Accessory for water board for sport or recreation
AssigneeThe Leisure Collective International Pty Ltd
InventorBeau Wayan Campi
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Abstract
A traction pad for fixing to a water board has a contoured upper surface with raised portions protruding therefrom by a protrusion height relative to the contoured surface, some of the raised portions include a higher portion of greater protrusion height than a lower portion; a proportion of the raised portions in one or more regions of the contoured surface have the respective higher portion located in a particular direction on the respective raised portion. A kick for a water board can include a curved or concave lower surface. The kick can have holes in a back face and/or a slot into an upper or lower surface.
Claims26
A traction pad for a water board comprising:
- a deck portion;
- a kick portion, or the kick portion and an arch portion;
- the kick portion having at least a kick upper surface and a kick lower surface, the deck portion substantially covering the kick upper surface;
- the traction pad having a pad lower surface,
- wherein the traction pad or a portion of the traction pad is molded, and wherein the traction pad includes at least one of the following five features a) to e) when the traction pad is in use:
- a) the deck portion is molded to substantially conform to a shape to accommodate the kick portion, or to substantially conform to a shape to accommodate the kick portion and the arch portion, before being fixed, molded or bonded to said kick portion or to the kick portion and the arch portion;
- b) the traction pad is formed by molding the deck portion and at least the kick portion, or the deck portion and at least the kick portion and the arch portion, together in a mold to control contour of the pad lower surface, the kick portion, or the kick portion and the arch portion, including a respective contoured upper surface, the deck portion including a lower surface, the traction pad being formed by molding the respective contoured upper surface of the kick portion to a respective kick region of the lower surface of the deck portion, or by molding the respective contoured upper surface of the kick portion to the kick region and an upper surface of the arch portion to an arch region, of the lower surface of the deck portion, the kick portion having, in use, an at least backwards facing surface, the kick portion including at least one slot extending substantially longitudinally in use from the at least backwards facing surface through the kick portion contoured upper surface or through the kick lower surface;
- c) the kick portion, when formed, has the kick lower surface contoured to at least partially accommodate a contour of the water board, the kick lower surface having a curved and/or concave profile in end view;
- d) the deck portion is molded, and has raised portions protruding from a baseline surface of the deck portion by a protrusion height relative to the baseline surface, at least some of the raised portions including a higher portion and a lower portion, the protrusion height of the higher portion being greater than the protrusion height of the lower portion,
- a proportion of the raised portions in at least a first region of the baseline surface have the respective higher portion located in a left direction in use on the respective raised portion,
- a proportion of the raised portions in at least a second region of the baseline surface have the respective higher portion located in a forward direction in use on the respective raised portion,
- a proportion of the raised portions in at least a third region of the baseline surface have the respective higher portion located in a right direction in use on the respective raised portion;
- and/or
- e) the kick portion has, in use, an at least backwards facing surface, wherein the kick portion includes open back holes extending into the kick portion from the at least backwards facing surface without the back holes passing right through the kick portion.
A molded deck for a traction pad for a water board, the molded deck having an upper surface including raised portions wherein the raised portions protrude from the upper surface by a protrusion height relative to the upper surface, at least some of the raised portions including a higher portion and a lower portion, the protrusion height of the higher portion being greater than the protrusion height of the lower portion around the respective raised portion and;
- wherein a proportion of the raised portions in a first region of the upper surface have the respective higher portion located towards at least a left direction, in use, on the respective raised portion;
- a proportion of the raised portions in a second region of the upper surface have the respective higher portion located towards at least a forward direction, in use, on the respective raised portion;
- a proportion of the raised portions in a third region of the upper surface have the respective higher portion located towards at least a right direction, in use, on the respective raised portion.
A traction pad for a water board, wherein the traction pad or a portion of the traction pad is molded, the traction pad having:
- first and second opposing surfaces, the first surface being fixed to the water board in use, the second surface being a baseline surface;
- raised portions protruding from the baseline surface by a protrusion height relative to the baseline surface, at least some of the raised portions including a higher portion and a lower portion, the protrusion height of the higher portion being greater than the protrusion height of the lower portion;
- a proportion of the raised portions in at least a first region of the baseline surface have the respective higher portion located in a left direction in use on the respective raised portion;
- a proportion of the raised portions in at least a second region of the baseline surface have the respective higher portion located in a forward direction in use on the respective raised portion;
- a proportion of the raised portions in at least a third region of the baseline surface have the respective higher portion located in a right direction in use on the respective raised portion.
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