Manually steerable skateboard

Claim 1

A manually steerable skateboard of the type having two pairs of wheels each pair mounted in a dirigible truck; said skateboard comprising: an elongated generally horizontal frame having on its forward end a generally horizontal butt end in which is located generally vertical aperture; a generally horizontally disposed front platform; a plurality of generally cylindrical steering braces connected to the front platform and rising from the front platform in a direction generally parallel to the aperture in the butt end of the frame; a plurality of cross members disposed normal to the steering braces and connecting said braces, the space between said members being sufficient to accommodate the butt end of the frame, each cross member having in its center an aperture of a diameter essentially that of the aperture in the frame butt end; a post capable of passing through the apertures in the butt end and the cross members whose length is sufficient to connect the butt end to the cross members; a plurality of generally cylindrical steering handles each rigidly connected to one steering brace and capable of being grasped by the skateboard rider and used to manually articulate the front platform with respect to said frame; and one of said dirigible trucks supporting said front platform and the other of said dirigible trucks supporting said frame, said trucks being arranged to steer said skateboard in response to rotation of said skateboard about a longitudinal axis thereof.