Wheeled sport apparatus, as for training and recreation
View Patent ↗A wheeled sport apparatus may comprise a platform and first and second sets of wheels disposed on the platform. Each set of wheels may include a center wheel between two outboard wheels and the outboard wheels may be toed outward for defining a turning radius. One or more carrier wheels may be provided between the first and second sets of wheels.
1. Wheeled sport apparatus comprising:
a platform having first and second ends and first and second side edges, having a top riding surface and a bottom surface, and having a longitudinal axis along its length substantially centrally between the first and second side edges;
a first set of wheels for rolling in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and located proximate the first end of said platform spaced apart relationship generally along a line that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said platform, wherein each of said first set of wheels is disposed in an opening in said platform, wherein at least two of said first set of wheels are outboard wheels, wherein each of said first set of wheels extends above the top riding surface of said platform; and
a second set of wheels rolling in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and located proximate the second end of said platform in spaced apart relationship generally along a line that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said platform, wherein each of said second set of wheels is disposed in an opening in said platform, wherein at least two of said second set of wheels are outboard wheels, wherein each of said second set of wheels extends above the top riding surface of said platform wherein each of the outboard wheels is toed outward at an angle for defining a turning radius.
2. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 1 wherein the turning radius:
is between about four meters and about fifteen meters, or
is about eight meters, or
is about five meters.
3. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second side edges of said platform defines a concave curve having a radius of about the turning radius.
4. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 1 wherein the axes of rotation of the outboard wheels are between the top riding surface and the bottom surface of said platform.
5. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 1 wherein the axes of rotation of the outboard wheels are above the top riding surface of said platform.
6. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
at least first and second carrier wheels located on said platform between said first set of wheels and said second set of wheels, wherein the first carrier wheel is closer to the first set of wheels than to the second set of wheels and wherein the second carrier wheel is closer to the second set of wheels than to the first set of wheels.
7. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
a mounting arrangement for a receiving foot restraining device on the top riding surface of said platform.
8. Wheeled sport apparatus comprising:
a platform having first and second ends and first and second side edges, having a top riding surface and a bottom surface, and having a longitudinal axis along its length substantially centrally between the first and second side edges;
first and second sets of wheels for rolling in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and located in respective openings in said platform proximate the first and second ends, respectively, of said platform in spaced apart relationship generally along a line that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said platform,
wherein two wheels of each of said first and second sets of wheels ere outboard wheels,
wherein each wheel of said first and second sets of wheels extends above the top riding surface of said platform,
wherein the toeing out of the outboard wheels defines a turning radius, and wherein the turning radius:
is between about four meters and about fifteen meters, or
is about eight meters, or
is about five meters.
9. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 8 wherein each of the first and second side edges of said platform defines a concave curve having a radius of about the turning radius.
10. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 8 wherein the axes of rotation of the outboard wheels are above the bottom surface of said platform and below the top riding surface of said platform.
11. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 8 wherein the axes of rotation of the outboard wheels are above the top riding surface of said platform.
12. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 8 further comprising:
at least first and second carrier wheels located on said platform between said first set of wheels and said second set of wheels, wherein the first carrier wheel is closer to the first set of wheels than to the second set of wheels and wherein the second carrier wheel is closer to the second set of wheels than to the first set of wheels.
13. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 8 further comprising:
a mounting arrangement for a receiving foot restraining device on the top riding surface of said platform.
14. Wheeled sport apparatus comprising:
a platform having first and second ends and first and second side edges, having a top riding surface and a bottom surface, and having a longitudinal axis along its length substantially centrally between the first and second side edges;
a first set of wheels for rolling in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and located proximate the first end of said platform in spaced apart relationship generally along a line that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said platform, wherein at least two of said first set of wheels are outboard wheels disposed in openings in said platform, wherein each wheel of said first set of wheels extends above the top riding surface of said platform and below the bottom surface of said platform, and wherein each of the outboard wheels is toed outward at an angle for defining a turning radius; and
a second set of wheels for rolling in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and located proximate the second end of said platform in spaced apart relationship generally along a line that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said platform, wherein at least two of said second set of wheels are outboard wheels disposed in openings in said platform, wherein each wheel of said second set of wheels extends above the top riding surface of said platform and below the bottom surface of said platform, and wherein each of the outboard wheels is toed outward at the angle for the defined turning radius.
15. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 14 wherein the turning radius:
is between about four meters and about fifteen meters, or
is about eight meters, or
is about five meters.
16. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 14 wherein each of the first and second side edges of said platform defines a concave curve having a radius of about the turning radius.
17. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 14 wherein the axes of rotation of the outboard wheels are between the top riding surface and the bottom surface of said platform.
18. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 14 wherein the axes of rotation of the outboard wheels are above the top riding surface of said platform.
19. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 14 further comprising:
at least first and second carrier wheels located on said platform between said first set of wheels and said second set of wheels, wherein the first carrier wheel is closer to the first set of wheels than to the second set of wheels and wherein the second carrier wheel is closer to the second set of wheels than to the first set of wheels.
20. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 14 further comprising:
a mounting arrangement for a receiving foot restraining device on the top riding surface of said platform.
21. Wheeled sport apparatus comprising:
a platform having first and second ends and first and second side edges, having a top riding surface and a bottom surface, and having a longitudinal axis along its length substantially centrally between the first and second side edges;
first and second sets of wheels for rolling in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and located on said platform proximate the first and second ends, respectively, of said platform in spaced apart relationship generally along a line that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said platform,
wherein two wheels of each of said first and second sets of wheels are outboard wheels,
wherein each of the outboard wheels of said first and second sets of wheels is disposed at a toed out angle defining a turning radius, and
wherein each wheel of said first and second sets of wheels extends above the top riding surface of said platform and below the bottom surface of said platform.
22. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 21 wherein the turning radius:
is between about four meters and about fifteen meters, or
is about eight meters, or
is about five meters.
23. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 21 wherein each of the first and second side edges of said platform defines a concave curve having a radius of about the turning radius.
24. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 21 wherein the axes of rotation of the outboard wheels are above the bottom surface of said platform and below the top riding surface of said platform.
25. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 21 wherein the axes of rotation of the outboard wheels are above the top riding surface of said platform.
26. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 21 further comprising:
at least first and second carrier wheels located on said platform between said first set of wheels and said second set of wheels, wherein the first carrier wheel is closer to the first set of wheels than to the second set of wheels and wherein the second carrier wheel is closer to the second set of wheels than to the first set of wheels.
27. The wheeled sport apparatus of claim 21 further comprising:
a mounting arrangement for a receiving foot restraining device on the top riding surface of said platform.