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US 9,067,124 B2Granted
Climbing skin plates
AssigneeElevation Ski Technologies, Inc.
InventorScott Elliott
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Abstract
The present invention includes a climbing skin plate and a climbing skin plate kit. The climbing skin plate includes a rigid plate, a front bracket, and a binding system. The climbing skin plate kit includes a pair of climbing skin plates, a pair of skis, and a plate holder.
Claims9
A climbing skin plate, attachable to a ski, comprising:
- a rigid plate having a top side, a bottom side, a right side, a left side, a front area, a rear area, a height, a bottom front edge, and a length of at least 6 inches as measured along said right side and said left side, wherein when said climbing skin plate is attached to the ski;
- said top side is flush against a bottom of the ski;
- said bottom side is opposite from said top side such that it faces a ground on which the ski is placed;
- and
- said right and left sides are parallel with right and left sides of the ski, respectively;
- a front bracket attached to said rigid plate positioned in said front area of said rigid plate comprising:
- two front bracket sides extending above said top side of said rigid plate and attached to said right side and left side of said rigid plate;
- and
- a pin hole through each of said two front bracket sides;
- and
- a binding system attachable to said front bracket, wherein said binding system comprises at least one pin that is extendable through said pin holes of said two front bracket sides such that the ski to which said climbing skin plate is attachable is held between said at least one pin and said rigid plate.
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