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US 5,966,844 AGranted
Short, wide, light weight portable ski apparatus for attachment to a snowshoe
OwnerSteven A. Hellerman, Jeremy P. Verneinventors
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Abstract
A ski apparatus for attachment to a snowshoe is provided, the apparatus having a main ski body having a top surface and a bottom surface. The main ski body supports a snowshoe entirely above the ground. A securing mechanism secures a snowshoe closely adjacent the top surface of the main ski body.
Claims18
A ski apparatus for attachment to a snowshoe, the apparatus comprising:
- a main ski body having a toe end, a heel end opposed to said toe end, a first side edge, a second side edge opposed to said first side edge, a top surface, and a bottom surface, said main ski body designed and adapted to hold and support a snowshoe which is placed on said top surface entirely above the ground, and wherein said toe, heel and said first and second side edges defining the perimeter of said main ski body;
- and
- securing means for securing a snowshoe which is placed on said top surface closely adjacent said top surface of said main ski body, to thereby support such a snowshoe entirely above the ground.
A method for attaching a snowshoe to a ski apparatus, the method comprising:
- providing a main ski body having a toe end, a heel end, a first side edge, a second side edge, a top surface, and a bottom surface;
- providing securing means for securing a snowshoe which is placed on said top surface of said ski;
- and then
- securing a snowshoe closely adjacent said top surface of said main ski body thereby supporting such a snowshoe entirely above the ground.
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In a device for traversing in a downhill direction, the improvement comprising:
- a snowshoe having a supporting surface contactable with the ground;
- a ski having a top surface and a bottom surface;
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- means for releasably securing said snowshoe to said top surface of said ski, said supporting surface of said snowshoe being supported entirely above the ground.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.