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US 12,551,774 B2Granted
Snowless suspension ski
AssigneeTanner Rindlisbacher
InventorTanner Rindlisbacher
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Abstract
A snowless suspension ski configured for downhill use on rough terrain, the ski having a pair of wheels connected to compression triangles that are rotatably secured to a frame, and having shock absorbers configured to compress when weight is applied to the ski, thereby allowing the ski to move between an extended configuration and a compressed configuration to absorb the shock experienced during a ride.
Claims18
A snowless suspension ski, comprising:
- a frame comprising an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a binding attachment feature that is configured to secure a ski binding;
- a strut mount secured to the interior surface of the frame;
- a compression triangle a compression triangle body, a compression triangle window, a top edge, a bottom edge, a back edge, and a sloped front edge and a frame attachment point that is rotatably secured to the interior surface of the frame, and a wheel attachment point that is rotatably secured to a wheel wherein the compression triangle further comprises a compression triangle body, a compression triangle window, a top edge, a bottom edge, a back edge, and a sloped front edge;
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- a shock having a first end that is secured to the strut mount and a second end that is secured to the compression triangle such that when the compression triangle is rotated in an upward direction the shock moves toward a compressed configuration, and when the compression triangle is rotated in a downward direction the shock moves toward an extended configuration.
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A snowless suspension ski, comprising:
- a frame comprising an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a binding attachment feature;
- a first compression triangle comprising a compression triangle body, a compression triangle window, a top edge, a bottom edge, a back edge, and a sloped front edge and a slot wherein the slot is configured to selectively receive the frame;
- a second compression triangle comprising a slot wherein the slot is configured to selectively receive the frame;
- a first suspension shock selectively coupled at a first end to the frame and at a second end to the first articulating triangle;
- a second suspension shock selectively coupled at a first end to the frame and at a second end to the second articulating triangle;
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- a first tire selectively coupled to a distal end of the first triangle and a second tire selectively coupled to a distal end of the second triangle.
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A method of manufacturing a snowless suspension ski, wherein the method comprises:
- forming a frame comprising an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a binding attachment feature that is configured to secure a ski binding;
- securing a strut mount to the interior surface of the frame;
- rotatably securing a compression triangle to the interior surface of the frame and forming the compression triangle into a quadrilateral comprising a compression triangle body, a compression triangle window, a top edge, a bottom edge, a back edge, and a sloped front edge;
- rotatably securing a wheel to the compression triangle;
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- securing a shock to the strut mount by a first end of the shock and to the compression triangle by a second end of the shock in such manner that when the compression triangle is rotated in an upward direction the shock moves toward a compressed configuration, and when the compression triangle is rotated in a downward direction the shock moves toward an extended configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.