Crosscountry ski
AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.
InventorPierre Gignoux
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Abstract
A crosscountry ski (1), the lower face (3) of which is curved to form a wax zone (2) positioned substantially in the region lying below the user's boot, wherein its upper face (11) has at least one recess (10), and wherein each recess (10) holds a rigid longitudinal bar (12, 13) extending from the rear of the wax zone (2) to the front of said zone, with one of the ends (17) of each bar (12, 13) abutting (4) on an element (16) which is fixed relative to the ski, while complementary means (20) interacting with the other end (18) of each bar (12, 13) are provided in order to adjustably compress said bar (12, 13).
Claims20
A crosscountry ski (1), wherein the lower face (3) of which is curved to form a wax zone (2) positioned substantially in the region lying below the user's boot, wherein at least one longitudinal recess (10) is provided extending down through the upper face (11) and along the length of the ski, and wherein the at least one longitudinal recess (10) holds a rigid longitudinal bar (12, 13) extending from the rear of the wax zone (2) to the front of said zone, with a first end (17) of the bar (12, 13) abutting (4) on an element (16) which is fixed relative to the ski, while complementary means (20) interacting with a second end (18) of the bar (12, 13) are provided in order to adjustably compress said bar (12, 13)
- wherein the first end and the second end of the bar is respectively fixed to the ski through the element (16) and the complementary means, and
- wherein the bar is constrained from deforming by walls of the at least one longitudinal recess.
A crosscountry ski (1), the lower face (3) of which is curved to form a wax zone (2) positioned substantially in the region lying below the user's boot, wherein its upper face (11) has recesses (10), and wherein each of the recesses (10) holds a rigid longitudinal bar (12, 13) extending from the rear of the wax zone (2) to the front of said zone, with a first end (17) of each bar (12, 13) abutting (4) on an element (16) which is fixed relative to the ski, while complementary means (20) interacting with a second end (18) of each bar (12, 13) are provided in order to adjustably compress said bars (12, 13),
- wherein it has a boot binding plate (15) covering said bars (12, 13) , and
- wherein said plate has a protruding region (19) under its lower face, which comes in contact with the upper face of the board between said bars (12, 13).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.