Seated skiing or snowboarding device
AssigneeRockit Ski, LLC
InventorErikka Gulbranson
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Abstract
A seated skiing device having an adjustable heel protrusion and a fixed toe protrusion is provided. The distance between the toe and heel protrusions are adjustable such that the seated the skiing device may engage toe and heel bindings of a snow ski set to a riders ski boot. In this manner, the seated skiing device is engageable to the snow ski of the rider without any additional tools. Also, a seated snowboarding device is disclosed herein. The seated snowboarding device is removably attachable to standard front and rear bindings of a snowboard.
Claims16
A downhill skiing device mountable to a ski having a toe binding and a heel binding defining a binding distance therebetween for a ski boot of a rider, the downhill snow device comprising:
- a frame;
- a seat attached to the frame for allowing the rider to ride down a snow covered downhill terrain while in a seated position;
- a toe protrusion attached to the frame and receivable in the toe binding of the ski;
- a heel protrusion attached to the frame and receivable in the heel binding of the ski, a protrusion distance defined by the toe and heel protrusions being adjustably settable to equal the binding distance;
- wherein the binding distance may fit the ski boot of the rider and the toe and heel protrusions of the downhill skiing device.
A downhill snowboarding device mountable to a snowboard having a front binding and a rear binding defining a binding distance therebetween, the downhill snowboarding device comprising:
- a frame;
- a seat attached to the frame for allowing the rider to ride down a snow covered downhill terrain while in a seated position;
- a front protrusion attached to the frame and receivable in one of the front and rear bindings of the snowboard;
- a rear protrusion attached to the frame and receivable in one of the front and rear bindings of the snowboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.