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US 11,857,863 B2Granted
Shoeski
OwnerAaron N. Murray, Amber N. Murrayinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for traveling across snow includes a ski having opposing ends, a top surface, a bottom surface, and an aperture extending therethrough between the top and bottom surfaces. The apparatus also includes a centerboard pivotally connected to the ski and disposed at least partially within the aperture in the ski. The apparatus further includes a binding plate configured to have a boot binding connected thereto.
Claims19
An apparatus for traveling across snow, the apparatus being selectively reconfigurable between a ski mode and a snowshoe mode, the apparatus comprising:
- a ski having opposing ends, a top surface, a bottom surface, and an aperture extending therethrough between the top and bottom surfaces;
- a centerboard having a first side, a second side, and an aperture extending therethrough between the first and second sides, the centerboard being pivotally connected to the ski and disposed at least partially within the aperture in the ski;
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- a binding plate having a first side configured to have a boot binding connected thereto and a second side, the binding plate being selectively mountable within the aperture in the centerboard,
- wherein, in the ski mode, the bottom surface of the ski, the first side of the centerboard, and the second side of the binding plate cooperate to form a generally smooth, planar bottom surface of the apparatus.
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An apparatus for traveling across snow, comprising:
- a ski having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an aperture extending therethrough between the top and bottom surfaces;
- a centerboard connected to the ski and disposed at least partially within the aperture in the ski, the centerboard comprising a first side that is generally smooth and a second side that comprises one or more traction elements, the centerboard and the ski being selectively reconfigurable between a ski mode and at least one snowshoe mode;
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- a plurality of locking features comprising:
- one or more locking features at a front end of the aperture;
- one or more locking features at a rear end of the aperture;
- one or more corresponding locking features at a front end of the centerboard;
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- one or more corresponding locking features at a rear end of the centerboard,
- wherein, in the ski mode, the one or more locking features at the front end of the aperture and the one or more corresponding locking features at the front end of the centerboard are configured to engage one another and the one or more locking features at the rear end of the aperture and the one or more corresponding locking features at the rear end of the centerboard are configured to engage one another, and
- wherein, in the snowshoe mode, the one or more locking features at the front end of the aperture and the one or more corresponding locking features at the rear end of the centerboard are configured to engage one another and the one or more locking features at the rear end of the aperture and the one or more corresponding locking features at the front end of the centerboard are configured to engage one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.