Climbing skin attachment apparatus, methods, and systems
AssigneeG3 Genuine Guide Gear Inc.
InventorsBart Scicchitano, Cameron Shute, Robbie Gordon Roberts, Edward McCarthy
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Abstract
One aspect of this disclosure is a climbing skin attachment apparatus. The apparatus may comprise a climbing skin attachment portion and a snow device connection portion, a channel extending at least partially through the climbing skin attachment portion along a channel axis to receive an anchor portion of a climbing skin, and a passage extending through the climbing skin attachment portion and into the channel along the channel axis to receive a lead portion of the climbing skin. Related apparatus, methods, and systems also are described.
Claims20
A climbing skin attachment apparatus comprising:
- a climbing skin attachment portion and a snow device connection portion;
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- a channel extending at least partially through the climbing skin attachment portion along a channel axis to receive an anchor portion of a climbing skin;
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- a passage extending through the climbing skin attachment portion and into the channel along the channel axis to receive a lead portion of the climbing skin.
A climbing skin attachment method comprising:
- receiving an anchor portion of a climbing skin in a channel extending at least partially through a climbing skin attachment apparatus along a channel axis, and a lead portion of the climbing skin in a passage extending through the climbing skin attachment apparatus and into the channel along the channel axis;
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- engaging the climbing skin attachment apparatus with a snow device.
A climbing skin attachment system comprising:
- (A) one or more climbing skin attachment apparatus comprising:
- a climbing skin attachment portion and a snow device connection portion along a longitudinal axis;
- a channel extending at least partially through the climbing skin attachment portion along a channel axis;
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- a passage extending through the climbing skin attachment portion and into the channel along the channel axis;
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- (B) a climbing skin comprising:
- at least one anchor portion receivable in the channel of at least one of the one or more climbing skin attachment apparatus along the channel axis;
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- at least one lead portion receivable in the passage of the at least one climbing skin apparatus along the channel axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.