Patent ID: 8061725

Claim:
A motorized skateboard comprising: a) a skateboard deck having an upper surface and a lower surface to which is attached a front truck having an axle that supports a pair of front wheels and a rear truck having an axle that supports a pair of rear wheels, b) a rear-wheel drive assembly that is attached to the lower surface of the skateboard deck, said assembly comprising: (1) a right side plate and a left side plate each having a front end that respectively has a right axle bore and a left axle bore that are dimensioned to rotatably receive the respective axles of the rear truck, and a rear end that respectively has a right wheel axle slot and a left wheel axle slot, (2) a rear fifth drive-wheel that rotates about an axle haying a right side that fits into and is secured to the right wheel axle slot and a left side that fits into and is secured to the left wheel axle slot, wherein to the left axis is fixedly inserted a drive-receiving sprocket, (3) an electric motor having an electrical input and means for being attached between the right and left side plates, wherein said motor has a shaft that has attached a drive sprocket that is rotatably attached to the drive-receiving sprocket by means of a sprocket drive band, (4) a disk brake that is attached to one side of the rear fifth drive-wheel, wherein said brake is operated by a hand-controlled, cable-installed toggle mechanism that is operated by a rider of said motorized skateboard, and c) a power source having an electrical output that is connected to the electrical input on said electrical motor by means of a power switch that is operated by a rider of said motorized skateboard, wherein when the rider closes the power switch, power is applied to said motor allowing the motor to rotate which causes the fifth wheel to rotate, further gluing said motorized skateboard to be propelled forward as long as the rider depresses the power switch.