Snowshoe with elastically suspended foot support piece
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorJacques Quellais
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Abstract
A snowshoe that includes a support piece for the user's foot which extends transversely within the frame of the snowshoe and which allows the foot to pivot in order to ease walking. The support piece is elastically suspended within the frame by attachment elements connecting it to the sides of the frame. The support piece can thus be lowered in its entirety depending on the direction and/or the value of the weight to which it is subjected transversely with respect to the snowshoe while remaining substantially horizontal. The snowshoe as disclosed is particularly intended for traversing along a sloped terrain.
Claims29
A snowshoe comprising:
- a frame having oppositely positioned lateral sides, said lateral sides having ground-engaging portions;
- a support piece upon which a user's boot is adapted to be supported between said sides of said frame;
- means for attaching said support piece to said sides of said frame in suspension and for imposing a force directed downwardly and inwardly on said ground-engaging portions of said frame in response to a downwardly directed force being placed upon said support piece and for causing a lateral inward deflection on each of said lateral sides of said frame.
A snowshoe comprising:
- a frame having opposite lateral sides, each of said lateral sides having ground-engaging portions;
- a support piece upon which a user's boot is adapted to be supported, said support piece having a boot-engaging surface spaced transversely from said sides of said frame;
- a connection between said support piece and predetermined locations on said opposite lateral sides of said frame, said connection including attaching elements suspending said support piece relative to said sides to thereby allow a movement of said support piece with respect to said frame from an unweighted position to a lowered weighted position;
- said ground-engaging portions on each side of said frame including longitudinally arranged gripping edges for penetrating into the snow, said gripping edges being positioned at least at said predetermined locations on said opposite lateral sides of said frame;
- at least said sides of said frame being elastically deformable transversely towards said support piece at least at areas of said connection to said attaching elements.
A snowshoe comprising:
- a frame having opposite lateral sides, each of said lateral sides having ground-engaging portions, said ground-engaging portions including lowermost ground-engaging edges;
- a support piece upon which a user's boot is adapted to be supported;
- a connection between said support piece and predetermined locations on said opposite lateral sides of said frame, said flexible connection including attaching elements suspending said support piece from said sides, to thereby allow a movement of said support piece with respect to said frame from an unweighted position to a lowered weighted position, said support piece having a lower surface positioned, in a stable configuration, above said lowermost ground-engaging edges of said ground-engaging portions of said frame;
- said ground-engaging edges extending longitudinally along each side of said frame, at least at said predetermined locations, for penetrating into the snow;
- at least said sides of said frame being elastically deformable transversely towards said support piece at least at areas of said connection to said attaching elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.