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Granted Patent B2
US 9,707,468 · App. 15/262,890 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

Rotatable footplate integrated with bearing assembly imbedded in a single-board sport board

Inventor: Charles D. Cole, III (Greenvile, SC)
A63C10/18A63C5/03A63C5/06A63C5/128A63C10/14F16C19/16F16C19/163G05G1/40A63C2203/40A63C2203/54F16C2316/30Y10T74/20528
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Patent No.
US 9,707,468
App. No.
15/262,890
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention would provide a rotatable footplate integrated with a corresponding bearing and well assembly that is imbedded into, screwed into, or otherwise, integrally a part of, a single-board sports board, such as a snowboard.

Claims (29)

1. A sports board, said sports board comprising:

a top surface;

a rotational footplate assembly at least partially imbedded in said sports board, and at least partially submerged, below said top surface, said rotational footplate assembly comprising:

a hollow housing,

a ball-bearing assembly and

a shaft,

said hollow housing at least partially imbedded below said top surface said hollow housing at least partially housing said shaft and said ball-bearing assembly below said top surface,

said hollow housing freely rotatably engaging said ball-bearing assembly,

said ball-bearing assembly freely, rotatably engaging said shaft,

said shaft underlying an integrated footplate that comprises a footplate top surface,

said footplate top surface at or above said top surface of said sports board.

2. The sports board of claim 1 , wherein said hollow housing comprises an interior race.

3. The sports board of claim 2 , wherein said shaft comprises an exterior race.

4. The sports board of claim 3 , wherein said ball-bearing assembly comprises a cylindrically-shaped member that houses a plurality of ball bearings, said ball-bearing assembly positioned between said interior race of said hollow housing and said exterior race of said shaft, said ball-bearing assembly presenting some of said plurality of ball bearings for rotational contact with said interior race, said ball-bearing assembly presenting some of said plurality of ball bearings for rotational contact with said exterior race.

5. A rotational footplate assembly for a sports board, said sports board comprising an upper sports board surface said rotational footplate assembly comprising:

a cylindrically-shaped hollow housing comprising a hollow-housing circumference;

a cylindrically-shaped ball-bearing assembly comprising a ball-bearing assembly circumference;

a cylindrically-shaped shaft underlying an integrated footplate, said footplate comprising an upper footplate surface;

said cylindrically-shaped hollow housing freely rotatably engaging said cylindrically-shaped ball-bearing assembly within said hollow-housing circumference, said cylindrically-shaped hollow housing at least partially imbedded in said sports board, and at least partially submerged, below said upper sports board surface; and

said cylindrically-shaped ball-bearing assembly freely rotatably engaging said cylindrically-shaped shaft within said ball-bearing assembly circumference, presenting said upper footplate surface at or above said upper sports board surface, said cylindrically-shaped ball-bearing assembly at least partially submerged below said upper sports board surface.

6. A sports board, said sports board comprising:

an upper sports board surface; and

a rotational footplate assembly, said rotational footplate assembly at least partially submerged below said upper sports board surface, said rotational footplate assembly comprising:

a cylindrically-shaped hollow housing comprising an inner hollow-housing circumference and an outer hollow-housing circumference;

a cylindrically-shaped ball-bearing ring assembly comprising an inner ball-bearing assembly circumference and an outer ball-bearing assembly circumference;

a cylindrically-shaped shaft underlying an integrated footplate, said integrated footplate comprising an upper footplate surface;

at least a portion of said outer hollow-housing circumference of cylindrically-shaped hollow housing engaged in said sports board below said upper sports board surface;

said cylindrically-shaped hollow housing freely rotatably engaging said cylindrically-shaped ball-bearing ring assembly within said inner hollow-housing circumference; and

said cylindrically-shaped ball-bearing ring assembly freely rotatably engaging said cylindrically-shaped shaft within said inner ball-bearing assembly circumference, presenting said upper footplate surface at or above said upper sports board surface.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 14982622 · Dec 29, 2015
Continuation 14629112 · Feb 23, 2015
Continuation 13829419 · Mar 14, 2013
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