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US 6,270,091 B1Granted
Articulated two-piece snowboard with connector
OwnerShane H. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A snowboard having a front section connected to a back section by a bendable connector. A rider places one foot on the front section and the other foot on the back section. The bottom of both sections have a series of curved longitudinal ridges positioned so that the bottom of each section curves in a convex manner both front to back and side to side. The rider's feet may be restrained from horizontal movement along the top surface by a recess in the top surface or by protrusions in the top surface.
Claims20
A sportsboard for movement along a surface comprising:
- a first section having an upper surface including a first section foot rest area and a lower surface, an outer end and an inner end, a right side and a left side, said first section having a first section longitudinal axis and a first section lateral axis said lower surface being approximately convex in shape along both said first section longitudinal axis and said first section lateral axis and said lower surface of said first section having a plurality of downwardly directed ridges extending longitudinally along a majority of said lower surface spaced from said right side and said left side and a plurality of said ridges contact said surface when the sportsboard is moving in a straight line;
- a second section having an upper surface including a second section foot rest area and a lower surface, an outer end and an inner end, a right side and a left side, said lower surface being approximately convex in shape along both said second section longitudinal axis and said second section lateral axis and said lower surface of said second section having a plurality of downwardly directed ridges extending longitudinally along a majority of said lower surface spaced from said right side and said left side and a plurality of said ridges contact said surface when the sportsboard is moving in a straight line;
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- a flexible connector for connecting said inner end of said first section to said inner end of said second section.
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A snowboard for movement along a snow covered surface comprising:
- a first section having an upper surface including a first section foot rest area and a lower surface having a right edge and a left edge, an outer end and an inner end, said first section having a first section longitudinal axis and a first section lateral axis said lower surface of said first section having a plurality of longitudinal protrusions separated by longitudinal valleys, a majority of said longitudinal protrusions being curved along a majority of a distance between said first section outer end and said first section inner end and said plurality of longitudinal protrusions being positioned inwardly with respect to said right edge and said left edge and a plurality of said longitudinal protrusions also being positioned to contact said snow covered surface when the snowboard is moving downhill in a straight line;
- a second section having an upper surface including a second section foot rest area and a lower surface having a right edge and a left edge, an outer end and an inner end, said second section having a second section longitudinal axis and a second section lateral axis said second section lower surface having a plurality of longitudinal protrusions separated by longitudinal valleys, said longitudinal protrusions being curved along a majority of a distance between said outer end and said inner end of said second section and said plurality of longitudinal protrusions being positioned inwardly with respect to said right edge and said left edge;
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- a connector for connecting said inner end of said first section to said inner end of said second section and wherein said plurality of longitudinal protrusions on said lower surfaces of said first and second sections comprise at least two inner protrusions and at least two outer protrusions and said at least two inner protrusions extend further downwardly than said at least two outer protrusions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.