Damping system for skateboards

摘要

A damping system that incorporates a base plate and a hanger with an axle for receiving at least one wheel and a damping element coupling a skateboard deck or the base plate to the hanger and operable to retain the hanger in a normal alignment by introducing a resistance to the motion of the deck or base plate toward or away from the hanger for delaying, reducing, or preventing a speed wobble condition commonly encountered in skateboarding when traveling at a high rate of speed.

主权项

1. A damping system for use with a skateboard deck comprising:
a base plate constructed to releasably couple to the skateboard deck; a hanger constructed to couple to the base plate and assume a preferred alignment and one or more deviant twisted or tilted alignments relative to the preferred alignment, the hanger including an axle for receiving at least one wheel; and a dual direction, viscous fluid filled damping element coupling the skateboard deck or the base plate to the hanger and being constructed to restore the hanger to the preferred alignment by introducing resistance to the twisting motion of the hanger in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction relative to the deck or base plate whenever a deviant alignment is introduced.