US 4,424,040 A · Ski training halter

Abstract

A ski training halter is adapted for positioning on a person below his or her waist and to extend across the person's front, lower abdominal region to the respective left and right hip regions of the student's body. The training halter also includes portions adapted to be positioned around the upper portions of the student's thighs and interconnected with the portions extending across the student's lower abdominal and hip regions. Adjustable and detachable fasteners are provided to maintain the training halter in proper, taut position on the person's body, and elongated reins are detachably connected to the training halter and extended to a location rearwardly of the person where another person can be positioned safely on skis to hold the reins and use them to exert restraining and turning forces on the training halter.

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Dependent claims

Ski training halter apparatus for restraining and controlling a student skier by an instructor, comprising two looped members, each of which extends around the rear of one of the student's thighs and upwardly across the front of the lower abdominal region to the hip region at the respectively opposite of the student's sides, and force application means attached to said looped members adjacent the student's hips for the instructor to apply restraining and control forces on the student's hips, lower abdomen, and thighs from a position of a spaced distance away from the student.

Ski training halter apparatus for positioning on a person's body, comprising:

a first looped member having an upper front portion, a rear portion, and a lower portion adapted to be positioned on a person's body, the rear portion thereof being adapted to be positioned around the rear of the person's left thigh just under the left buttock and to extend forwardly through the crotch, the upper front portion thereof being adapted to be positioned to extend from the left thigh upwardly across the person's lower abdominal region to the right hip region, and the lower front portion thereof being adapted to be positioned to extend from the crotch upwardly across the person's lower abdominal region to the right hip region;
a second looped member having an upper front portion, a rear portion, and a lower front portion adapted to be positioned on a person's body, the rear portion thereof being adapted to be positioned around the rear of the person's right thigh just under the right buttock and to extend forwardly through the crotch, the upper front portion thereof being adapted to be positioned to extend from the right thigh upwardly across the person's lower abdominal region to the left hip region, and the lower front portion thereof being adapted to be positioned to extend from the crotch upwardly across the person's lower abdominal region to the left hip region;
an elongated first rein member adapted to be attached to said first looped member and to extend rearwardly from the person's right hip region;
and
an elongated left second rein member adapted to be attached to said second looped member and to extend rearwardly from the person's left hip region.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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