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US 8,465,044 B2Granted
Sports board with an interlocking structure
AssigneeFlow Sports, Inc.
InventorsAnthony Scaturro, Eric Luthardt, Roger Neiley
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Abstract
A sports board, such as a snow board, has a board core structure that provides desired structural characteristics localized to select regions of the board while maintaining predictable produceability and optimum operating qualities of the board. In an embodiment, the sports board includes a plurality of layered elements or segments, of which certain elements or segments are joined using interlocking elements.
Claims11
A sports board, comprising:
- an elongated base having a top layer and a bottom layer;
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- an internal layer positioned between the top layer and the bottom layer and including an interlocking structure comprising:
- (a) a substantially elongated central bridge, that is a single piece, with a major axis longer than a minor axis, the central bridge oriented such that the major axis of the central bridge is aligned with a long axis of the elongated base;
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- (b) four interlocking segments positioned on opposed regions of the central bridge, the interlocking segments adapted to interlock with the opposed regions of the central bridge so as to maintain the central bridge and interlocking segments in a substantially fixed orientation with respect to one another, wherein the interlocking segments and the central bridge are collectively shaped such that the resulting interlocking structure is X-shaped.
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