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A wheel mounting assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly, typically comprising an axle and one or more wheels, to a platform attached to or integral with a wheeled object, such as skateboards, roller skates, rollerblades, backpacks, luggage, dollies and the like. The wheel mounting assembl

A wheel mounting assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly, typically comprising an axle and one or more wheels, to a platform attached to or integral with a wheeled object, such as skateboards, roller skates, rollerblades, backpacks, luggage, dollies and the like. The wheel mounting assembly comprises a wheel mount connector attached to the platform and a wheel mount, which is attached to the wheel assembly, that are configured for twist-and-lock engagement. The wheel mount has a mounting cavity for receiving the wheel mount connector and an internal elongated spring member that biases an engagement member into a slot on the wheel mount connector to prevent unintended disengagement of the wheel mounting assembly from the platform. One or more securing mechanisms secure the wheel mount to the wheel mount connector. The wheel mounting assembly can securely join multiple platform sections together without tools to simplify carrying or storing the object.

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1. A wheel mount assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly to a wheeled object, said wheel mount assembly comprising: an outwardly projecting wheel mount connector on said wheeled object;a wheel mount having a mounting cavity shaped and configured to receive said wheel mount connector therei

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A wheel mount assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly to a wheeled object, said wheel mount assembly comprising: an outwardly projecting wheel mount connector on said wheeled object;a wheel mount having a mounting cavity shaped and configured to receive said wheel mount connector therein, said wheel mount configured to cooperatively engage said wheel mount connector so as to releasably attach said wheel mount to said wheeled object, said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount configured for twist-and-lock engagement, said wheel assembly attached to or integral with said wheel mount; andsecuring means interconnecting said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount for removably securing said wheel mount to said wheel mount connector, said securing means comprising an elongated spring member, a guide member and an engagement member on said wheel mount and a cut-out section in said wheel mount connector, a first end of said spring member attached to said wheel mount, a second end of said spring member attached to or integral with said guide member, said engagement member sized and configured to be received in said cut-out section, said spring member configured to bias said engagement member into said cut-out section. 2. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 1, wherein said guide member is configured to selectively move said engagement member out of said cut-out section to allow removal of said wheel mount from said wheel mount connector. 3. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 2, wherein said wheel mount comprises a pair of guide member supports defining a guide cavity, said guide member slidably disposed in said guide cavity between said guide member supports. 4. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 3 further comprising a wheel mount securing means for securing said guide member in said guide cavity so as to prevent said engagement member from moving out of said cut-out section. 5. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 4, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a ball disposed in at least one of said guide member supports and a detent cooperatively positioned on a side of said guide member, said ball biased into said guide cavity from said at least one of said guide member supports and received in said detent so as to secure said guide member in said guide cavity and said engagement member in said cut-out section. 6. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 4, wherein each of said guide member supports has a ball biased into said guide cavity from said guide member supports and said guide member has a detent cooperatively positioned on each of two sides thereof, each of said balls being biased into and received in said detents so as to secure said guide member in said guide cavity and said engagement member in said cut-out section. 7. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 4, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a button slidably disposed in a button aperture in said guide member and a biasing means for biasing said button out of said button aperture. 8. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 7, wherein said wheel mount securing means further comprises a slide rod connected to said button and a detent configured to receive said slide rod when said biasing means biases said button. 9. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 4, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a slide mechanism on said wheeled object and a channel in said engagement member, said slide mechanism having a retainer bar configured to be slideably received in said channel so as to selectively secure said engagement member in said cut-out section. 10. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 9, wherein said wheel mount securing means further comprises a bar lock member on said guide member and a detent on said retainer bar, said bar lock member sized and configured to engage said detent so as to prevent said retainer bar from sliding out of said channel 11. The wheel mounting assembly according to claim 1, wherein said wheeled object comprises a platform having a top surface and a bottom surface. 12. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 11, wherein said platform comprises two or more platform sections and said wheel mount connector comprises two or more connector components, at least one of said connector components on each of said platform sections, said mounting cavity of said wheel mount configured to hold said connector components together so as to abuttingly join said platform sections together. 13. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 12, wherein said platform sections comprises a first end section, a second end section and a center section disposed between said first end section and said second end section. 14. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 13, wherein said wheeled object comprises a first wheel mount connector on said platform configured to removably mount a first wheel mount to said bottom surface of said platform so as to abuttingly join a second end of said first end section to a first end of said center section and a second wheel mount on said platform configured to removably mount a second wheel mount to said bottom surface of said platform so as to abuttingly join a first end of said second end section to a second end of said center section. 15. The wheel mounting assembly according to claim 11, wherein said wheel mount connector is on said bottom surface of said platform. 16. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 1, wherein said securing means comprises at least one projecting lip on said wheel mount connector and at least one receiving lip on said mounting cavity, said projecting lip configured to engage said receiving lip to attach said wheel mount to said wheeled object. 17. A wheel mount assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly to a mount surface of a platform, said wheel mount assembly comprising: an outwardly projecting wheel mount connector on said mounting surface of said platform, said wheel mount connector having at least one projecting lip thereon;a wheel mount having a pair of guide member supports and a mounting cavity, said guide members defining a guide cavity, said mounting cavity having at least one receiving lip thereon, said mounting cavity shaped and configured to receive said wheel mount connector therein, said receiving lip configured to cooperatively engage said projecting lip on said wheel mount connector so as to releasably attach said wheel mount to said platform, said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount configured for twist-and-lock engagement, said wheel assembly attached to or integral with said wheel mount;securing means interconnecting said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount for removably securing said wheel mount to said wheel mount connector, said securing means comprising an elongated spring member, a guide member and an engagement member on said wheel mount and a cut-out section in said wheel mount connector, said spring member attached to said wheel mount and attached to or integral with said guide member, said engagement member sized and configured to be received in said cut-out section, said spring member configured to bias said engagement member into said cut-out section, said guide member slidably disposed in said guide cavity between said guide member supports and configured to selectively move said engagement member out of said cut-out section to allow removal of said wheel mount from said wheel mount connector; anda wheel mount securing means for securing said guide member in said guide cavity so as to prevent said engagement member from moving out of said cut-out section. 18. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 17, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a slide mechanism on said mounting surface and a channel in said engagement member, said slide mechanism having a retainer bar configured to be slideably received in said channel so as to selectively secure said engagement member in said cut-out section. 19. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 18, wherein said wheel mount securing means further comprises a bar lock member on said guide member and a detent on said retainer bar, said bar lock member sized and configured to engage said detent so as to prevent said retainer bar from sliding out of said channel 20. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 17, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a button slidably disposed in a button aperture in said guide member and a biasing means for biasing said button out of said button aperture. 21. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 20, wherein said wheel mount securing means further comprises a slide rod connected to said button and a detent configured to receive said slide rod when said biasing means biases said button. 22. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 17, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a ball disposed in at least one of said guide member supports and a detent cooperatively positioned on a side of said guide member, said ball biased into said guide cavity from said at least one of said guide member supports and received in said detent so as to secure said guide member in said guide cavity and said engagement member in said cut-out section. 23. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 17, wherein each of said guide member supports has a ball biased into said guide cavity from said guide member supports and said guide member has a detent cooperatively positioned on each of two sides thereof, each of said balls being biased into and received in said detents so as to secure said guide member in said guide cavity and said engagement member in said cut-out section. 24. A wheel mount assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly to a mount surface of a platform, said wheel mount assembly comprising: an outwardly projecting wheel mount connector on said mounting surface of said platform;a wheel mount having a mounting cavity, said mounting cavity shaped and configured to receive said wheel mount connector therein and to cooperatively engage said wheel mount connector so as to releasably attach said wheel mount to said platform, said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount configured for twist-and-lock engagement, said wheel assembly attached to or integral with said wheel mount;latching means interconnecting said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount for removably latching said wheel mount to said wheel mount connector, said latching means having an elongated spring member, a guide member and an engagement member on said wheel mount and a cut-out section in said wheel mount connector, a first end of said spring member attached to said wheel mount and a second end of said spring member attached to or integral with said engagement member, said engagement member attached to or integral with said guide member and sized and configured to be received in said cut-out section, said spring member configured to bias said engagement member into said cut-out section, said guide member configured to selectively move said engagement member out of said cut-out section to allow removal of said wheel mount from said wheel mount connector; andsecuring means for securing said guide member in said guide cavity so as to prevent said engagement member from moving out of said cut-out section, said securing means having a button slidably disposed in a button aperture in said guide member and a means for biasing said button out of said button aperture. 25. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 24, wherein said wheel mount comprises a mount body and a mount base, said elongated spring member flexibly disposed between said mount body and said mount base. 26. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 25, wherein said first end of said spring member is disposed at a first end of said mount body and said second end of said spring member is disposed a second end of said mount body, said guide member and said engagement member disposed generally at or towards said second end of said second end of said mount body. 27. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 24, wherein said securing means further comprises a slide rod connected to said button and a detent configured to receive said slide rod when said biasing means biases said button. 28. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 24, wherein said wheel mount connector has at least one projecting lip thereon and said mounting cavity has at least one receiving lip thereon, said projecting lip configured to engage said receiving lip to attach said wheel mount to said wheel mount connector. 29. A wheel mount assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly to a wheeled object, said wheel mount assembly comprising: an outwardly projecting wheel mount connector on said wheeled object;a wheel mount having a pair of guide member supports and a mounting cavity, said guide member supports defining a guide cavity, said mounting cavity shaped and configured to receive said wheel mount connector therein, said wheel mount configured to cooperatively engage said wheel mount connector so as to releasably attach said wheel mount to said wheeled object, said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount configured for twist-and-lock engagement, said wheel assembly attached to or integral with said wheel mount;securing means interconnecting said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount for removably securing said wheel mount to said wheel mount connector, said securing means having an elongated spring member, a guide member and an engagement member on said wheel mount and a cut-out section in said wheel mount connector, said spring member attached to said wheel mount and attached to or integral with said guide member, said engagement member sized and configured to be received in said cut-out section, said spring member configured to bias said engagement member into said cut-out section, said guide member configured to selectively move said engagement member out of said cut-out section to allow removal of said wheel mount from said wheel mount connector, said guide member slidably disposed in said guide cavity between said guide member supports; anda wheel mount securing means for securing said guide member in said guide cavity so as to prevent said engagement member from moving out of said cut-out section. 30. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 29, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a button slidably disposed in a button aperture in said guide member and a biasing means for biasing said button out of said button aperture. 31. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 30, wherein said securing means further comprises a slide rod connected to said button and a detent configured to receive said slide rod when said biasing means biases said button. 32. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 29, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a ball disposed in at least one of said guide member supports and a detent cooperatively positioned on a side of said guide member, said ball biased into said guide cavity from said at least one of said guide member supports and received in said detent so as to secure said guide member in said guide cavity and said engagement member in said cut-out section. 33. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 29, wherein each of said guide member supports has a ball biased into said guide cavity from said guide member supports and said guide member has a detent cooperatively positioned on each of two sides thereof, each of said balls being biased into and received in said detents so as to secure said guide member in said guide cavity and said engagement member in said cut-out section. 34. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 29, wherein said wheel mount securing means comprises a slide mechanism on said wheeled object and a channel in said engagement member, said slide mechanism having a retainer bar configured to be slidably received in said channel so as to selectively secure said engagement member in said cut-out section. 35. The wheel mount assembly according to claim 34, wherein said wheel mount securing means further comprises a bar lock member on said guide member and a detent on said retainer bar, said bar lock member sized and configured to engage said detent so as to prevent said retainer bar from sliding out of said channel.