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US 6,481,741 B1Granted
Snowboard
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorPierre-Alain Porte
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Abstract
A snowboard having a length, a width, and a height, the latter including in particular a lower reinforcement, an upper reinforcement, and at least one core located between the upper reinforcement and the lower reinforcement. The thickness of each core is demarcated by two surfaces of the core parallel to one another, and at least one of the cores has a smaller width than the width of the board in each end zone.
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A gliding board adapted to snowboarding, said gliding board comprising:
- a first end and a second end, said first and second ends defining a length of the board extending in a longitudinal direction;
- a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges defining a width of the board extending in a transverse direction;
- an upper surface and a lower or gliding surface, said upper and lower surfaces defining a height of the board;
- within said height of the board, the board further comprising a lower reinforcement, an upper reinforcement, and at least one core, said at least one core being located between said upper reinforcement and said lower reinforcement;
- between said first end and said second end, the board further comprising a first end zone, a first contact line, a first intermediate zone, a first boot retaining zone, a central zone, a second boot retaining zone, a second intermediate zone, a second contact line, and a second end zone;
- each of said at least one core comprising a thickness demarcated by two surface, respectively, said two surfaces being parallel to one another, and at least one of said at least one core having a smaller width than said width of the board in each of said first and second end zones and a thickness providing the gliding board with an upwardly projecting base portion to form an upper base surface;
- at least in each of said first and second end zones said upper surface of the board being defined by said upper base surface and a lower base surface, whereby at least in each of said first and second end zones said lower base surface extends laterally of said upper base surface on opposite lateral sides of said upper base surface, and whereby at least in each of said first and second end zones a width of said upper base surface relative to the width of the board is less than in predetermined other ones of said zones.
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A snowboard comprising:
- a first end and a second end, said first and second ends defining a length of the snowboard extending in a longitudinal direction;
- a first edge and a second edge, said first and second edges defining a width of the snowboard extending in a transverse direction;
- an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper and lower surfaces defining a height of the snowboard;
- between said first end and said second end, the snowboard further comprising a first end zone, a first contact line, a first intermediate zone, a first binding zone, a central zone, a second binding zone, a second intermediate zone, a second contact line, and a second end zone;
- within said height of the snowboard, the snowboard further comprising at least one lower reinforcement, at least one upper reinforcement, and at least one core, said core being located between said upper reinforcement and said lower reinforcement and having opposite ends defining a length of said core, said core comprising a thickness demarcated by two surfaces, said thickness being constant from a first of said opposite ends to a second of said opposite ends, said core having a smaller width than said width of the snowboard in each of said first and second end zones, said core providing the snowboard with an upwardly projecting base portion to form an upper base surface;
- at least in each of said first and second end zones said upper surface of the snowboard being defined by said upper base surface and a lower base surface, whereby at least in each of said first and second end zones said lower base surface extends laterally of said upper base surface on opposite lateral sides of said upper base surface, and whereby at least in each of said first and second end zones a width of said upper base surface relative to the width of the board is less than in predetermined other ones of said zones.
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