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US 6,185,846 B1Granted
Maneuverable snowshoe
AssigneePride Industries
InventorGeorge M. Neidhardt, Jr.
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Abstract
A snowshoe is described in which both a simple toe strap and a simple ankle strap are connected to a single, large claw plate, wherein the heel of the user's foot is maintained on an upper surface of the decking.
Claims14
A maneuverable snowshoe comprising:
- A. a peripheral frame having opposite sides, a front and a rear;
- B. a membrane decking interiorly of said frame, defining upper and underneath surfaces for said snowshoe;
- C. a foot binding arrangement on said upper surface for holding a user's foot in position with the toes of the foot facing toward said front;
- D. a claw plate on the underneath surface of said snowshoe construction secured rigidly to said foot binding arrangement both at a first location positioned to bind the ball of a user's foot to said upper surface and at a second location spaced longitudinally rearwardly of said first location a sufficient distance to also maintain the heel of a user's foot at the upper surface of said snowshoe, whereby substantially all of the user's weight on the leg terminating in said foot is supported by said single claw plate;
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- E. A structure strapping extending from said foot binding arrangement to said peripheral frame to transmit a portion of the loading provided by a user's foot to said peripheral frame.
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The maneuverable snowshoe comprising:
- A. a peripheral frame having opposite sides, a front and a rear;
- B. a membrane decking extending between said opposite sides, front and rear of said frame, said decking defining upper and underneath surfaces for said snowshoe construction;
- C. a foot binding arrangement on said upper surface for holding a user's foot in position with the toes of the foot facing toward said front, said foot binding arrangement being made up of three straps and associated cam buckles, a first one of said straps being a toe strap positioned to bind the toes and ball of a user's foot, a second one of said straps being an ankle strap positioned to bind the user's foot adjacent an ankle, and a third one of said straps being a heel strap designed to encircle the heel of a user's foot;
- D. a claw plate on the underneath surface of said snowshoe construction secured rigidly to said foot binding arrangement both at two laterally spaced positions at said toe strap and at two laterally spaced positions at said ankle strap, whereby substantially all of the user's weight on the leg terminating in said foot s supported by said single claw plate;
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- E. Structural strapping extending between said foot binding arrangement and said peripheral frame to transmit torsional loading provided by a user's foot to said frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.