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US 2009/0256333 A1Published application
Cambered Snowboard
AssigneeNever Summer Industries, Inc.
InventorsTim Canaday, Tracey Canaday
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Abstract
At least one embodiment of the inventive technology relates to a snowboard having a lower surface that does not at any point along at least one specified portion thereof contact a horizontal surface underlying the snowboard when the snowboard is unweighted. Such portion(s) may be defined, at least in part, by one or more cambers. A rocker may be used to impart additional board performance benefits to a rider. Other embodiments may relate more specifically to the positioning of cambers relative to mount regions.
Claims34
A snowboard, comprising:
- a first tip section at a first end of said snowboard and a second tip section at a second end of said snowboard;
- and
- an intermediate longitudinal section between said first and second tip sections,
- wherein said first tip section has a first tip section terminus and said second tip section has a second tip section terminus,
- wherein said intermediate longitudinal section includes a first intermediate section half in contact with said first tip section and a second intermediate section half in contact with said second tip section,
- wherein at least a part of said first intermediate section half has a lower surface that defines a first camber and at least a part of said second intermediate section half has a lower surface that defines a second camber,
- wherein said first camber has two first camber ends and one of said first camber ends is closer to said first tip section than is the other of said first camber ends,
- wherein said second camber has two second camber ends and one of said second camber ends is closer to said second tip section than is the other of said second camber ends, and
- wherein at least one of:
- a first snowboard portion from and including said first tip section terminus to and including said one of said first camber ends that is closer to said first tip section;
- and
- a second snowboard portion from and including said second tip section terminus to and including said one of said second camber ends that is closer to said second tip section, does not at any point contact a horizontal surface underlying said snowboard when said snowboard is unweighted.
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34-126. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.