Scooter board

Claim 2

A scooter type coaster vehicle comprising a foot board, fore and aft spaced tandem caster wheels on the bottom of the foot board and each freely and independently swiveled for a full 360° of rotation in either direction on a swivel axis substantially normal to the foot board, a forward balancing handle for the vehicle attached fixedly to the foot board and rising thereabove, and said balancing handle having a top hand grip portion arranged substantially above the swivel axis of the forward caster wheel of the vehicle.

Claim 3

A scooter type coaster vehicle as defined in claim 1, and said balancing handle being bifurcated near its lower end to form a pair of substantially parallel longitudinal handle mounting extensions beneath the forward end portion of said foot board in straddling relationship to the forward caster wheel, and releasable clamp elements on the bottom of the foot board engaging said parallel extensions whereby the extensions are held fixedly against the bottom of the foot board and can be adjusted fore and aft relative to the foot board.

Claim 4

A scooter type coaster vehicle as defined in claim 2, and said forward caster wheel having a mounting plate engaging the bottom of the foot board between said parallel handle extensions symmetrically, and fastener elements common to said caster mounting plate and said clamp elements for anchoring both rigidly to the foot board.

Claim 5

A scooter type coaster vehicle as defined in claim 3, and said fastener elements and clamp elements being four in number and arranged in a rectangular array.

Claim 6

A scooter type coaster vehicle as defined in claim 1, and said handle top hand grip portion being vertically adjustable.

Claim 7

A scooter type coaster vehicle comprising an elongated foot board having forward and rear ends, a single pair of fore and aft tandem caster wheels on the bottom of the foot board at the longitudinal center thereof and each being freely and independently swiveled for 360° of rotation about a rotational axis normal to the plane of the foot board, said caster wheels disposed near and inwardly of the forward and rear ends of the foot board, and a balancing handle for the vehicle fixed to and rising from a forward end portion of the foot board and having an upper hand grip substantially in alignment with the rotational axis of the forward caster wheel.

Claim 8

A scooter type coaster vehicle comprising an elongated foot board having forward and rear ends, a single pair of fore and aft tandem caster wheels on the bottom of the foot board at the longitudinal center thereof and each being freely and independently swiveled for 360° of rotation about a rotational axis normal to the plane of the foot board, said caster wheels disposed near and inwardly of the forward and rear ends of the foot board, and a balancing handle for the vehicle fixed to and rising from a forward end portion of the foot board and having an upper hand grip substantially in alignment with the rotational axis of the forward caster wheel.

Claim 9

A scooter type coaster vehicle comprising an elongated foot board, a pair of fore and aft spaced tandem caster wheels positioned on the bottom of the foot board along the longitudinal center thereof and each being freely and independently swiveled for 360° of rotation about a rotational axis normal to the plane of the foot board, said fore and aft caster wheel being disposed near and inwardly of the forward and rear ends of the foot board respectively and providing the sole means for rotational support, and a balancing handle for the vehicle which extends upward above the forward end of the footboard.

Claim 10

A scooter type coaster vehicle comprising an elongated foot board, a pair of fore and aft spaced tandem caster wheels positioned on the bottom of the foot board along the longitudinal center thereof and each being freely and independently swiveled for 360° of rotation about a rotational axis normal to the plane of the foot board, said fore and aft caster wheel being disposed near and inwardly of the forward and rear ends of the foot board respectively and providing the sole means for rotational support, and a balancing handle for the vehicle which extends upward above the forward end of the footboard.

Claim 11

A scooter type coaster vehicle as defined in claim 7 and each of said spaced caster wheels being a single wheel.