Reinforced climbing skins
AssigneeG3 Genuine Guide Gear Inc.
InventorsEdward McCarthy, Cameron Shute
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Abstract
One aspect is an exemplary climbing skin extending along a longitudinal axis. For example, the skin may comprise: an attachment surface engageable with an undersurface of the snow device; a glide surface that slides across snow when moved in a forward direction along a longitudinal axis of the skin and resists sliding across the snow when moved in a rearward direction along the longitudinal axis; and a stiffener element disposed between the attachment surface and the glide surface to resist a lateral bending about the longitudinal axis and permit a longitudinal bending about a lateral axis of the skin that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
Claims20
A climbing skin for a snow device, the skin comprising:
- an attachment surface engageable with an undersurface of the snow device;
- a glide surface that slides across snow when moved in a forward direction along a longitudinal axis of the skin and resists sliding across the snow when moved in a rearward direction along the longitudinal axis;
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- a stiffener element disposed between the attachment surface and the glide surface to resist a lateral bending about the longitudinal axis and permit a longitudinal bending about a lateral axis of the skin that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
A climbing skin for a snow device, the skin comprising:
- an attachment surface engageable with an undersurface of the snow device;
- a glide surface that slides across snow when moved in a forward direction along a longitudinal axis of the skin and resists sliding across the snow when moved in a rearward direction along the longitudinal axis;
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- a stiffener element disposed between the attachment surface and the glide surface to resist a lateral bending about the longitudinal axis and permit a longitudinal bending about a lateral axis of the skin that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the element extending in the rearward direction from a forward end of the skin along a reinforced length that is equal to or less than a total length of the skin.
A climbing skin for a snow device, the skin comprising:
- an attachment surface engageable with an undersurface of the snow device;
- a glide surface that slides across snow when moved in a forward direction along a longitudinal axis of the skin and resists sliding across the snow when moved in a rearward direction along the longitudinal axis;
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- a stiffener element bonded to an interior of the attachment surface and an interior of the glide surface by an adhesive operable with the stiffener element to provide a first resistance to a lateral bending about the longitudinal axis and a second resistance to a longitudinal bending about a lateral axis of the skin that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.