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US 8,529,268 B2Granted
Ski or snowboard teaching apparatus
AssigneeScott R. Coleman
InventorsR. Scott Coleman, Samuel Richard Hunter
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Abstract
In one example, an apparatus for teaching a student how to snow ski includes a removably attachable instructor component, a removably attachable student component, and means for temporarily securing the instructor component and student component together. The instructor component has a first end defining a cavity configured to receive a bottom end of an instructor's ski pole and a second end disposed opposite the first end. The student component has a first end configured to attach to a portion of a student's ski equipment and a second end disposed opposite the first end.
Claims17
An apparatus for teaching a student to ski or snowboard, the apparatus comprising:
- a removably attachable instructor component having a first end defining a cavity configured to receive a bottom end of an instructor's ski pole and a second end disposed opposite the first end;
- a removably attachable student component having a first end configured to attach to a portion of a student's ski or snowboard equipment and a second end disposed opposite the first end;
- and
- means for temporarily securing the instructor component and student component together;
- wherein:
- the first end of the student component comprises:
- a first barrel having opposing first and second ends with a hollow interior extending therebetween;
- a second barrel having opposing first and second ends with a hollow interior extending therebetween, the second barrel being slidably received within the hollow interior of the first barrel;
- a first foot attached to and separated from the first end of the first barrel by a first leg;
- a second foot attached to and separated from the second end of the second barrel by a second leg;
- and
- a threaded fastener configured to adjustably secure the second barrel within the hollow interior of the first barrel, wherein the first and second barrels, first and second feet, first and second legs, and threaded fastener define an adjustable aperture configured to receive therethrough a student's ski;
- and
- the second end of the student component comprises a tongue attached to the first barrel, wherein the means for temporarily securing the instructor component and student component together comprises a hole, hook, socket or ball formed in the tongue and a corresponding hook, hole, ball or socket, respectively, formed in the second end of the instructor component.
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A system for teaching a student how to ski, the system comprising:
- an apparatus comprising:
- a removably attachable instructor component having a first end defining a cavity configured to receive a bottom end of an instructor's ski pole and a second end disposed opposite the first end;
- a removably attachable student component having a first end configured to attach to a portion of a student's ski or snowboard equipment and a second end disposed opposite the first end;
- and
- means for temporarily securing the instructor component and student component together;
- wherein:
- the first end of the student component comprises:
- a first barrel having opposing first and second ends with a hollow interior extending therebetween;
- a second barrel having opposing first and second ends with a hollow interior extending therebetween, the second barrel being slidably received within the hollow interior of the first barrel;
- a first foot attached to and separated from the first end of the first barrel by a first leg;
- a second foot attached to and separated from the second end of the second barrel by a second leg;
- and
- a threaded fastener configured to adjustably secure the second barrel within the hollow interior of the first barrel, wherein the first and second barrels, first and second feet, first and second legs, and threaded fastener define an adjustable aperture configured to receive therethrough a student's ski;
- the second end of the student component comprises a tongue attached to the first barrel, wherein the means for temporarily securing the instructor component and student component together comprises a hole, hook, socket or ball formed in the tongue and a corresponding hook, hole, ball or socket, respectively, formed in the second end of the instructor component;
- and
- the student's ski or snowboard equipment includes two skis;
- and means for holding tips of the student's skis together.
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A student component for use by a student in learning how to ski or snowboard, the student component comprising:
- means for removably attaching the student component to a portion of a student's ski or snowboard equipment;
- and
- means for temporarily securing the student component to a corresponding instructor component, the instructor component being removably attached to a bottom end of an instructor's ski pole:
- wherein the means for removably attaching the student component to a portion of a student's ski or snowboard equipment comprises:
- a first component having opposing first and second ends with a hollow interior extending therebetween, the hollow interior defining a longitudinal axis arranged substantially normal to a length of a student's ski when the student component is removably attached to the student's ski;
- a second component having opposing first and second ends with a hollow interior extending therebetween, the second component being slidably received within the hollow interior of the first component with at least the second end of the second component being disposed outside the hollow interior;
- a first foot attached to and separated from the first end of the first component by a first leg,
- a second foot attached to and separated from the second end of the second component by a second leg;
- and
- a threaded fastener configured to adjustably secure the second component within the hollow interior of the first component, wherein the first and second components, first and second feet, first and second legs, and threaded fastener define an adjustable aperture configured to receive therethrough a student's ski.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.