Patent ID: 8251383

Claim:
A skateboard truck assembly, comprising: a baseplate for securing said truck assembly to a deck of a skateboard; a hanger having a first distal end and a second distal end, said hanger having a hanger pivot axis therethrough; a kingpin interconnecting said hanger and said baseplate so as to secure said hanger to said baseplate; a kingpin cap removably attached directly to said hanger and independent of said kingpin; a pivot ball on said kingpin; a pivot chamber disposed in said hanger in alignment with said kingpin, said pivot chamber defined by said hanger and said kingpin cap, said pivot chamber sized and configured to at least substantially encapsulate said pivot ball; one or more compressible bushings disposed on said kingpin against said hanger; and one or more axles supported by said hanger, said one or more axles defining a first distal section extending beyond said first distal end of said hanger and a second distal section extending beyond said second distal end of said hanger, said first distal section upwardly angled so as to provide a first distal axis in nonlinear alignment with said hanger pivot axis and said second distal section upwardly angled so as to provide a second distal axis in nonlinear alignment with said hanger pivot axis, each of said first distal section and said second distal section configured to rotatably mount a wheel thereto; wherein each of the wheels mounted on said first distal section and said second distal section will move in a wheel direction of travel angled outwardly relative to a forward direction of travel for the skateboard when the skateboard is rotated from a standard riding position to a rear tilt position so as to slow forward movement of the skateboard.