Patent ID: 7287762

Claim:
A skateboard truck comprising: a base plate for attaching with a skateboard deck; a pivot pin pivotally attached with the base plate, the pivot pin having a tip; an axle connected with the pivot pin, the axle having a center point, and where a pin-axle axis runs from the pivot pin tip through the center point of the axle; a kingpin coupling the axle with the base plate, where the kingpin has a midpoint and a length, with a kingpin axis running the length of the kingpin and through the midpoint, and where the kingpin midpoint is positioned between the axle and the pivot pin, and where a pin-kingpin axis runs from the pivot pin tip through the midpoint of the kingpin; a resilient bushing circumferentially disposed about the kingpin for providing a skateboard truck pivot axis; and wherein the pivot pin and the axle are configured such that the pin-kingpin axis is between the kingpin axis and the pin-axle axis, whereby the skateboard truck with the kingpin positioned between the axle and the pivot pin and configured such that the pin-kingpin axis is between the pin-axle axis and the kingpin axis provides a user with range of movement about two axes of rotation.