Ski traction device
OwnerGilles Lacelleinventor
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Abstract
A traction device for skis is provided. An arm having a loop is pivotally mountable on a ski immediately ahead of a ski harness. The end of the arm distal from its pivot mount has a loop adapted for engagement with the point and basket of a ski pole. A skier employs his ski poles to pivot the arms to a position on the outer side of his skis whereby the point of a ski pole serves to hold one ski stationary while the other ski is advanced.
Claims2
A traction assist device for skis comprising a base member fixedly mounted on said ski ahead of a ski harness, and a substantially rigid arm extending from said base member and terminating at its outer end in a loop adapted to receive the tip of a ski pole, the inner end of said arm being pivotally mounted on said base to be selectively movable between a first position above the ski and a second position wherein said loop is extended to one side of the ski;
- said base member including resilient means and detent means for maintaining said arm in each of said first position above said ski and said second position to one side of said ski;
- means for pivotally mounting said arm to said base member for movement between an upper position slightly above the top plane of said ski and parallel therewith to a lower position wherein said loop is below said ski;
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- spring means for biasing said arm in said upper position, whereby said arm, when in said second position to one side of said ski, is adapted to be moved to said lower position under the urging of a ski pole tip placed in said loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.