Snowsport equipment positional stabilization
AssigneeAjaja, LLC
InventorAvery C. Johnson
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for positionally stabilizing snowsport equipment such as snowboards while in use on snow or ice. The apparatus includes a position establishing unit having an interface and a guide situated in an angular relation to one another and a tether connectable between the establishing unit and either the equipment or an article associated with the user.
Claims13
An apparatus for positionally stabilizing snowsport equipment having a linear edge while in use by a user on snow or ice comprising:
- a position establishing unit having a retaining structure, an interface and a guide, said interface and said guide situated in an angular relation to one another, said interface including top and bottom surfaces, a wedge formation and cleats projecting from said bottom surface, said interface further including a traction assist opening therethrough between said top and bottom surfaces, said wedge formation defining an incline plane oriented with an incline plane peak thereof adjacent to said opening and an incline plane origin thereof spaced therefrom so that said incline plane of said wedge formation runs parallel to said guide, said interface located when in use beneath the equipment between the equipment and the snow or ice, and said guide positioned when in use adjacent the linear edge of the equipment;
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- a tether including a tether cord connected when in use between said retaining structure and one of the snowboard and the user and a retractor associated with said tether cord for housing a length of said cord and for user unspooling of a selected quantity of said cord and automatically selectively respooling said cord.
An apparatus for positionally stabilizing a snowboard having a linear edge while in use by a user on snow or ice comprising:
- a position establishing unit having an interface and a guide situated in an angular relation to one another, a wedge formation located at a bottom surface of said interface, said interface having a traction assist opening between a top surface of said interface and said bottom surface, said wedge formation defining an incline plane oriented with an incline plane peak thereof adjacent to said opening and an incline plane origin thereof spaced therefrom so that said incline plane of said wedge formation runs parallel to said guide, said interface located when in use beneath the snowboard between the snowboard and the snow or ice, and said guide positioned when in use adjacent the linear edge of the equipment;
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- a tether connected when in use between said establishing unit and one of the equipment and the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.