280/87 041 280/87.42  
         [0002]     123 198 280/87 042 
                                           USA Patents       Year   Person                   ″   430 006   1890   Dorr       ″   2176- 716   1939   Gonleay       ″   3288- 25   1966   Sakwa       ″   6213 484   2001   Robner       ″   1530 165   1925   Flower       ″   4054 296   1977   Sullins       ″   6/ 105 978   2000       ″   1173 826   1916   Mack       ″   4019 490   1977   Reese                  
 
       STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT  
       [0003]     There is no Federal funding and no companies have any right to inventions.  
       REFERENCE TO A SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX  
       [0004]     Not Applicable  
       BACKGROUND OF INVENTION  
       [0005]     The present invention involves skateboard-like board vehicles. The difference between a Truckin Board and a skateboard is a spindled axle with greater ground clearance and a centrally activated brake system that does not impede the ability of a skateboard to tilt and steer, while slowing the wheels on a skateboard. A recoil rope, hand-activated, acts as a handle and a brake-activation mechanism, centrally pulled.  
         [0006]     In the year 1890, U.S. Pat. No. 430-006 shows a wheel with a brake attached to a shoe.  
         [0007]     In 1939, U.S. Pat. No. 2176-716, another shoe with a framed skate, with a sliding mechanism for brake activation.  
         [0008]     In 1966, U.S. Pat. No. 3288-251 shows a real attempt to cause a brake activation while a skate is allowed to tilt to steer. However, it required stepping on a lever to work. This was a far better design than those to follow. Any block or cause of a skateboard to become perpendicular to the ground or wheels, makes tiltability or steering non-existent.  
         [0009]     In 2000 U.S. Pat. No. 6213-484 shows a skateboard with a handle and a foot brake dragging on the wheels; steering or tiltability is diminished by wheels becoming horizontal to the board.  
         [0010]     In April 2002, U.S. Pat. No. 6367-828, a skateboard-like vehicle with a handle and a brake dragging on the ground.  
         [0011]     U.S. Pat. No. 1530-165, a foot pedal skateboard; any foot activation prevents a rider from bracing for a stop with both feet.  
         [0012]     U.S. Pat. No. 4054-296, foot pedal on a skateboard (same USA patent August 2000, U.S. Pat. No. 6105-978), a skateboard using a bent axle to increase ground clearance under an axle.  
         [0013]     Present invention incorporates a new use of a recoil-rope-engine-starting system to a Truckin Board, a skateboard-like vehicle, to activate a brake system and act as a handle that aids in bracing for stops and snaps back into the truck wheel assembly when not in use.  
         [0014]     In 1916, U.S. Pat. No. 1173-826, shows an early recoil-engine starter, and in the year 1977, U.S. Pat. No. 4019-490, a recoil with a brake, preventing a child from starting a small engine. There are no uses of a skateboard using a recoil to activate a brake.  
         [0015]     Present invention uses a recoil rope for two purposes. It activates a brake mechanism within a board-like vehicle and also aids the helm rider when steering and braking. The feet are braced, and the handle aids rider in staying on the board when actually steering and actually braking safely on a skateboard-like vehicle by this novel new design. These and other advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying exemplary drawings, patenter to include those on document disclosure #522979.  
       SUMMARY OF INVENTION  
       [0016]     The present invention provides an actual brake system that does not impede steering on recreational board vehicles. The Truckin Board is like the skate board except Truckin Boards use a recoil-rope-pulled brake activation that is centrally pulled and allows the rider to steer while stopping. Additionally, a spindled axle allows greater ground clearance.  
         [0017]     The Truckin Board can be used by standing or lying on an elongated board. Racing can be improved with the brake camber system, Depending upon removal and placement of brake rollers when brakes are applied on one side, when activated steering is aided in downhill racing, Board steers into corners using brake pull on affected wheels. A Truckin Boarder can actually steer left and right while activating brakes to slow or stop a rider safely, as well as adjust steering or change small wheels to large wheels, and brake parts interchange. These and other advantages will become more apparent on a detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying exemplary drawings. 
     
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING  
       [0018]      FIG. 1  Overall view of Truckin Board and rear wheel assembly with recoil.  
         [0019]      FIG. 2  End view of brake adjuster front. Top view of rear brake truck assembly with front and rear view of recoil mechanism.  
         [0020]      FIG. 3  Top view of access holes rear assembly, side view of cutaway shock,  1 .  
         [0021]      FIG. 4  Side, overall view, rear brake mechanism and wheel assembly; cut away of recoil and recoil cog.  
         [0022]      FIG. 5  Top view cable connector adjustment and pulley  
         [0023]      FIG. 6  Side view rear wheel truck assembly with cable route through wheel truck assembly mount.  
         [0024]      FIG. 7  Overall view, exploded of brake lever and brake shoes, with front view of wheel truck assembly with spindles.  
         [0025]      FIG. 8  Exploded view of recoil brake mechanism rear mount for wheel truck assembly.  
         [0026]      FIG. 9  Underside view of friction rollers on long and short brake shoes of elongated brake shoe shapes.  
         [0027]      FIG. 10 . Wheels, showing two sizes and single roller brake.  
         [0028]      FIG. 11 . Underside view of truckin cavity board and recoil spool.  
         [0029]      FIG. 12 . Cutaway view, winged coupling and coupling mount. Cut-away view of front shock with winged coupling on shock mount.  
     
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
       [0030]     Document Disclosure Program #522979 shows a similar view of  FIG. 1 , showing the Truckin Board that differs from a skate board in that Truckin Boards have actual, usable brakes that allow a rider to steer left and right while braking by pulling a brake handle. They have added ground clearance, the ability to alter wheel size, and steering is adjustable, here choosing the smaller diameter wheels and brakes  
         [0031]     If larger wheels are used,  FIG. 4  at  7  shows a removable bumper which unscrews from  FIG. 6  at  1 .  
         [0032]     A wheel truck assembly front and rear,  FIG. 9  at  8 , shows a front brake shoe and  107 , a longer brake shoe for taller wheel  6 . Both types of shoes can be made of high impact plastic or other material.  
         [0033]     Brake shoe  FIG. 7  at  81 , interior view, shows an installed friction roller in  81 , inside  80 , a rear brake shoe. These rollers prevent brake lockup as wheel  6  comes in contact with shoe  80 . Both  8  and  80  brake shoes, front and rear friction wheel  81 , will interchange or can be rotated for wear or be removed for other braking characteristics. Shaft screw  82  enters hole  83 , then travels through friction roller  81  in cavity  115  and screws into  84 . There is nothing to prevent riveting or other methods of mounting a friction roller. As roller  81  is eccentrically rotated into wheel  6 , friction roller is binded in cavity  115  within brake shoe where pressure causes  81  friction between wheel  6  and brake  80 , slowing wheel  6 , providing safety in Truckin Board vehicles. All four brake shoes accept friction rollers in a similar way.  
         [0034]      FIG. 8  shows a steel lever  14  with hole  69  on both ends of lever  14 . See  FIG. 7 . Brake shoe  80 ,  FIG. 7 , also has corresponding hole  69  in concave cavity  114 ,  FIG. 8 , wherein screw  79 ,  FIG. 7 , fits inside cavity  114 ,  FIG. 8 . See nut  77 ,  FIG. 7 . Screw  79  enters lever  14  as shown. A nut  77  screws onto bolt  79 . And a pin  78  enters bore hole  75  in screw  79 . There is nothing to prevent the use of washers to take up space. Brake shoe  80  attaches to lever  14  in the same way, just as does brake shoe at  8 ,  FIG. 9 , showing the only difference in a number  8  and  80 .  
         [0035]      FIG. 6  at  1 , shows a wheel truck assembly with spindled axles, without brake attached at hole location  87 . Note location of spindled axle  3  to bore hole  87 .  
         [0036]     See  FIG. 7  at hole  86 . Both brake shoes attach to lever  14 , attach at slot  85  above axle  3 . See  FIG. 4 . Note hole  87 , showing attached brake shoe  8 .  FIG. 7, 86 , enters concave cavity in wheel assembly  1  with both brake shoe  8  and  80  mounted in cavity  85  able to move freely back and forth in slot.  
         [0037]     After attaching brake shoes on both wheel truck assemblies front and rear, at  6 ,  FIG. 10 , wheels with bearings attach to  3 ,  FIG. 7 , on spindled axles. When mounted, should resemble  FIG. 1  upon wheel trundle truck assembly. See rear wheel truck assembly mounted to  24 ,  FIG. 4 .  
         [0038]     A mount at  16 ,  FIG. 3 , shows a shock absorber, cut away view of a winged coupling.  
         [0039]      FIG. 12  at  109  shows a nut welded to coupling  108  with  110 , a coupling inside, which is able to rock side to side when mounted on  10  shock mount. Compare  FIG. 4  at  10  with  FIG. 12  at  16 , showing cut away of winged coupling inside shock  16 . Shock  16  has a cavity for accepting  109  and  108  coupling housing. The winged bottom is V-shaped, allowing movement on shock mount,  FIG. 4, 10 . An alternate brake mounting location  116 , peg  129  fits into  130  of shock mount  10 . See side view of  116  for mounting under a traditional shock, for mounting brake shoe  8  or  80  at hole  86 , for a brake alternative, here used as a washer under coupling  108 . Adjustment: with  109  inside  16  shock absorber, nut  11 ( a ) and  11 ( b ) are turned onto bolt  12 , underside of  26 , a front-wheel, truck-assembly mount.  16  and  109  winged coupling, is turned onto bolt  12 .  
         [0040]     At  15 ,  FIG. 6 , a pivot is placed into coupling  25 , wheel-truck assembly mount  10 ,  FIG. 4 . See  FIG. 12  at  110 , a nut  11 ( c ) turns onto winged coupling  110  on the underside of shock mount  10 . And nut  11 ( a ) and ( b ) is tightened, and nut  11 ( b ) is tightened against  11 ( a ), ( a ) nut acting as a lock nut. With less pressure on shock  16 , coupling  110  is able to shift under shock  16  and create either a looser steering or a firmer ride.  
         [0041]     A slightly different procedure on the rear trundle truck assembly:  FIG. 8  at  108  under shock  16 , a washer  59  and nut  11 ( a ) and ( b ) are positioned under a spool  35  that rests under a bearing race  19 . A spring  37  at eye on end of spring attaches to pin  39  inside a drum  36 . Spring  37  with eyes at both ends turns around bolt  12 ,  FIG. 8 . Spring  37  wound tightly several times around bolt  12  with spring eye  40  attached to spool  35  on top of spool  60  on pin  38 . Carefully, a rope  42  is positioned through bore hole  66  on lever  22  so that cog  43  on rope  42  is behind lever  22 . A rope  42  enters hole  93  in drum and enters  35 , a spool, and is pulled out hole  46  and tied in a knot under spool  35 . Rope  42  is wound around spool  35 . In the opening of  35  under top  60 , a ball  71  is attached to end of rope  42  so that when spring  37  and spool  35  is pushed into cavity  36 , ball  71  prevents rope  42  from being pulled into drum and spool  35 . Bearing  19  race fits under  35 , a spool, on a race, washer  59 , and nut  11 ( a ) tightens spool  35  under drum  36 , lock nut  11 ( b ) tightens to nut  11 ( a ) while shock  16  with coupling  109  is screwed onto bolt  12 .  
         [0042]     Just as the front wheel truck assembly,  FIG. 6  at  15 , a pivot placed in coupling  25 , and shock mount  10  shifts onto coupling,  FIG. 12  at  110 , and a nut  11 ( c ) attached and tightened into place.  
         [0043]     Returning to lever  22 , at  FIG. 8 , mount  23 , a screw  65  enters  64 , a bearing race coupling, that enters lever  22 ; screw  65 , is turned into  23  on the underside of  26 , a rear mounting bracket (allowing lever  22  to move). See side view,  FIG. 6 , of  23 . A spring travels from the bottom side of plate  26  to the top side of plate  24 . See  FIG. 2  at hole  97 . Compare  FIG. 3  at  97 .  FIG. 2  at  34  shows dual springs leaving the bottom side and traveling to the top side of mounting top side  24 .  
         [0044]     A pair of bare cables  50  travel through spring  34 , through holes  97 , from the bottom side of plate  24 . See bare cable  50  at  FIG. 8 .  52  and  53 , shows top view of a cable connector and a slot  53  which cables turn from backside to frontside and into cable ledge  67  and  68 . With bare cable  50  on ledge  67  and  68 , a spring  34  sets on the ledge and retains cable  50  inside hole  52  and  53  on lever  22 . Bare cable  50 , then traveling through spring  34 , exits a groove  126 ,  FIG. 2 , and a plastic cable case enclosing cable within sets in a cable connector and exits  96 , a cable connector on one side of a wheel truck assembly, on top of the brake mechanism. Bare cable  50  in the second location travels around a horizontal pulley  49 ; cable then rises over a vertical pulley  32 . Bare cable  50  then travels around pulley and down through opening  47 , exiting the top side of  24  mounting plate.  
         [0045]      FIG. 8  at  114  shows cable exiting under plate  26 . On a cable connector, lever  14  is attached to brakes. Note location  128  showing a spring or lever  14 . See  FIG. 7  at  128 , showing a cable connector location and spring retained ledge. Compare  FIG. 4  showing  128  side-view of cable connected to lever  14  with a spring on ledges. Cable  50  is attached to brake lever  14  as stated,  FIG. 11 . See cable  63  placed in bore hole  117  in board  2 , exiting at  118  in a cavity  122 , in the forward section of board, again a bare cable  50 .  
         [0046]      FIG. 12  at  29 , shows a cable connector and brake adjuster. There is a groove for a cable. See  FIG. 5  at  29  and  FIG. 2  at  99 . A groove from cable connector pipe to pulley,  FIG. 5, 102 , on top of front wheel assembly. Cable  50  travels over pulley  102 , pulley held on top of wheel truck assembly mount with a shaft screw  101 . See  FIG. 12  at  100 , cable exiting front mount. Cable,  FIG. 4 , attaches to front brake at  14  lever in the same way as the rear section, with a spring over cable  50  on lever at  128  and on  100 , a spring ledge holding cable in place like  FIG. 4  at  128 , pulling ball  71 ,  FIG. 8 , until cog  43  contacts lever  22 . Brakes are pulled downward onto the wheels, though not in adjustment. Both should move freely,  
         [0047]     Removing rope  42  from ball  71 , rope is then fed through cavity  70 ,  FIG. 11 , exiting  119  in cavity board. Note pulley  72 . See  FIG. 8  at  73 , rope  42  extends through pulley mount cavity, then ball  71  loosely tied to rope  42  to prevent rope from being pulled into drum;  73  pulley housing mounted on board  2 ,  FIG. 11 , turning board over. See pulley  72 . Holding rope  42  downward, pulley  72 ,  FIG. 8 , is placed over the rope inside cavity  75  and shaft screw axle  74  turns through cavity  75  through pulley  72  and tightens into place.  
         [0048]      FIG. 11  at  123  shows a corner hole. Placing wheel truck assembly inside concave cavity  122 . (See corresponding hole,  FIG. 3  at  96 .) Screws are placed in and through wheel truck assemblies and fastened into board in all 8 locations. See  FIG. 11  at  118 . This cavity contains  FIG. 12  at  29 . These cable connectors inside cavity  122 , all slack is removed in brake system by turning outward front cable connector  29 , then tightening lock nut. This will pick up the brakes off the wheels, both on front and back sections, and removes all play in cables. Pulling the brake ball handle and rope, cog  43  is pulled into lever  22  at  66 ,  FIG. 8 , a bore hole. As lever  22  begins to be pulled, cable  50  pulls brakes upward toward vertical pulley  102  and  32 ,  FIG. 5 , where  8  and  80 , the eccentric action of brake shoes are rotated into wheel  6 . For the helm rider or owner, the rope is adjusted where person stands with feet in a braced stance, knees bent in readiness. Cog  43 ,  FIG. 8  rests upon lever  22  at  66 . With arm held at ready, rope  42  is tied to ball  71  so that either wrist or finger movement will activate the brakes, and when activated, rope acts as a handle behind the rider so that the inertia on the rider is braced by the stance of body coupled to the pressure on brake activation rope. Lessening pressure would remove inertia forces on the body. Ability to steer the board while braking is a new safety claim, eliminating the need at speed to drag foot, balancing on one foot. Riding on one&#39;s back on an elongated board downhill racing, typically feet are dragged to aid steering or braking on regular skate boards. Here, if  81  brake rollers are removed on right side brakes (or left), if removed on right, and only the left brakes are pulled, activating those left brakes, the board will steer to the left, aiding in racing, steering, while able to effectively brake and steer.  
         [0049]     This application, when viewed over all, shows a Truckin Board being pieced together. The wheel truck assembly&#39;s brake systems attached, then the cables fed through the board, then the wheel truck assemblies bolted to the cavity board. Then the cable and rope adjusted to the rider&#39;s stance.  
         [0050]     Nothing in this application should be used to limit the invention, whether a professional skate boarder accomplished in trick riding or racing, or the very young child&#39;s toy construction. A wheel truck assembly, traditionally, is made of alloys with a steel axle encased in an alloy material. This is an acceptable method of construction. A young child&#39;s board could have a wheel assembly built of high impact plastic with steel spindles or other material, whether the brake shoes or rollers are of high impact plastic or alloys or other durable fracture-resistant material, including but not limited to metal. The purpose of brake rollers, whether they are of plastic, alloy, steel, or other material, is to cause friction and resist brake lock up if desired. Rollers do not roll unless brakes are activated. There is nothing to prevent the non-use of rollers. To cause wheel lock up, the centrally pulled brake lever should be of steel to prevent bending. The recoil system would best be made of steel and alloy type material as it is a part of a wheel truck assembly mount, but it could be of any material. Spring steel springs for spiraling around the post of steel, the spool can be of any type of material but made of a material suitable to the type of use. If strength is needed, the part can be made to the strength necessary for the weight load. A Truckin Board can be of any fiber, including alloy supported or fiber glass or other material typically used in skate boards for carrying a human rider. Wheel truck assemblies are designed to carry a load, including, but not limited to, a human being with brake under foot whenever a brake is necessary. Keep truckin but truck safely.