Truckin board
Truckin Board, a Recreational Board Vehicle with an elongated board, with a front and rear wheel trundle, truck assembly with eccentric friction roller brakes, activated by a spiral spring recoilable rope in a drum, pulling a cog into a lever, activating centrally pulled brakes between the wheels, which allows steering on an adjustable mount. A braking rope aids rider in staying on board while brakes are activated, while able to maintain helm control. Brake activator handle snaps back into board when not in use.
123/118 280/87 041 280/87.42
123 198 280/87 042
There is no Federal funding and no companies have any right to inventions.
REFERENCE TO A SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIXNot Applicable
BACKGROUND OF INVENTIONThe present invention involves skateboard-like board vehicles. The difference between a Truckin Board and a skateboard is a spindled axle with greater ground clearance and a centrally activated brake system that does not impede the ability of a skateboard to tilt and steer, while slowing the wheels on a skateboard. A recoil rope, hand-activated, acts as a handle and a brake-activation mechanism, centrally pulled.
In the year 1890, U.S. Pat. No. 430-006 shows a wheel with a brake attached to a shoe.
In 1939, U.S. Pat. No. 2176-716, another shoe with a framed skate, with a sliding mechanism for brake activation.
In 1966, U.S. Pat. No. 3288-251 shows a real attempt to cause a brake activation while a skate is allowed to tilt to steer. However, it required stepping on a lever to work. This was a far better design than those to follow. Any block or cause of a skateboard to become perpendicular to the ground or wheels, makes tiltability or steering non-existent.
In 2000 U.S. Pat. No. 6213-484 shows a skateboard with a handle and a foot brake dragging on the wheels; steering or tiltability is diminished by wheels becoming horizontal to the board.
In April 2002, U.S. Pat. No. 6367-828, a skateboard-like vehicle with a handle and a brake dragging on the ground.
U.S. Pat. No. 1530-165, a foot pedal skateboard; any foot activation prevents a rider from bracing for a stop with both feet.
U.S. Pat. No. 4054-296, foot pedal on a skateboard (same USA patent August 2000, U.S. Pat. No. 6105-978), a skateboard using a bent axle to increase ground clearance under an axle.
Present invention incorporates a new use of a recoil-rope-engine-starting system to a Truckin Board, a skateboard-like vehicle, to activate a brake system and act as a handle that aids in bracing for stops and snaps back into the truck wheel assembly when not in use.
In 1916, U.S. Pat. No. 1173-826, shows an early recoil-engine starter, and in the year 1977, U.S. Pat. No. 4019-490, a recoil with a brake, preventing a child from starting a small engine. There are no uses of a skateboard using a recoil to activate a brake.
Present invention uses a recoil rope for two purposes. It activates a brake mechanism within a board-like vehicle and also aids the helm rider when steering and braking. The feet are braced, and the handle aids rider in staying on the board when actually steering and actually braking safely on a skateboard-like vehicle by this novel new design. These and other advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying exemplary drawings, patenter to include those on document disclosure #522979.
SUMMARY OF INVENTIONThe present invention provides an actual brake system that does not impede steering on recreational board vehicles. The Truckin Board is like the skate board except Truckin Boards use a recoil-rope-pulled brake activation that is centrally pulled and allows the rider to steer while stopping. Additionally, a spindled axle allows greater ground clearance.
The Truckin Board can be used by standing or lying on an elongated board. Racing can be improved with the brake camber system, Depending upon removal and placement of brake rollers when brakes are applied on one side, when activated steering is aided in downhill racing, Board steers into corners using brake pull on affected wheels. A Truckin Boarder can actually steer left and right while activating brakes to slow or stop a rider safely, as well as adjust steering or change small wheels to large wheels, and brake parts interchange. These and other advantages will become more apparent on a detailed description of the invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying exemplary drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING
Document Disclosure Program #522979 shows a similar view of
If larger wheels are used,
A wheel truck assembly front and rear,
Brake shoe
See
After attaching brake shoes on both wheel truck assemblies front and rear, at 6,
A mount at 16,
At 15,
A slightly different procedure on the rear trundle truck assembly:
Just as the front wheel truck assembly,
Returning to lever 22, at
A pair of bare cables 50 travel through spring 34, through holes 97, from the bottom side of plate 24. See bare cable 50 at
Removing rope 42 from ball 71, rope is then fed through cavity 70,
This application, when viewed over all, shows a Truckin Board being pieced together. The wheel truck assembly's brake systems attached, then the cables fed through the board, then the wheel truck assemblies bolted to the cavity board. Then the cable and rope adjusted to the rider's stance.
Nothing in this application should be used to limit the invention, whether a professional skate boarder accomplished in trick riding or racing, or the very young child's toy construction. A wheel truck assembly, traditionally, is made of alloys with a steel axle encased in an alloy material. This is an acceptable method of construction. A young child's board could have a wheel assembly built of high impact plastic with steel spindles or other material, whether the brake shoes or rollers are of high impact plastic or alloys or other durable fracture-resistant material, including but not limited to metal. The purpose of brake rollers, whether they are of plastic, alloy, steel, or other material, is to cause friction and resist brake lock up if desired. Rollers do not roll unless brakes are activated. There is nothing to prevent the non-use of rollers. To cause wheel lock up, the centrally pulled brake lever should be of steel to prevent bending. The recoil system would best be made of steel and alloy type material as it is a part of a wheel truck assembly mount, but it could be of any material. Spring steel springs for spiraling around the post of steel, the spool can be of any type of material but made of a material suitable to the type of use. If strength is needed, the part can be made to the strength necessary for the weight load. A Truckin Board can be of any fiber, including alloy supported or fiber glass or other material typically used in skate boards for carrying a human rider. Wheel truck assemblies are designed to carry a load, including, but not limited to, a human being with brake under foot whenever a brake is necessary. Keep truckin but truck safely.
Claims
1. A recreational board vehicle with brakes, a process apparatus comprising an elongated board with a forward and a rear section and section for supporting a helm rider wherein:
- a rear wheel truck assembly mounted in a cavity under a board within a cavity for mounting a wheel truck mount, with a recoil spring drum with a spiral spring brake activation mechanism handle, activating a cable through a board, pulling eccentric frictional brakes on wheels on a spindled axle with rotational shoes, mounted on an axle or support, the axle with removable bumpers for adjustable sized wheels or longer brake shoes, and with adjustable steering dampener,
- a front-wheel trundle-truck assembly mounted under and within a cavity in a board vehicle, at the front section of the elongated board, with cables from a rear section through board, with frictional brakes pulled centrally through a brake adjuster into and through a wheel truck assembly mounting bracket, by pulleys over wheel assembly mount brakes, pulling a coupling between wheels, a lever activating brakes between each wheel by a cable extending through a board to a rear section, where a cog on a rope pulls a lever outside a recoil drum, pulling a lever activating brakes in both sets of wheels at the rear section, while activating brakes by a rope on a recoil in the rear section to activate brakes in the forward section by a cable through a board,
- a rear wheel truck assembly mount within a cavity, within a cavity board, a cable mechanism pulling a cable though a spring system, pulling a cable around and over pulleys through a brake adjuster cable pulled by a lever by a cog as a rope activation, the lever with cable connectors outside a drum, a spring activated recoil pulling back a rope into a drum by a return mechanism, a rope through a lever pulling a cog into a lever, pulling cables through a spring system around pulleys and over a pulley, pulling vertically and horizontally, activating eccentric pivotal brakes between wheels mounted on an axle with spindles, the brakes picked up off wheels by springs,
- a steering dampener coupling adjustment on a wheel truck assembly, allowing adjustment of steering on a board vehicle, where a helm rider pulls a rope, activating a brake mechanism while able to steer left or right, releasing rope, which a recoil pulls back into board and end spring lifts brakes up off a wheel of adjustable size, steering dampener allowing for firm or loose steering.
2. A recreational board according to claim 1, wherein a wheel truck assembly with a spindle for increased ground clearance under an axle with mount for rotational eccentric friction brakes and location for drum recoil is part of wheel truck assembly and mount, an axle with mount for detachable bumper for protecting brake shoes, a removable bumper for increasing wheel size and brake shoe size diameter,
- an adjustable steering dampener for traversing rough terrain, a brake lever pulling a cable between wheel truck assemblies on front and rear truck assemblies attached to shoes between the wheels centrally pulled springs by cables causing shoes to ride over wheel brakes, and adjustable steering allowing effective steering and braking at the same time on skate-board-like vehicles on front or rear.
3. A recreational board vehicle safety claim of claim 1: a wheel truck assembly on the front and rear of an elongated board vehicle with effective brakes while steering with added ground clearance, brakes activated through a recoil mechanism with ability to steer left and right while slowing or stopping the vehicle.
4. A further recreational board vehicle safety claim is whether a human helm operator stands on a Truckin Board or lies down on a Truckin Board, rotational friction brakes with friction wheels may be rotated side to side to extend life to brake shoes or be removed, one side or other side, to aid in downhill steering using brakes while downhill racing.
5. An additional recreational board vehicle safety claim of claim 1 and 2, wherein an elongated board with a front cavity and a rear cavity for mounting the shape of the Truckin Board wheel trundle truck assemblies mount on front and rear sections of elongated board with bore holes for cables and a rope recoil to traverse through board, the rope recoil brake mechanism with a rope handle on a wheel truck assembly aiding rider to stay on board when activating brakes through said board.
6. Recreational board vehicle claim of claim 1: a wheel truck assembly with an axle and eccentric rotational friction brakes pulled by a lever by a cable, by a handle-like rope pulled recoil coiled in a drum on the rear section and-or a forward section operated by a cable through an elongated board past and over pulleys to activate brakes on both ends of Truckin Board as a cog is pulled into a lever, activating frictional brakes by cable for slowing or stopping or simultaneously steering.
7. A safety claim of claim 1 and 2: a recreational board vehicle with a wheel truck assembly with a centrally activated cable for pulling and activating brakes at the wheel by means of a recoiled rope pulling a cog into a lever, activating a cable mechanism on a wheel truck assembly mount, and when released a rope snapping back into a drum while springs pull back a cable into a free position.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 23, 2004
Publication Date: May 25, 2006
Inventor: Jeffrey Harnden (Corcoran, CA)
Application Number: 11/001,337
International Classification: A63C 17/00 (20060101);