US 3,934,287 A · Combination ski maintenance tool

Abstract

A tool in its preferred form includes a body, a file carried by the body for filing the bottom and side edges of a ski, a scraping blade carried by the body to remove excess wax and filler and to press wax into the ski surface, and a cork block to serve as a handle and to polish a ski bottom surface. The body may be of any desired shape but is preferably right triangular in planform and shallow compared to its lateral and longitudinal dimensions. A first face has a seat for a file along its diagonal aft margin and a guide wall along its longitudinal side margin which guides the body for longitudinal movement along the ski with the file crossing the ski bottom diagonally. The forward end contains a seat to hold a scraper blade for scraping excess filler and wax from the bottom and for pressing wax into the ski surface. The cork block protrudes from the second face of the body to serve as a handle and also to polish the waxed ski surface. One or more protuberances extend from the body with a cross section corresponding to the cross section of a ski center groove and are used to remove excess plastic filler and wax therefrom.

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Dependent claims

A combination ski-maintenance tool comprising:

a laterally and longitudinally extensive shallow body having a first face and a second face;
at least a portion of the first face lying in a common plane;
guide means extending outward from the common plane to define a guide line for directional control of longitudinal movement of the body;
the guide means being arranged to contact and glide along a side marginal edge of a ski when the first face of the body is located in parallel overlying relation to the bottom surface of the ski to guide the body in longitudinal travel along the axis of the ski;
a file carried by the body;
the first face of the body being formed to receive and retain the file with a flat side exposed and parallel to the plane of the first face and with the axis of the file extending across the face at a substantial angle to the guide line defined by the guide means for direct planar cutting contact of the exposed side of the file with the full width of the bottom surface of the ski and with the guide means in guiding contact with the

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Combination ski maintenance tool

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Combination ski maintenance tool

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