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US 5,462,304 AGranted
Snowboard with dual-acting, interchangeable edges
OwnerBengt E. Nymaninventor
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Abstract
An improved snowboard having a pair of dual-acting, interchangeable edges. Each dual-acting edge incorporates one inside, inward-facing edge and one elevated outside edge. The inside, inward-facing edges provide stable control of the snowboard while riding it flat on the snow. One of the elevated outside edges is brought into contact with the snow when the snowboard is tilted off its bottom surface and up onto the outside edge for increased carving and turning power.
Claims6
A snowboard comprising:
- a curved up nose, a top, a flat bottom, a tail, and two curved up, sawtooth shaped side surfaces, each said side surface cross-section perpendicular to the length axis of said bottom forming a curved up, sawtooth shape extending essentially the full length of the snowboard, the first of said sawtooth surfaces extending from the edge of said bottom and pointing out and up at a shallow angle from the plane of said bottom, a second sawtooth surface extending from the outside edge of said first sawtooth surface and pointing out and down at a shallow angle toward the plane of said bottom surface, said second sawtooth surface terminating at an elevation slightly above that of said bottom surface, a third sawtooth surface extending from the outside edge of said second sawtooth surface and pointing out and up at an angle to said bottom surface which is larger than that formed by said first sawtooth surface to said bottom surface, said third sawtooth surface terminating at an elevation well above that of said bottom surface, a fourth sawtooth surface extending from the outside edge of said third sawtooth surface and pointing essentially straight out and parallel to said bottom surface, said fourth sawtooth surface being elevated well above said bottom surface, a fifth and final surface pointing essentially straight up and connecting said curved up, sawtooth shaped side construction to said top of said snowboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.