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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1993
Min Ming Tarng, San Jose, CA (US);
Tang System, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The single-foot drivable skate and skateboard is constituted of the simultaneously steering-driving mechanism, synchronous differential driving mechanism, wheel and board. The simultaneously steering-driving mechanism comprises a universal pedal, the driving-steering rod and the single pole truck. The single pole truck pivotally supports the board with a pivot joint or ball joint. The driving-steering rod slides in the slot passing through the pivotal joint and the truck. The synchronous differential driving mechanism made of the noncontact gripping force or the upper-bounded gripping force includes the engaging drums shifted by the shift screws. The shift screws are knotched at the ends of the crankshaft axis. With the manipulation of a sole or heel, the skate or skateboard can twist the pedal to skate, tread the pedals to skate forward and backward, accelerate, decelerate, free-run, brake, turn right and left. To run on muddy and snowy roads, the non-stretchable length-adjustable belts are wrapped on the groovy sprocket wheels. The universal length-adjusting gears adjust the length of the belts and keep the tension in the belts.