Patent Application
20230069474
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The disclosure relates to skateboard devices and more particularly pertains to a new skateboard device for facilitating a user to employ a pair of skateboards in the convention of a skateboard or roller skates. The device includes a pair of skateboards that are attachable together in a linear orientation such that the pair of skateboards can be employed in the convention of a skateboard. The pair of skateboards is detachable from each other such that the pair of skateboards can be employed in the convention of roller skates. Additionally, each of the pair of skateboards includes foot restraints for restraining a user's feet on each of the skateboards.
The prior art relates to skateboard devices including a skateboard that includes a pair of rollers which each includes more than two wheels. The prior art discloses a variety of skateboard devices which includes a board that has a hinge integrated into the board to facilitate the board to be folded for storage. The prior art discloses an all-terrain skateboard device that includes foot restraints and articulating suspension. The prior art discloses a skateboard that can be broken in half to facilitate the skateboard to be more easily carried.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of skateboards which each includes a pair of rollers that roll along a support surface. Each of the skateboards is attachable together such that the pair of skateboards extends along a common axis thereby facilitating the pair of skateboards to be employed in the common convention of skateboards. Furthermore, each of the skateboards is detachable from each other thereby facilitating the pair of skateboards to be employed in the common convention of roller skates. Each of the skateboards includes a pair of foot restraints to restrain a respective one of a user's feet.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Each of the skateboards 12 comprises a board 22 that has a top surface 24, a bottom surface 26, a first end 28 and a second end 30, and the board 22 is elongated between the first end 28 and the second end 30. The first end 28 is rounded and the second end 30 is flattened. The board 22 has a pair of first slots 32 each extending through the top surface 24 and the bottom surface 26. Each of the first slots 32 is oriented parallel to an axis extending between the first end 28 and the second end 30. Additionally, the first slots 32 are spaced apart from each other and are oriented parallel to each other and each of the first slots 32 is positioned closer to the first end 28 than the second end 30.
The board 22 has a pair of second slots 34 each extending through the top surface 24 and the bottom surface 26. Each of the second slots 34 is oriented parallel to an axis extending between the first end 28 and the second end 30. The second slots 34 are spaced apart from each other and is oriented parallel to each other and each of the second slots 34 is positioned closer to the first end 28 than the second end 30. Furthermore, the second end 30 of the board 22 associated with each of the skateboard 22 abuts each other when the pair of skateboards 12 is attached together.
Each of the skateboards 12 includes pair of bolts 36 which each extends downwardly through the top surface 24 and the bottom surface 26 of the board 22. Each of the bolts 36 has a distal end 38 with respect to the bottom surface 26 and the distal end 38 of each of the bolts 36 is spaced from the bottom surface 26. Each of the bolts 36 is positioned adjacent to the second end 30 and the bolts 36 are spaced apart from each other. A pair of brackets 40 is provided and each of the brackets 40 has a pair of holes 42 each extending through the brackets 40. Each of the holes 42 in each of the brackets 40 has a respective one of the bolts 36 on the board 22 associated with each of the skateboards 12 extending through the holes 42. Moreover, each of the brackets 40 extends across the second end 30 of the board 22 associated with each of the skateboards 12 for attaching the skateboards 12 together. A plurality of nuts 44 is each threadable onto a respective one of the bolts 36 when the brackets 40 are positioned on the bolts 36 for attaching the brackets 40 to the bolts 36.
Each of the pair of rollers 14 on each of the skateboards 12 comprises a skateboard truck 46 which is coupled to the bottom surface 26 of the board 22. The skateboard truck 46 is oriented such that an axle portion 48 of the skateboard truck 46 is spaced from the bottom surface 26 and extends laterally across the bottom surface 26. The skateboard truck 46 associated with each of the rollers 14 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of the first end 28 and the second end 30 of the board 22. The skateboard truck 46 includes a pair of wheels 50 that is each rotatably coupled to respective ends 52 of the axle portion 48 of the skateboard truck 46 to roll along the support surface 16. The skateboard truck 46 associated with each of the rollers 14 may be a skateboard truck 46 of any conventional design.
Each of the pair of foot restraints 18 on each of the skateboards 12 includes a front restraint 54 and a back restraint 56. The front restraint 54 associated with each of the foot restraints 18 comprises a base panel 58 that has a top side 60, a bottom side 62 and a leading edge 64. The leading edge 64 is curved such that the base panel 58 has a semi-circular shape. The bottom side 62 rests on the top surface 24 of the board 22 such that a toe 66 of the user's shoe 68 can rest upon the base panel 58. The front restraint 54 includes a bounding panel 70 that extends upwardly from the top side 60. The bounding panel 70 is aligned with and is coextensive with the leading edge 64 of the base panel 58 such that the bounding panel 70 forms a curve. In this way the bounding panel 70 can extend around the toe 66 of the user's shoe 68 thereby inhibiting the toe 66 of the user's shoe 68 from sliding forwardly on the base panel 58.
The front restraint 54 associated with each of said foot restraints 18 includes a pair of front bolts 72 that each extends downwardly through the top side 60 and the bottom side 62 of the base panel 58. Each of the front bolts 72 extends through a respective one of the second slots 34 in the board 22 thereby facilitating the base panel 58 to be positioned at a selected point along the second slots 34 to accommodate the size of the user's shoe 68. The front restraint 54 associated with each of the foot restraints 18 includes a pair of front nuts 74. Each of the front nuts 74 is threadable onto a receptive one of the front bolts 72 when the front bolts 72 are extended through the respective second slot 34 for retaining the base panel 58 at the selected point along the second slots 34.
The back restraint 56 associated with each of the foot restraints 18 comprises a panel 76 that has a primary end 78, a secondary end 80, a top edge 82 and a bottom edge 84. The panel 76 is concavely arcuate between the primary end 78 and the secondary end 80 such that the panel 76 extends around a heel 86 of the user's shoe 68. The bottom edge 84 rests on the top surface 24 of the board 22 having each of the primary end 78 and the secondary end 80 being directed toward the front restraint 54 associated with a respective foot restraint 18. The back restraint 56 includes a pair of back bolts 88 that each extends downwardly through the top edge 82 and the bottom edge 84 such that each of the back bolts 88 extends substantially beyond the bottom edge 84. Each of the back bolts 88 is extendable through a respective one of the first slots 32 in the board 22 thereby facilitating the panel 76 is positioned at a selected point along the first slots 32. In this way the back panel 76 can accommodate the size of the user's shoe 68. The back restraint 56 associated with each of the foot restraints 18 includes a pair of back nuts 90 that is each threadable onto a respective one of the back bolts 88 when the back bolts 88 are extended through the respective first slot for retaining the panel 76 at the selected point along the first slots 32.
In use, each of the brackets 40 is engaged to the respective bolts 36 on the board 22 associated with each of the skateboards 12 to attach the skateboards 12 together. Additionally, the front restraint 54 and the back restraint 56 associated with each of the foot restraints 18 is adjusted to accommodate the user's shoes 68. In this way each of the user's shoes 68 is positioned in a respective foot restraint 18 to facilitate the pair of skateboards 12 to be ridden in the common convention of skateboards 12. The brackets 40 can be removed from the respective bolts 36 on the board 22 associated with each of the skateboards 12 to separate the skateboards 12 from each other. In this way each of the skateboards 12 can be ridden in the common convention of roller skates.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
