A runner assembly housing a blade for an ice skateboard and rotatably connected to a truck assembly mounted to a bottom board surface thereof has an elastic biasing cord connecting a an elongate body housing a blade to the truck assembly or the skateboard for biasing the body towards a neutral posit
A runner assembly housing a blade for an ice skateboard and rotatably connected to a truck assembly mounted to a bottom board surface thereof has an elastic biasing cord connecting a an elongate body housing a blade to the truck assembly or the skateboard for biasing the body towards a neutral position in which the blade is substantially parallel to the bottom board surface of the ice skateboard and faces away therefrom. The runner assembly has through openings defining body channels on opposing body ends of the body and through which the biasing cord extends when connected to the body ends, the biasing cord having protrusions for holding the biasing cord in the body channels. The biasing cords are releasably snappably connectable to the body ends by snappingly introducing the biasing cord into the body channels through open neck sections extending into the body channels.
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I claim: 1. An ice skateboard runner assembly for housing a blade of an ice skateboard, the skateboard having a board with a top board surface and a bottom board surface and a truck assembly mounted on the bottom board surface, said runner assembly comprising: an elongate body having generally oppo
I claim: 1. An ice skateboard runner assembly for housing a blade of an ice skateboard, the skateboard having a board with a top board surface and a bottom board surface and a truck assembly mounted on the bottom board surface, said runner assembly comprising: an elongate body having generally opposed first and second longitudinal body ends, said body longitudinally housing the blade and being rotatably connectable to the truck assembly at a mounting position intermediate said first and said second body ends and being positionable in a runner neutral position in which the blade is substantially parallel to the board and faces generally away therefrom; and at least one elastic biasing cord releasably connecting the skateboard to said body ends, for elastically biasing said body toward said neutral position when one of said first body end and said second body end is moved away from the board; wherein each body end has a respective open neck section extending proximally therefrom respectively into a respective body channel therefore defined by a respective through opening extending through said body proximal said body end and each biasing cord has a body connecting means protrusion situated on a first cord end thereof, said respective open neck and said biasing cord being configured for selectively and removably snappably inserting said biasing cord through said respective open neck into said respective body channel to releasaby connect said biasing cord to said body end, said body connecting means protrusion being sized and shaped to prevent passage thereof through said respective body channel. 2. The runner assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one skateboard connecting means opening, disposed on said skateboard, said biasing cord being at least partially extendable through said skateboard connecting means opening for connecting said biasing cord to the skateboard. 3. The runner assembly of claim 2, wherein said biasing means cord further comprises at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion, said at least one skateboard connecting means opening being generally smaller than said at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion and through which said skateboard connecting means protrusion may not pass, said skateboard retaining means protrusion thereby preventing said biasing cord from being integrally withdrawn from said at least one skateboard connecting means opening. 4. The runner assembly of claim 3, wherein each body end comprises a generally convex semicircular respective runner surface, said respective first runner surface being substantially smooth for providing smooth sliding upon a sliding surface engageable thereby when said body end is moved away from the board. 5. The runner assembly of claim 4, wherein each respective runner surface extends transversely across a respective wall protruding outwardly from a respective inner surface extending transversely across said first body end, said respective wall being substantially centrally transversely inset on said body end, said respective wall and said respective inner surface defining a respective inlet section extending longitudinally inwardly from said respective runner surface and in which said biasing cord is at least partially engaged when said respective runner surface is sliding upon said sliding surface, thereby reducing exposure of said biasing cord to said sliding surface. 6. The runner assembly of claim 3, wherein said at least one body connecting means protrusion comprises a first body connecting means protrusion and a second body connecting means protrusion for connecting to said first and second body ends in said respective through apertures therefore. 7. The runner assembly of claim 3, further comprising a board channel extending from a bottom surface opening in the bottom board surface to said skateboard connecting means opening in the top board surface, said biasing cord being passed through said board channel and said at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion being subsequently formed on said biasing cord for preventing said biasing cord from being withdrawn through said board channel and said skateboard connecting means opening when connected to at least one of said first and second body ends until said at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion is removed. 8. The runner assembly of claim 3, further comprising a truck cavity disposed within said truck assembly, said truck cavity having said skateboard connecting means opening disposed on a bottom truck surface facing away from the bottom board surface, said biasing cord being introduced into said truck cavity through said skateboard connecting means opening, and said at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion being subsequently formed within said truck cavity for preventing said biasing cord from being withdrawn from said truck cavity through said skateboard connecting means opening when connected to at least first body connecting means until said at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion is removed. 9. The runner assembly of claim 1, wherein each respective open neck section comprises a respective first outer neck end and a generally opposed respective second outer neck end disposed on said respective first runner surface, said respective first outer neck end and said respective second outer neck end being curved inwardly away from said respective runner surface, thereby rendering said respective open neck section substantially smoothly aligned with said respective runner surface for facilitating sliding thereof upon said sliding surface. 10. The runner assembly of claim 5, wherein said respective through aperture is situated on said respective wall, with said respective body channel extending therethrough, said wall comprising an outwardly flaring respective section recess extending transversally outwardly from said respective through opening, said respective recess having smoothly indented guiding grooves, extending angularly away from opposing sides of said respective through opening, in which said biasing cord follows a rotating movement of said runner assembly on said truck assembly. 11. The runner assembly of claim 5, wherein each said body connecting means protrusion, when said biasing cord is connected to said respective body ends through said respective body channels, is substantially integrally seated in said inlet section to reduce protruding of said biasing cord and said body connecting means protrusion thereof beyond an outer face of said body which faces generally away from said truck assembly when said biasing cord is connected to said respective body end through said body channel, thereby impeding said biasing cord from becoming engaged upon a foreign object situated in proximity of said outer face. 12. The runner assembly of claim 1, wherein said respective runner surfaces are symmetrically shaped with respect to one another and smoothly aligned with one another, and said mounting position is substantially centered between said runner surfaces at substantially equal distances from said first body end and said second body end. 13. The runner assembly of claim 6, wherein said at least one biasing cord comprises a first biasing cord having a longitudinal first cord first end and a generally opposed longitudinal first cord second end and wherein said at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion comprises an intermediate connecting knot formed on an intermediary portion of said cord intermediate said first cord first end and said first cord second end. 14. The runner assembly of claim 6, wherein said at least one biasing cord comprises a first biasing cord having a longitudinal first cord first end and a generally opposed longitudinal first cord second end and wherein said first body connecting means protrusion comprises a first connecting knot formed on said first cord first end and said second body connecting means protrusion comprises a second connecting knot on said first cord second end. 15. The runner assembly of claim 6, wherein said at least one biasing cord comprises a first biasing cord having a longitudinal first cord first end and a generally opposed longitudinal first cord second end and a second biasing cord having a longitudinal second cord first end and a generally opposed longitudinal second cord second end. 16. The runner assembly of claim 15, wherein said at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion comprises a combined connecting knot formed from said first cord second end and said second cord second end. 17. The runner assembly of claim 15, wherein said first body connecting means protrusion comprises a first connecting knot formed on said first cord first end and said second body connecting means protrusion comprises a third connecting knot formed on said second cord first end. 18. The runner assembly of claim 15, wherein said at least one skateboard connecting means opening comprises a first skateboard connecting means opening and a second skateboard connecting means opening and wherein said at least one skateboard connecting means protrusion comprises a first skateboard connecting means protrusion removably selectively connectable to said first skateboard connecting means opening and a second skateboard connecting means protrusion selectively removably connectable to said second skateboard connecting means opening, said first skateboard connecting means protrusion comprising a second connecting knot formed on said first cord second end and said second skateboard connecting means protrusion comprising a fourth connecting knot formed on said second cord second end.
Shumays Adam A. (1248 Varner Rd. Pittsburgh PA 15227) Shumays Sami A. (1248 Varner Rd. Pittsburgh PA 15227) Abu-Shumays Ibrahim K. (1248 Varner Rd. Pittsburgh PA 15227), Ice skateboards.
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