Recreational board with adjustable runners
A recreational board includes a deck and two runners are connected to a front end a rear end of an underside of the deck. Each runner has a frame with holes defined therethrough for rollers rotatably engaged therewith and each frame includes a flat bottom from which a tilt upward front end and a tilt upward rear end are respective connected so as to easily move over pack snow or the like. The frames can be used on hard or soft surfaces. Two adjustable devices are connected between the deck and the runners which are adjustably positioned close to each other or far from each other.
The present invention relates to a recreational board with runners at front and rear end of the bottom of the deck and each runner includes two rollers so as to move on different types of surfaces.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONA conventional recreational board such as skateboards includes a deck with two sets of truck connected to the front and rear ends of the bottom of the deck. Each set of the truck includes two wheels which are designed to roll on hard surfaces such as concrete surface. The wheels are small in width so that they are easily merged into mud, packed snow, or sand. Besides, even a higher bump without smooth surface could tangle the skateboard. Some snow boards include two skis or runners on their bottom, the skis obviously restrict the snow boards to be used only on snow surface. U.S. Pat. No. 4,165,091 discloses two runners on the bottom of the deck, however, it is designed to be used on hard ice surface. Some boards are quipped with tracks which are complicated in structure and costly.
The present invention intends to provide a recreational board that includes at least one sets of runners and each runner include at least one rollers connected to a frame which has uplift front and rear ends so that the runners can be used on soft surface such as on snow surface or hard surface such as on concrete surface.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a recreational board which comprises a deck having at least one runner connected to a front end a rear end of an underside of the deck, and each runner has a frame with holes defined therethrough. Rollers are rotatably and respectively engaged with the holes of the frame.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring to FIGS. 1 to 8, the recreational board of the present invention comprises a deck 10 and two adjustable devices 40 (
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While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A recreational board comprising:
- a deck having at least one runner connected to an underside of the deck, the at least one runner having a frame with holes defined therethrough and at least one first roller rotatably and respectively engaged with the holes of the frame.
2. The recreational board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame is made by resilient material and includes a flat bottom.
3. The recreational board as claimed in claim 2, wherein the frame includes a tilt upward front end and a tilt upward rear end.
4. The recreational board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the runner includes at least one second roller whose axis is located higher than an axis of the at least one first roller.
5. The recreational board as claimed in claim 4, wherein two brackets are mounted to two ends of the frame and two axles respectively extend through the brackets and the at least one first roller and the at least one second roller.
6. The recreational board as claimed in claim 5, wherein each bracket has two openings and the axles extend through the openings, each opening having a cap snapped therewith.
7. The recreational board as claimed in claim 6, wherein each cap includes expandable insertion which is engaged with the opening corresponding thereto.
8. The recreational board as claimed in claim 4, wherein the frame is made by resilient material and includes a flat bottom which is located between the at least one first roller and the at least one second roller.
9. The recreational board as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame includes a connection portion defined in a top thereof, at least one connection unit is connected to the underside of the deck and connected to the connection portion of the frame.
10. The recreational board as claimed in claim 9 further comprising at least one adjustable device connected between the connection unit and the bottom of the deck, the at least one adjustable device including a connection plate fixed on the connection unit corresponding thereto and a base piece fixed to the deck, the base piece including at least one curve ridge which has a plurality of positioning holes, the connection plate having two lugs on each of two sides thereof and pins extending through apertures defined in the lugs and the positioning holes aligned with the apertures.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 26, 2004
Publication Date: May 11, 2006
Inventor: Chorng-Jiang Lin (Taichung)
Application Number: 10/972,345
International Classification: E04B 1/00 (20060101);