Patent ID: 8708354

Claim:
A skateboard of a tear drop shape with said board having a front end, a rear end, a centerline that runs longitudinally the length of the board with front end and rear end mounting studs on said center line, said skateboard comprising: said board having a single deck consisting of a unitary construction of rigid essentially unyielding material; at least three caster wheels for said board with all of said wheels selected of the long caster variety wherein the distance between a mounting point for a caster wheel to the caster wheel axis is a distance of about 4 to 6 inches; and further wherein said at least three wheels are oriented from the bottom of said single board in the following manner: a front caster wheel of said three is fixed on a front end mounting stud underneath the front end of said single unitary board and adapted with a swivel movement about the board's longitudinal line; a cross arm axle mounted on said rear end mounting stud; a pair of said long caster wheels spaced apart to form an opposed pair of rear caster wheels mounted on a cross arm axle for providing swivel movement of said pair of rear caster wheels about said rigid, unitary board's longitudinal axis; and spring loaded centering means incorporated within the swivel for each one of said caster wheels and said cross arm axle for maintaining said cross arm axle and said caster wheels in a neutral or in line position except during turns and maneuvers of said skateboard as initiated by a rider shifting his/her weight on said simile unitary board.