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US 5,074,795 AGranted
Method for teaching children to ski
AssigneeWee Ski, Inc.
InventorDavid B. Clark
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Abstract
A method for teaching children to ski uses a wide torso encircling band and two pairs of reins of different length. At an early stage of learning, the instructor straddles the child and uses short reins to directly control the speed and direction of the child and the pair of ski slowly. At a later stage of learning, the instructor backs away from the child and uses the long reins to directly control the child's speed and indirectly control the child's direction.
Claims6
A method of teaching a child on a first set of skis to ski by an instructor on a second set of skis comprising
- placing a harness on the child;
- attaching to the harness a first pair of reins of a first length;
- steps causing the instructor and child to ski together including positioning the instructor behind the child while straddling the first skis with the second skis and controlling speed and direction of the child with the first reins;
- attaching to the harness a second pair of reins of a second length longer than the first length;
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- steps causing the instructor and child to ski together including positioning the instructor behind the child a sufficient distance that the first and second skis cannot touch each other and controlling speed and direction of the child with the second reins.
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