Patents Assigned to Fausto Vitello
  • Patent number: 4159830
    Abstract: A wheel truck for a steerable platform such as a skateboard. The wheel truck includes a base frame mounted below the platform and carrying a vertical support shaft and downwardly inclined steering shaft. An axletree upon which wheels are mounted is carried from the frame by resilient support means. The support means includes pairs of elastomeric bushings mounted about both of the support and steering shafts. The bushings are seated in sockets formed in the axletree for positioning the latter with respect to the frame. Fasteners are provided to secure the bushings on the shaft. The fasteners are adapted to change the steering response or to vary angular orientation of the axletree for purposes of changing the turning radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1979
    Assignees: Fausto Vitello, Eric L. Swenson
    Inventor: John S. Solimine