US Patent Issued to Karsten Manufacturing on July 28 for "Skateboards with a multi-wheel truck" (North Carolina, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,360, issued on July 28, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Skateboards with a multi-wheel truck" was invented by Dylan R. Cappello (Charlotte, N.C.), John A. Solheim (Phoenix), Jordan D. Shoenhair (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Justin A Paselk (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-wheel truck that minimizes wheel interactions with discontinuous and uneven surfaces. The truck provides a suspension system that absorbs impact force caused by uneven surfaces and a unique attack angle that allows obstacles to be traversed when approached from a wide range of angles."

The patent was filed on April 4, 2024, under Ap...