Riding and Sliding Sports Apparatus
AssigneeFlipSled International Limited
InventorsDavid Wayne Dieter, Aymeric Ralph Henri Fraise, Scott Christopher Stefan
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Abstract
In accordance with example embodiments of the present disclosure, the invention provides a sports apparatus having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface designed to slide on slippery surfaces such as snow, ice or sand and the lower surface having wheels and thus designed to glide along smooth hard surfaces.
Claims13
A sports apparatus for sliding and rolling along a surface comprising:
- material of substantially uniform thickness providing a contiguous form having an upper surface, and a lower surface;
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- the upper surface having a convex shape resulting in the lower surface having a concave shape;
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- said upper and lower surface transitioning arcuately to vertical side-walls extending away from said upper surface and surrounding said lower surface;
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- the sidewalls having mounting means for rotationally engaging the axels of at least two wheels;
- wherein a rider may sit upon the upper surface, thus positioning the at least two wheels downward for riding along a hard surface;
- and alternately, the rider may sit upon the lower surface thus positioning the convex surface downward for sliding along a slippery surface.
The sports apparatus of claim one wherein the contour of said upper surface and the resultant contour of said lower surface each provide seating means and foot placement means.
The sports apparatus of claim one wherein the contour of said upper surface comprises a substantially concave contour, transitioning to a convex contour that in turn transitions to a substantially flat contour in the substantially convex surface;
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- said concave contour for sitting on, and said flat contour for placing feet on;
- and said concave contour is up to 2 inches above said flat contour;
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- said convex contour is between 1 inch and 4 inches above the flat contour.
The sports apparatus of claim one wherein said lower surface is a comprises a substantially flat contour that transitions into a concave contour that in turn transitions into a convex contour;
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- said flat contour is for sitting on, and said convex contour is for placing feet on and said convex contour is up to 2 inches below said flat contour;
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- said concave contour is between 1 inch and 4 inches below said flat contour.
The sports apparatus of claim one wherein handles comprising flexible longitudinal cord are engaged with the convex surface.
The sports apparatus of claim one wherein handles comprising flexible longitudinal cord are engaged with said side-walls, wherein the rider may hold on to the handle or an assistant may hold on to a handle for guiding the sports apparatus.
The sports apparatus of claim one wherein said mounting means comprises a second vertical wall, forming a double-walled side-wall for engaging two ends of an axel for rotationally engaging said at least two wheels.
The sports apparatus of claim seven wherein said double-walled side-wall covers between 40% and 70% of said wheels.
A sports apparatus for sliding and rolling along a surface comprising:
- material of substantially uniform thickness providing a form having an upper surface, and a lower surface;
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- said upper surface having a four sided perimeter;
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- said perimeter defining an area having a long axis and a short axis, and two long sides and two short sides;
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- a portion of the upper surface having a convex shape resulting in a portion of the lower surface having a concave shape;
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- said upper and lower surface transitioning arcuately, proximal to, and parallel to, said long sides to longitudinal forms protruding from said upper surface;
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- vertical side-walls extending away from said upper surface and surrounding said lower surface;
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- the sidewalls having mounting means for rotationally engaging the axels of at least two wheels;
- wherein a rider may sit upon the upper surface, thus positioning the at least two wheels downward for riding along a hard surface;
- and alternately, the rider may sit upon the lower surface thus positioning the longitudinal forms downward for sliding along a slippery surface.
The sports apparatus of claim nine wherein the vertical side-walls have a second vertical surface forming double-walled side-walls.
A sports apparatus for sliding and rolling along a surface comprising:
- a substantially uniform thickness forming an upper horizontal surface, and a lower horizontal surface;
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- said upper and lower horizontal surface having a long axis and a short axis;
- the long axis having a first end and a second end;
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- said upper horizontal surface and said lower horizontal surface transitioning arcuately to vertical side-walls;
- a second vertical surface proximal to said vertical side-walls forming a double-walled side-wall;
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- said double-walled side-walls supporting at least two axels for mounting at least two wheels;
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- the opposite side of the upper horizontal surface is the lower horizontal surface;
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- said upper horizontal surface having a contour
- said contour comprising:
- an arcuate transitional surface from said vertical side-wall proximal to said first end;
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- horizontal rails extending from said first end to said second end;
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- said horizontal rails parallel to said long axis and proximal to said double-walled side-walls;
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- a concave form transitioning from said arcuate transition from said vertical side-wall proximal to said first end;
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- said concave form residing between two said horizontal rails;
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- said concave form transitioning along said long axis to a convex form;
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- said convex form transitioning along said long axis to a horizontal planar form;
- wherein, said upper horizontal surface provides a means for sitting atop the form with said wheels downward, said uniform thickness form also providing a means for sitting within the form when said two horizontal rails are downward.
The sports apparatus of claim eleven wherein said lower surface is a comprises a substantially flat contour that transitions into a concave contour that in turn transitions into a convex contour;
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- said flat contour is for sitting on, and said convex contour is for placing feet on and said convex contour is up to 2 inches below said flat contour;
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- said concave contour is between 1 inch and 4 inches below said flat contour.
The sports apparatus of claim eleven wherein said arcuate transitional surface from said vertical side-wall proximal to said first end comprises ribs for stiffening and strengthening said arcuate transition surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.