Patent ID: 7976034

Claim:
A foldable skateboard comprising: a center deck having two opposing side edges, opposing top and bottom surfaces, and front and rear ends; a front deck having two opposing side edges, opposing top and bottom surfaces, and a rear end, the bottom surface of the front deck including a front truck attachment means; a rear deck having two opposing side edges, opposing top and bottom surfaces, and a front end, the bottom surface of the rear deck including a rear truck attachment means; a pair of articulated pivot means fixed between the center deck and each of the front and rear decks, the side edges of the front deck, center deck, and rear deck being mutually substantially co-aligned when each articulated pivot means is in a first extended position, the top surfaces of the front deck, center deck, and rear deck being mutually substantially coplanar when each articulated pivot means is in the first extended position, the top surfaces of the front and rear decks inverted with respect to the center deck when each articulated pivot means is in a collapsed position; each of the articulated pivot means including two pivot pins and a pivot bar, one of the pivot pins fixed to the center deck and the other pivot pin fixed to either the front or rear deck, the pivot bar rotationally capturing each pivot pin; and a plurality of strengthening pins extending between the center deck and each of the front and rear decks, each strengthening pin being captured by one of the decks and slidably received in its corresponding opposing deck, each pivot bar further including at least one elongated aperture therein for slidably and rotationally capturing the one of the pivot pins; whereby each of the front and rear decks may be longitudinally mutually separated to free one side of each of the strengthening pins from one of the decks, the elongated apertures in each pivot bar allowing the decks to be separated by only a predetermined distance, each of the front and rear decks thereby being free from the center deck and thereby able to pivot into the collapsed position.