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US 2001/0010131 A1Published application
Load-bearing apparatus having shovel
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorBruno Lancon
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Abstract
A load-bearing apparatus including a raised front portion, the so-called shovel, that maintains the direction of the apparatus while allowing gliding. The lower surface of the shovel includes a protuberance that is oriented substantially along a longitudinal axis. The protuberance is connected to one of the edges of the shovel by a gliding surface that has substantially continuous slope.
Claims12
A load-bearing apparatus adapted to be fixed to a user's foot and adapted to increase a foot load-bearing capacity on a soft support, especially snow, sand, or water, said apparatus comprising:
- a frame that has a shovel, or raised front portion, said shovel having edges and a lower surface adapted to come in contact with the soft support, the frame extending along a longitudinal axis;
- said shovel comprising a lower surface having at least one protuberance, said protuberance being oriented substantially along the longitudinal axis, and said shovel including at least one gliding surface, said gliding surface having a substantially continuous slope and connecting said protuberance to one of said edges of said lower surface of said shovel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.