Patent ID: 7318591

Claim:
An ice skateboard runner assembly for housing a blade of an ice skateboard, the skateboard having a board with a top board surface and a bottom board surface and a truck assembly mounted on the bottom board surface, said runner assembly comprising: an elongate body having generally opposed first and second longitudinal body ends, said body longitudinally housing the blade and being rotatably connectable to the truck assembly at a mounting position intermediate said first and said second body ends and being positionable in a runner neutral position in which the blade is substantially parallel to the board and faces generally away therefrom; and at least one elastic biasing cord releasably connecting the skateboard to said body ends, for elastically biasing said body toward said neutral position when one of said first body end and said second body end is moved away from the board; wherein each body end has a respective open neck section extending proximally therefrom respectively into a respective body channel therefore defined by a respective through opening extending through said body proximal said body end and each biasing cord has a body connecting means protrusion situated on a first cord end thereof, said respective open neck and said biasing cord being configured for selectively and removably snappably inserting said biasing cord through said respective open neck into said respective body channel to releasaby connect said biasing cord to said body end, said body connecting means protrusion being sized and shaped to prevent passage thereof through said respective body channel.