A brake assembly for a longboard can include an anchor member coupled to a rear hanger member of a longboard, a brake lever member coupled to a brake pad, and a pedal assembly coupled to the brake lever member via at least one cable. The brake lever member can be pivotably coupled to the anchor member and movable between an applied position wherein the brake pad contacts a wheel of the longboard and an unapplied position. The pedal assembly can selectively move the brake lever between the applied position and the unapplied position when actuated by a user.

A self-balancing board is provided, comprising a primary wheel assembly, a platform, at least one sensor, a controller, a first auxiliary wheel assembly, and a first brake element. The primary wheel assembly comprises a primary wheel and a motor driving the primary wheel. The platform is secured to the primary wheel assembly and has a foot deck. The at least one sensor senses the orientation of the platform. The controller receives data from the at least one sensor and controls the motor in response to the received data. The first auxiliary wheel assembly is secured to the platform distal the primary wheel assembly, and is elevated from contacting a flat surface upon which the primary wheel rests when the foot deck is parallel to the flat surface. The first brake element is manually movable relative to the first auxiliary wheel assembly to engage the first auxiliary wheel assembly to provide resistance to rotation of the first auxiliary wheel assembly.

The present invention is related to a skateboard safety brake that is pear shaped and is coupled to the rear tail portion of a skateboard.

According to one aspect, an apparatus for reducing the speed or acceleration of motion of a skateboard and its user is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the apparatus includes one or more friction elements that are removably affixed to a substantially flat resilient member at a location near the first end of the resilient member typically proximate to the rear wheel mounting truck; the resilient member is then affixed by fasteners upon its opposite and second end to the underneath face of the platform of the skateboard, typically proximate to or forward of the center of the platform. The apparatus also includes a substantially rigid linkage that penetrates the skateboard platform and is affixed to near the first end of the resilient member for the purpose of interfacing the first end of the resilient member selectively to one foot of a user of the skateboard, such that when the user desires to reduce the speed or acceleration of the skateboard the user applies to the linkage a force substantially normal to the skateboard platform and therefore the resilient member. The force applied to the resilient member causes the friction element or elements to contact the riding surface, creating by the contact of the friction element or elements with the riding surface a frictional force that is transmitted to the skateboard platform via the fixation of the second end of the resilient member to the skateboard, opposingly counteracting the velocity or acceleration of the skateboard and user, thereby slowing the motion. The frictional force is modulated by the variable force applied to the apparatus by the user.

A self-balancing board is provided, comprising a primary wheel assembly, a platform, at least one sensor, a controller, a first auxiliary wheel assembly, and a first brake element. The primary wheel assembly comprises a primary wheel and a motor driving the primary wheel. The platform is secured to the primary wheel assembly and has a foot deck. The at least one sensor senses the orientation of the platform. The controller receives data from the at least one sensor and controls the motor in response to the received data. The first auxiliary wheel assembly is secured to the platform distal the primary wheel assembly, and is elevated from contacting a flat surface upon which the primary wheel rests when the foot deck is parallel to the flat surface. The first brake element is manually movable relative to the first auxiliary wheel assembly to engage the first auxiliary wheel assembly to provide resistance to rotation of the first auxiliary wheel assembly.

A motorized skateboard assembly for driving and steering using an input which is operated by a user's feet includes a platform with wheels attached via brackets. A drive system is operatively coupled to the wheels, and an input is electrically coupled to the drive system to operate the wheels. The input is mounted on a top side of the platform for operation by the user's feet. The input includes actuators for driving the platform forward, braking the wheels, and steering the platform while driving it forward.

Devices and methods of transport are disclosed. Various embodiments include structural aspects related to steering and changing the direction of conveyances including features which utilize leaning or shifting of weight as part of turning.

A skateboard with positive camber steering includes a frame and a board pivotally coupled to the frame. A steering assembly is coupled to the end portion of the frame and includes an upper truck arm, a lower truck arm, and at least one wheel. The upper truck arm and the lower truck arm are spaced apart relative to the frame, and the wheel has an axis of rotation. The upper truck arm and the lower truck arm are each rotatable about an axis of travel parallel to the skateboard's line of travel, and the upper truck arm is coupled to the wheel above the axis of rotation relative to the surface, with the lower truck arm coupled to the wheel below the axis of rotation relative to the surface. Thus the upper truck arm extends farther from the frame than the lower truck arm, thereby imparting a positive camber in the direction of steering.

What is new about this inventions is that it does not use the wheels for any stopping. The nature of the technical disclosure of my invention is that when a person of any weight were to put pressure of the back of a skateboard where are described brake is attached it will slow now and/or stop depending up weight and pressure. It will not get in the way of any skateboard tricks as it is sloped from 0 to 1 inch in height. If one puts all their weight on one foot at the back of the board it will stop and just a few feet regardless of weight of boarder. A Google search shows the US has 11 million skateboards who have an average of two boards. We can retrofit approximately 85% of the existing boards and hopefully save many hospital emergency calls and the average of 4.3 skateboard deaths per year. A google search shows an average 64,500 emergency skateboard visits per year.

A self-balancing board is provided, comprising a primary wheel assembly, a platform, at least one sensor, a controller, a first auxiliary wheel assembly, and a first brake element. The primary wheel assembly comprises a primary wheel and a motor driving the primary wheel. The platform is secured to the primary wheel assembly and has a foot deck. The at least one sensor senses the orientation of the platform. The controller receives data from the at least one sensor and controls the motor in response to the received data. The first auxiliary wheel assembly is secured to the platform distal the primary wheel assembly, and is elevated from contacting a flat surface upon which the primary wheel rests when the foot deck is parallel to the flat surface. The first brake element is manually movable relative to the first auxiliary wheel assembly to engage the first auxiliary wheel assembly to provide resistance to rotation of the first auxiliary wheel assembly.