Patent ID: 7132030

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a skateboard comprising the steps of: providing a one-sided mold formed from foam having a contoured surface and a plurality of thin layers of veneer capable of conforming under pressure to the contoured surface; mounting the thin layers in stacked relation on the contoured surface of the mold, with an adhesive interposed at each contact point between the layers; placing the mold and thin layers stacked thereon in a flexible-walled environment from which air can be evacuated; evacuating air from the environment such that pressure is applied to the flexible-walled environment to an extent that the thin layers conform to the contoured surface; and permitting the adhesive to set before removing the thin layers from the environment and the mold to produce a skateboard deck comprising a plurality of thin layers without a substantially thicker core, wherein the air is evacuated from the environment by means of a hand vacuum pump.