Patent Application
20180318699
The present applications claims priority to the earlier filed provisional application having Ser. No. 62/437,020, and hereby incorporates subject matter of the provisional application in its entirety.
The invention relates to a skateboard, in particular to a skateboard that is fitted with a brake that is activated by a brake lever mounted on a handle where the handle is fitted to the hanger of a truck of the skateboard.
Riding a skateboard may come with difficulty and at times may cause injury by falling off the skateboard due to the loss of body balance.
Providing a brake and a handle to the rider can help prevent losing balance in many cases.
Past efforts directed at providing handlebar structure are found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,179,134 to Atkinson, U.S. Pat. No. 4,093,252 to Rue and U.S. Pat. No. 2,330,147 to Rodriguez.
All previous arts on handles describe handles secured on the deck and not to the hanger of a truck.
A rider is able to maintain balance much easier if the handle stays independent to the deck motion by fitting it to the hanger of a truck.
Past efforts directed at providing brake structure are found in U.S. Pat. No. 6,820,881 to Berry, U.S. Pat. No. 4,166,519 to Maloney and U.S. Pat. No. 4,054,296 to Sullins.
All previous arts on skateboard brake systems refer to those acted by foot while this instant invention uses a hand brake system.
It is the main object of this present invention to give better stability and control of a skateboard by adding a handle and a brake system onto it.
Referring to the drawings,
The handle is bent upwards and extends to a certain height that gives a comfortable grip to a rider.
A brake lever for the brake is mounted on the handle near the handlebar.
A brake cable connects the brake lever to the brake module underneath the deck.
A metal bracket is an “L” shaped metal plate with holes on both faces.
One face of the metal bracket has 4 or more holes where 1 hole is used to hold the spring and the rest for screws that are used for fixing the bracket to the deck.
The other face of the bracket has 3 or more holes where 1 hole is used to let through the brake cable and the rest to let bolts to fix the bracket to the braking element.
A braking element comprises hinge connected two rectangular metal plates where one plate is a fixed plate and the other one a moving plate.
The fixed plate has same number of holes at same positions as its counterpart face of the metal bracket to let through the brake cable and the fixing bolts.
The moving plate has a piece of rubber type braking material attached to the end section, a hole at its external end to connect to a spring and a notch hook that holds end part of the brake cable.
The moving plate is the part that gets pulled down in a pivoting motion when the brake cable is pulled and forces the rubber type braking material touch the ground creating the friction, hence braking the skateboard.
The hole at the end section of the metal bracket and the one on the moving plate of the braking element are connected by a spring to keep the braking element away from the ground when the brake is not activated.
Many changes and modifications in the above described embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof.
Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claim.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62437020 | Dec 2016 | US |
