US 2008/0290621 A1Published application

Alpine snowboard

AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.

InventorJOHAN VAILLI

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Abstract

An alpine snowboard comprises a boot portion having elements of a binding, a tail portion located at the back of said snowboard and extending along about 1/10 of the total length of said snowboard, and a back intermediate portion located between the boot portion and the tail portion, part of which is a zone having reduced mechanical properties. The zone having reduced mechanical properties is the result of at least a lateral cutout located at least on the lower portion of the snowboard. At least one of the squares of the snowboard has a deviation at said cutout so as to comprise two square portions movable vertically with regard to each other, that is a back square portion and a front square portion which are separated by said deviation.

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Dependent claims

An alpine snowboard, comprising a boot portion having elements of a binding, a tail portion located at the back of said snowboard and extending along about 1/10 of the total length of said snowboard, and a back intermediate portion located between the boot portion and the tail portion, part of which is a zone having reduced mechanical properties, said snowboard having a base and first and second squares each extending on one side of the said base, from the front of the snowboard to a back end of said snowboard, wherein

in that the zone having reduced mechanical properties is the result of at least a lateral cutout located at least on the lower portion of the snowboard, and
in that the first square at least has one deviation at said cutout so as to comprise two square portions movable vertically with regard to each other, that is a back square portion and a front square portion which are separated from one another by said deviation.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.