Boot scraper for skiis
OwnerChristopher B. Lillibridge, Alfred H. Lotringinventors
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Abstract
A device adapted to be mounted on, or integral with the upper surface of a snow ski for the purpose of removing ice, snow, mud, and the like from the bottom of a skier's boot prior to insertion of the boot into the binding. The device may be in the shape of a disk or may have any one of a variety of other outer contours presenting a scraping surface of substantially uniform magnitude to a ski boot as the boot is drawn toward and across a central region of the device regardless of the orientation of the ski relative to the boot.
Claims13
Apparatus usable with a snow ski for removing material from the bottom of a ski boot comprising:
- a body adapted to be mounted on the upper surface of a ski;
- said body having a lower surface conformable to the upper surface of the ski, an upper surface substantially planar horizontally spaced from said lower surface, and a scraping surface interposed between said lower and upper surfaces, said scraping surface intersecting said upper surface at a scraping edge, said scraping surface and said scraping edge being conformed such that the magnitude of a horizontal projection of said scraping surface presented to a ski boot as the boot is moved toward and across a central region of said upper surface while engaging said scraping edge is substantially uniform regardless of the direction of movement in azimuth of the boot relative to said body.
Apparatus for removing material from the bottom of a ski boot comprising:
- a snow ski;
- a body integral with the upper surface of said snow ski;
- said body having a sliding surface substantially planar horizontally spaced from the upper surface of said snow ski, and a scraping surface interposed between said sliding surface and the upper surface of said snow ski, said scraping surface intersecting said sliding surface at a scraping edge, said scraping surface and said scraping edge being conformed such that the magnitude of a horizontal projection of said scraping surface presented to a ski boot as the boot is drawn toward and across a central region of said sliding surface while engaging said scraping edge is substantially uniform regardless of the direction of movement in azimuth of the boot relative to said body.
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