Surfing device
OwnerBen PLAYERinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to, in a first aspect, a surfing device including a surfing device body comprised of polymer bead foam being substantially formed from at least one polymer selected from a single polymer class, and at least one at least one performance enhancing component at least partially embedded within, or integral with, the surfing device body, the at least one performance enhancing component being substantially formed from polymers selected from the single polymer class. Further aspects of the invention, directed to a performance enhancing component and to a method of forming a surfing device body, are also disclosed.
Claims36
A surfing device, comprising
- a surfing device body comprised of polymer bead foam being substantially formed from at least one polymer selected from a single polymer class;
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- at least one performance enhancing component having a contacting portion at least partially embedded within, integral with, or affixed to a surface of, the surfing device body;
- wherein the contacting portion of the at least one performance enhancing component is substantially formed from at least one polymer selected from the single polymer class in a substantially similar composition ratio.
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A method of forming a surfing device body having at least one moulded performance enhancing component at least partially embedded within, integral with, or affixed to a surface of, the surfing device body, the method comprising the operations of, in any suitable order:
- inserting foamable polymer beads into a cavity of a mould shaped to substantially form either the surfing device body or a surfing device body blank and including at least one receiving portion;
- inducing expansion and joining of the foamable polymer beads within the mould cavity together into a polymer bead foam moulding having the shape of the mould cavity;
- ejecting the polymer bead foam moulding;
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- embedding or contacting a contacting portion of the at least one moulded performance enhancing component with a surface of the surfing device body;
- wherein the foamable polymer beads are comprised of polymers selected from a single polymer class;
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- wherein the contacting portion of the at least one moulded performance enhancing component is substantially formed from polymers selected from the single polymer class.
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The method of 25, further comprising the operation of bonding the contacting portion of the at least one performance enhancing component to the surfing device body by at least partial melting of the contacting portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.