Snow ski
AssigneesRichard Floreani, Eleanor Floreani
InventorAdrian J. Floreani
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Abstract
The ski includes a forebody, waist and tail section, with a running surface extending from an upturned front tip to the tail. The ski has sideouts formed with a continuous, constant radius of curvature along the entire length of the running surface. A ski binding area is provided on the top surface of the ski with the toe of the boot of the ski binding area rearward of the median of the length of the running surface, with the running surface rearward of the heel of the boot providing approximately less than 20% of the total length of the running surface of the ski. A chamber in the front section of the ski is filled with flowable material; and there is also provided concave undersurface toward the tail of the ski.
Claims38
A snow ski having longitudinal edges, the snow ski comprising:
- (a) an elongated bottom element;
- (b) an elongated top element which is coupled to said bottom element, said top element having a portion which is spaced apart from the bottom element to define a hollow section extending a major portion of the distance between a forward end of the ski and a binding area of the ski and extending a major portion of the distance between the longitudinal edges of the ski;
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- (c) said hollow section containing a flowable material or combination of materials which flow within said hollow section, said flowable material shifting forward when the forward end of the ski is pointed downward, the mass of the flowable material being added to the mass of the forward end of the ski during downhill skiing to increase the stability of the ski.
A snow ski having longitudinal edges, the snow ski comprising:
- (a) an elongated bottom element;
- (b) an elongated top element which is coupled to said bottom element, said top element having a portion which is spaced apart from the bottom element to define a hollow section extending into a forward end of the ski and extending a major portion of the distance between the longitudinal edges of the ski;
- (c) said hollow section containing a flowable material or combination of materials which flow within said hollow section;
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- (d) said bottom element having a bottom surface which is concave from the middle of the ski to the tail of the ski.
A snow ski having longitudinal edges, the snow ski comprising:
- (a) an elongated bottom element;
- (b) an elongated top element which is coupled to said bottom element, said top element having a portion which is spaced apart from the bottom element to define a hollow section extending into a forward end of the ski and extending a major portion of the distance between the longitudinal edges of the ski;
- (c) said hollow section containing a flowable material or combination of materials which flow within said hollow section;
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- (d) said hollow section is presserizable for adjustment of the contour of said bottom element.
A snow ski having an elongated bottom element for contacting snow, the bottom element having a running surface defining that portion of the bottom element which excludes any raised shovel portions at the ends of the skis, the ski having a binding area which is located with reference to the total length of the running surface of the ski such that the toe of a boot set in the binding area is disposed rearwardly of the approximate median of the length of the running surface, said ski further including means for weighing the forward end of the ski during downhill skiing for impeding the rebound or bounce of the ski as it collides with irregularities in the snow's surface.
A snow ski having an elongated bottom element for contacting snow, the bottom element having a running surface defining that portion of the bottom element which extends from a bottom of a front splay or shovel portion to the bottom of a rear splay or upturned tail section, which running surface is further described as that part of the ski which would make contact with a very hard flat surface when a skier was standing in a binding of the ski, the ski having a binding area which is located with reference to the total length of the running surface of the ski such that the toe of a boot set in the binding area is disposed rearwardly of the approximate median of the length of the running surface, said ski further having longitudinal edges including curved side cuts which extend approximately the entire length of said running surface.
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