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US 5,664,808 AGranted
Ski and snowboard edge covering device
OwnerBrian F. Whidden, Alexis Whiddeninventors
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Abstract
A device for covering and protecting edges of a snow ski or snowboard. The inventive device includes lateral edge covers which can be frictionally engaged to opposed longitudinal edges of a ski or snowboard. A tip cover extends between upper ends of the lateral edge covers for coveting the tip of the ski or snowboard. The device may be configured to extend around all outer peripheral edges of a ski or snowboard.
Claims2
A ski edge covering device of comprising:
- a first lateral edge cover frictionally engagable to a ski so as to cover a first longitudinal lateral edge thereof;
- a second lateral edge cover frictionally engagable to the ski so as to cover a second longitudinal lateral edge thereof;
- a tip edge cover extending between upper ends of the lateral edge covers which can be fictionally engaged to the ski so as to cover a tip edge thereof extending between the first and second longitudinal lateral edges of the ski;
- each of the lateral edge covers is shaped so as to define a first binding clearance aperture directed laterally into an upper surface of the lateral edge cover for providing clearance of the lateral edge cover relative to a first binding of the ski, each of the lateral edge covers is further shaped so as to define a second binding clearing aperture directed laterally into the upper surface thereof which provides for clearance of a second binding of the ski;
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- an elongated cylindrical channel member being formed within each of the edge covers, the elongated cylindrical channel member having a slot directed laterally thereinto permitting a lateral insertion of the respective edge portion of the ski into the cylindrical channel, the cylindrical channel members each includes an elongated upper arcuate portion and an elongated lower arcuate portion spaced from the elongated upper arcuate portion, with an elongated outer arcuate portion extending between the upper and lower arcuate portions so as to define the cylindrical channel member of the respective lateral edge cover, wherein the elongated upper arcuate portion can be positioned onto an upper surface of the ski, with the elongated lower arcuate portion being positionable onto a lower surface of the ski, whereby the elongated outer arcuate portion biases the upper arcuate portion towards the lower arcuate portion so as to create a frictional engagement between the upper and lower arcuate portions and the respective upper and lower surfaces of the ski which retains the respective edge cover relative to the ski, the binding clearance apertures are each directed into the upper arcuate portion of the elongated cylindrical channel member of the respective edge cover.
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A ski edge covering device comprising:
- a ski having a first and second longitudinal lateral edges, and a tip edge;
- a first lateral edge cover frictionally engaged to the ski so as to cover the first longitudinal lateral edge thereof;
- a second lateral edge cover frictionally engaged the ski so as to cover the second longitudinal lateral edge thereof;
- a tip edge cover extending between upper ends of the lateral edge covers and frictionally engaged to ski so as to cover the tip edge thereof extending between the first and second longitudinal lateral edges of the ski;
- each of the lateral edge covers is shaped so as to define a first binding clearance aperture directed laterally into an upper surface of the lateral edge cover for providing clearance of the lateral edge cover relative to a first binding of the ski, each of the lateral edge covers is further shaped so as to define a second binding clearing aperture directed laterally into the upper surface thereof which provides for clearance of a second binding of the ski, each of the edge covers is comprised of an elongated cylindrical channel member having a slot directed laterally thereinto permitting a lateral insertion of the respective edge portion of the ski into the cylindrical channel;
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- the cylindrical channel members each includes an elongated upper arcuate portion and an elongated lower arcuate portion spaced from the elongated upper arcuate portion, with an elongated outer arcuate portion extending between the upper and lower arcuate portions so as to define the cylindrical channel member of the respective lateral edge cover, wherein the elongated upper arcuate portion is positioned onto an upper surface of the ski, with the elongated lower arcuate portion being positioned onto a lower surface of the ski, whereby the elongated outer arcuate portion biases the upper arcuate portion towards the lower arcuate portion so as to create a frictional engagement between the upper and lower arcuate portions and the respective upper and lower surfaces of the ski which retains the respective edge cover relative to the ski, the binding clearance apertures are each directed into the upper arcuate portion of the elongated cylindrical channel member of the respective edge cover.
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