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US 8,517,410 B2Granted
Steerable and/or convertible sport boards
AssigneeTech 4 Kids, Inc.
InventorsBradley D. Pedersen, Kyle Jeffs
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AssigneeTech 4 Kids, Inc.
InventorsBradley D. Pedersen, Kyle Jeffs
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A sport board is provided having a running surface which provides improved steering and directional control of the sport board. In one embodiment, the sport board has an arcuate bottom with a series of alternating ridges and grooves. The central ridges and grooves run parallel to the longitudinal axis of the board, while the ridges and grooves in the side areas run perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the board. In a second embodiment, the sport board comprises a bottom having a small number of a larger ridges and grooves which arrangement provides better control. By use of either approach, however, turning and cornering of the board is more controllable. The board is also fitted with foot straps so as to be easily convertible from a sport board configuration to a snowboard configuration.
A convertible sport board having a polymer shell, wherein a running surface is laminated to the bottom of the polymer shell of said board, and wherein said laminated running surface comprises a series of longitudinally extending grooves and/or ridges on the running surface to provide improved gliding and turning properties, and thus allows the sport board to also be used as a snowboard, and wherein the sport board includes a bottom profile configured to a substantially hour glass shape defined as having top edge and a distal bottom edge and a center region positioned between the top edge and the bottom edge, the top edge tapering outwardly along side edges to a first convex bulbous region, the first convex bulbous region then tapering inwardly along a concave center region, the concave center region then tapering outwardly along the side edges to a second convex bulbous region, the second convex bulbous region then tapering inwardly along the side edges to the bottom edge, and wherein the first convex bulbous region is positioned substantially between the top edge and center region, and wherein the second convex bulbous region is positioned substantially between the bottom edge and center region.
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