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US 8,708,371 B2Granted
Reconfigurable snowboard/downhill skis
AssigneeRodin, Ltd
InventorRichard Balun
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Abstract
Combination ski-snowboard devices reversibly configured in both: a ski configuration comprising two skis each with both an inside and outside edge and a ski binding mounting systems, and in a snowboard configuration having two outside edges and two binding mounting systems. Methods for converting ski-snowboard devices from a snowboard configuration to a ski configuration and from a ski configuration to a snowboard configuration.
Claims20
A ski-snowboard combination device comprising:
- a first gliding board having an first edge having a substantially concave shape;
- a second gliding board having a first edge having a substantially concave shape;
- a binding mounting system mounted on the first gliding board and the second gliding board, the binding mounting system having:
- a top plate;
- and
- a bottom plate with a torque-sensitive release mechanism and a release-setting gauge, wherein the binding mounting system is releasable upon in the event of a threshold level of torque applied to the torque-sensitive release mechanism;
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- a fastening device comprising a first part and a second part, the first part mounted on the first gliding board and the second part mounted on the second gliding board, the fastening device being configured to reversibly affix the inside edge of the first gliding board to the inside edge of the second gliding board, wherein when the inside edge of the first gliding board and the inside edge of the second gliding board form an opening with two convex sides,
- wherein the binding mounting system is reconfigurable between a ski binding mounting system and a snowboard binding mounting system.
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A ski-snowboard combination device comprising:
- a first gliding board having an outer edge configured for use as a snowboard and having an inner edge configured for use as a downhill ski;
- a second gliding board being a reciprocal mirror image shape from the first gliding board such that the second gliding board also has an outer edge configured for use as a snowboard and having an inner edge configured for use as a downhill ski;
- a binding mounting system mounted on the first gliding board and the second gliding board, the binding mounting system having:
- a top plate;
- and
- a bottom plate with a torque-sensitive release mechanism and a release-setting gauge, wherein the binding mounting system is releasable upon in the event of a threshold level of torque applied to the torque-sensitive release mechanism;
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- a fastening device configured to affix the first gliding board to the second gliding board, whereby the inner edge of the first gliding board is pressed against the inner edge of the second gliding board,
- wherein the binding mounting system is reconfigurable between a ski binding mounting system and a snowboard binding mounting system.
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A ski-snowboard combination device comprising:
- a first gliding board having a first ski binding mounting system mounted on the first gliding board;
- a second gliding board having a second ski binding mounting system mounted on the second gliding board;
- a fastening device comprising a first part and a second part, the first part mounted on the first gliding board and the second part mounted on the second gliding board, the fastening device being configured to reversibly affix the inside edge of the first gliding board to the inside edge of the second gliding board, wherein when the inside edge of the first gliding board and the inside edge of the second gliding board form an opening with two convex sides;
- a bottom plate being configured to be non-releasably coupled with each of the gliding board, the bottom plate having:
- a torque-sensitive release mechanism;
- and
- a release-setting gauge,
- wherein the bottom plate is aligned with a disk-accepting aperture disposed therein;
- and
- a top plate having a disk disposed on a bottom-side surface of the top plate and a top-side surface configured to be non-releasably coupled with a boot,
- wherein the disk is configured to be releasably aligned with the disk-accepting aperture of the bottom plate in the event of a threshold level applied to the disk.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.