Adjustable mounting members for skateboards and related methods of use

Abstract

The present disclosure provides advantageous skateboard assemblies (e.g., advantageous skateboard mounting member assemblies). More particularly, the present disclosure provides advantageous adjustable mounting members/assemblies for skateboards and related methods of use. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for adjustable, movable, slideable, rotatable, interchangeable and/or removable mounting members/assemblies for skateboards. The skateboard mounting member assemblies typically include a contoured or shaped top surface (e.g., ergonomically curved, shaped and/or contoured top surface), each contoured/shaped top surface configured and dimensioned to provide the user/rider an advantageous surface that a user/rider can position a foot (or feet) onto/over during use (e.g., a surface that a user/rider can utilize to place or position a foot directly onto/above, with the bottom side of the user's foot contacting the contoured top surface of the mounting member assembly).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A skateboard mounting member assembly comprising:
 a first mounting member having a contoured top surface, the first mounting member configured and dimensioned to be mounted to at least a portion of a top side of a skateboard deck in a first position;   wherein the contoured top surface of the first mounting member is configured and dimensioned to provide a user a surface that the user can utilize to place or position a foot directly onto or above, with a bottom side of the user's foot contacting the contoured top surface of the first mounted mounting member during use of the skateboard deck;   wherein the first mounting member includes an elongated slot therethrough, the elongated slot configured and dimensioned to allow a fastener member to pass therethrough and tightened through the skateboard deck to mount the first mounting member to the top side of the skateboard deck in the first position; and   wherein the elongated slot is configured to allow a user to loosen the mounted fastener member while the fastener member remains at least in part within the elongated slot and thereafter allow the first mounting member to be moved to a second position relative to the top side of the skateboard deck and relative to the loosened fastener member within the elongated slot, and thereafter allow the fastener member to be tightened and to pass through the skateboard deck to mount the first mounting member to the top side of the skateboard deck in the second position;   wherein the first position of the first mounted mounting member is different than the second position of the first mounted mounting member on the top side of the skateboard deck.   
     
     
         2 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the fastener member is configured and dimensioned to be mounted to a truck assembly, the truck assembly mounted to a bottom side of the skateboard deck. 
     
     
         3 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the first mounting member includes, at least in part, a moldable and curable material. 
     
     
         4 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein after the first mounting member is mounted to at least a portion of the top side of the skateboard deck, the first mounting member is movable, slideable, rotatable and removable relative to the top side of the skateboard deck. 
     
     
         5 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the contoured top surface of the first mounting member rises and slopes upwardly from at least a portion of an outer edge of the first mounting member and extends to a top surface of the first mounting member, the top surface including a substantially planar portion. 
     
     
         6 . The assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a second mounting member having a top surface, the second mounting member configured and dimensioned to be mounted to: (i) the first mounting member, and (ii) the top side of the skateboard deck;   wherein the top surface of the second mounting member is configured and dimensioned to provide a user a surface that the user can utilize to place or position a foot directly onto or above, with a bottom side of the user's foot contacting the top surface of the mounted second mounting member during use of the skateboard deck.   
     
     
         7 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the first mounting member is configured and dimensioned to substantially extend over the entire surface of the top side of the skateboard deck. 
     
     
         8 . The assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the first mounting member includes an elevated portion that extends upwardly from the top surface of the first mounting member. 
     
     
         9 . The assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the second mounting member is configured and dimensioned to be press-fit or snap-fit to the first mounting member when the first and second mounting members are mounted to one another. 
     
     
         10 . The assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the loosened fastener member is configured to extend through the skateboard deck when the first mounting member is moved to the second position. 
     
     
         11 . A mounting method comprising:
 providing a skateboard deck having a top side;   providing a first mounting member having a contoured top surface, the first mounting member including an elongated slot therethrough, the elongated slot configured and dimensioned to allow a fastener member to pass therethrough to allow the first mounting member to be mounted to the top side of the skateboard deck in a first position;   mounting the first mounting member to the top side of the skateboard deck in the first position by passing and tightening the fastener member through the elongated slot and through the skateboard deck;   loosening the mounted fastener member while the fastener member remains at least in part within the elongated slot;   moving the first mounting member to a second position relative to the top side of the skateboard deck and relative to the loosened fastener member within the elongated slot;   mounting the first mounting member to the top side of the skateboard deck in the second position by tightening the fastener member within the elongated slot and through the skateboard deck;   wherein the first position of the mounted first mounting member is different than the second position of the mounted first mounting member on the top side of the skateboard deck; and   wherein the contoured top surface of the first mounting member is configured and dimensioned to provide a user a surface that the user can utilize to place or position a foot directly onto or above, with a bottom side of the user's foot contacting the contoured top surface of the mounted first mounting member during use of the skateboard deck.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the fastener member is mounted to a truck assembly when the first mounting member is in the first or second mounted position, the truck assembly mounted to a bottom side of the skateboard deck. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising after mounting the first mounting member to the top side of the skateboard deck in the second position:
 loosening the mounted fastener member while the fastener member remains at least in part within the elongated slot;   moving the first mounting member to a third position relative to the top side of the skateboard deck and relative to the loosened fastener member within the elongated slot;   mounting the first mounting member to the top side of the skateboard deck in the third position by tightening the fastener member within the elongated slot and through the skateboard deck;   wherein the third position of the first mounted mounting member is different than the first and second positions of the mounted first mounting member on the top side of the skateboard deck.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first mounting member includes, at least in part, a moldable and curable material. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the loosened fastener member extends through the skateboard deck while the first mounting member is moved to the second position. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein after the first mounting member is mounted to the top side of the skateboard deck, the first mounting member is movable, slideable, rotatable and/or removable relative to the top side of the skateboard deck. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 providing a second mounting member having a top surface,   mounting the second mounting member to: (i) the first mounting member, and (ii) the top side of the skateboard deck;   wherein the top surface of the second mounting member is configured and dimensioned to provide a user a surface that the user can utilize to place or position a foot directly onto or above, with a bottom side of the user's foot contacting the top surface of the mounted second mounting member during use of the skateboard deck.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first mounting member is fabricated via an additive process. 
     
     
         19 . A skateboard assembly comprising:
 a skateboard deck having a top side and a bottom side;   first and second truck assemblies mounted to the bottom side of the skateboard deck; and   a mounting member assembly that includes a mounting member having a contoured top surface, the mounting member configured and dimensioned to be mounted to: (i) the top side of the skateboard deck in a first position, and (ii) the first or second truck assembly;   wherein the contoured top surface of the mounting member is configured and dimensioned to provide a user a surface that the user can utilize to place or position a foot directly onto or above, with a bottom side of the user's foot contacting the contoured top surface of the mounted mounting member during use of the skateboard deck;   wherein the mounting member includes an elongated slot therethrough, the elongated slot configured and dimensioned to allow a fastener member to pass therethrough and tightened through the skateboard deck to mount the mounting member to the top side of the skateboard deck in the first position;   wherein the elongated slot is configured to allow a user to loosen the mounted fastener member while the fastener member remains at least in part within the elongated slot and thereafter allow the mounting member to be moved to a second position relative to the top side of the skateboard deck and relative to the loosened fastener member within the elongated slot, and thereafter allow the fastener member to be tightened and to pass through the skateboard deck to mount the mounting member to the top side of the skateboard deck in the second position;   wherein the first position of the mounted mounting member is different than the second position of the mounted mounting member on the top side of the skateboard deck; and   wherein the loosened fastener member is configured to extend through the skateboard deck when the first mounting member is moved to the second position.