Ski attachment
OwnerMichael Benjamin McHughinventor
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Abstract
A ski attachment attachable to a wheel defining a nadir section, the ski attachment comprising: an elongated ski defining a longitudinal axis, the ski having a deck and a base, the ski defining longitudinally opposed nose and tail ends; a wheel mount for mounting the wheel to the ski at a location intermediate the nose and tail ends, the wheel mount defining a nadir receiving portion for receiving the nadir section; and a wheel lock for locking the wheel to the wheel mount; wherein the base is configured so that a larger friction is exerted on the ski attachment rearward of the nadir receiving portion than frontward of the nadir receiving portion when the ski attachment is pushed on a surface at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis.
Claims13
A ski attachment attachable to a wheel, the wheel defining a nadir section, the ski attachment comprising:
- an elongated ski defining a longitudinal axis, the ski having a deck and a base, the ski defining longitudinally opposed nose and tail ends;
- a wheel mount for mounting the wheel to the ski at a location intermediate the nose and tail ends, the wheel mount defining a nadir receiving portion for receiving the nadir section, wherein the nadir receiving portion is closer to the tail end than to the nose end;
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- a wheel lock for locking the wheel to the wheel mount;
- wherein the base is configured so that a larger friction is exerted on the ski attachment rearward of the nadir receiving portion than frontward of the nadir receiving portion when the ski attachment is pushed on snow at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis;
- wherein the wheel mount includes a tail wheel holder and a nose wheel holder each movable longitudinally along the deck;
- wherein the ski attachment defines a tail rail and a nose rail each extending longitudinally along the deck, the tail and nose wheel holders being mounted respectively to the tail and nose rails so as to be longitudinally movable therealong;
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- wherein the ski attachment defines a longitudinally extending toothed surface longitudinally serrated, and wherein at least one of the tail and nose wheel holders defines a wing defining wing teeth, the wing being resiliently deformable between an undeflected configuration and a deflected configuration, wherein the wing teeth are configured and sized to engage the toothed surface to longitudinally lock the at least one of the tail and nose wheel holders relative to the deck.
A ski attachment attachable to a wheel, the wheel defining a nadir section, the ski attachment comprising:
- an elongated ski defining a longitudinal axis, the ski having a deck and a base, the ski defining longitudinally opposed nose and tail ends;
- a wheel mount for mounting the wheel to the ski at a location intermediate the nose and tail ends, the wheel mount defining a nadir receiving portion for receiving the nadir section, wherein the nadir receiving portion is closer to the tail end than to the nose end;
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- a wheel lock for locking the wheel to the wheel mount, the wheel lock including a strap for cooperatively encircling a rim of the wheel along with the deck to prevent the wheel from being removed from the deck;
- wherein the base is configured so that a larger friction is exerted on the ski attachment rearward of the nadir receiving portion than frontward of the nadir receiving portion when the ski attachment is pushed on snow at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis;
- further wherein the strap defines opposed strap first and second ends, the strap defining a stopper at the strap first end, the strap also defining a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart strap apertures therealong, the ski attachment defining a strap mounting aperture for receiving the strap and configured and sized to prevent the stopper from passing therethrough, and a strap closing aperture laterally opposed to the strap mounting aperture for receiving the strap therethrough, the ski attachment also defining a tongue adjacent the strap closing aperture for engaging thereto one of the strap apertures to lock the strap in the strap closing aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.