US 12,186,649 B2
Skateboard truck with inverted king pin and integrated kingpin fastener
Timothy Piumarta, Aptos, CA (US)
Assigned to NHS, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by NHS, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,926.
Application 18/508,926 is a continuation of application No. 17/958,765, filed on Oct. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,833,411.
Application 17/958,765 is a continuation of application No. 17/158,393, filed on Jan. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,491,389, issued on Nov. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/105,530, filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0108966 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. A63C 17/01 (2006.01)
CPC A63C 17/012 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A skateboard truck, comprising:
a two-sided baseplate configured for mounting to a bottom surface of a skateboard deck;
a hanger configured to hold an axle;
wherein a first side of the two-sided baseplate is positioned against the bottom surface of the skateboard deck and comprises a cavity for housing a fastening nut, wherein the fastening nut comprises a monocoque hex nut, a first portion of the fastening nut comprises a hex portion, and a second portion of the fastening nut comprises a shaft portion;
wherein a second side of the two-sided baseplate is adjacent to the first side of the two-sided baseplate;
a through hole connecting the cavity and the second side of the two-sided baseplate; and
a kingpin bolt having a threaded portion affixed to the fastening nut to secure the two-sided baseplate and hanger together relative to the bottom surface of the skateboard deck via the through hole.