US 12,246,245 B1
Segmented siderails for one-wheeled vehicles
Austen Silva, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Julian De La Rua, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to FUTURE MOTION, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed by Future Motion, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/736,091.
Int. Cl. A63C 17/12 (2006.01); A63C 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC A63C 17/12 (2013.01) [A63C 17/08 (2013.01); A63C 2203/24 (2013.01); A63C 2203/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A siderail for a one-wheeled vehicle, the siderail comprising:
a structural rail extending from a front longitudinal end to a rear longitudinal end, two side-by-side apertures passing through a web of the rail and configured to receive corresponding fasteners to couple the rail to an axle of the one-wheeled vehicle;
wherein an imaginary line through centers of the two apertures defines a horizontal reference;
wherein the rail comprises a rearmost section extending rearward at an upward angle relative to the horizontal reference and a frontmost section extending forward at an upward angle relative to the horizontal reference, wherein an entirety of a top edge of the rearmost section is disposed above the frontmost section, and wherein adjacent sections of the rail extend at different angles relative to the horizontal reference than each other; and
wherein the rear longitudinal end of the rail is higher than the front longitudinal end of the rail.