System for gliding on snow with improved mobility
AssigneeMarlow Dynamics, LLC
InventorsThomas George Marlow, John Titus Marlow
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Abstract
Systems, apparatus and methods for gliding on a surface with improved mobility are described. According to various embodiments, boards are provided which are configured to overlap. This innovative overlapping ability helps allow for versatile stance configuration and ensures that collision between the boards occurs between a base and an edge. This type of collision will generally result in a sliding action, allowing one board to ride up onto the top of the edge of the other board. This type of interaction reduces damage to the boards and improves riding experience. Boards with equal height nose and tail shovels are more likely to collide edge-to-edge in a disruptive manner. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims10
A snow gliding system comprising:
- a first board having a first major axis, and a first minor axis, the first board comprising:
- a first base including a first gliding surface;
- a first top surface opposite the first base;
- a first nose including an upturned portion of the first top surface and the first base;
- a first tail opposite the first nose along the first major axis, the first tail including an upturned portion of the first top surface and the first base, the first tail rising above the first gliding surface to a first shovel height;
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- a second board having a second major axis, and a second minor axis, the second board comprising:
- a second base including a second gliding surface;
- a second top surface opposite the second base;
- a second nose including an upturned portion of the second top surface and the second base, the second nose rising above the second gliding surface to a second shovel height, the second shovel height being greater than the first shovel height;
- a second tail opposite the second nose along the second major axis, the second tail including an upturned portion of the second top surface and the second base;
- wherein the first tail is configured to be positioned beneath the second nose when the first gliding surface and the second gliding surface are coplanar.
A sliding system for riding sideways on snow, the system comprising:
- a front board having an upturned front board nose and a front board tail;
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- a rear board having an upturned rear board nose and a rear board tail, the rear board configured to be positioned adjacent the front board with the rear board nose closest to the front board tail, the rear board nose configured to overlap the front board tail without contacting the front board tail.
A breakboard system comprising:
- a first board having a first running length, a first top surface and a first base opposite the first top surface, the first board being shaped with first sidecuts defining a first front hip and a first rear hip at the widest points perpendicular to the first running length, and a first waist located centrally between the first front hip and the first rear hip, the first board including a first nose defined by the portion of the board forward of the first front hip, a first tail defined by the portion of the board to the rear of the first rear hip, and a first gliding surface on the first base, the first nose including a first nose shovel height above the first gliding surface, and the first tail including a first tail shovel height above the first gliding surface;
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- a second board having a second running length, a second top surface and a second base opposite the second top surface, the second board being shaped with second sidecuts defining a second front hip and a second rear hip at the widest points perpendicular to the second running length, and a second waist located centrally between the second front hip and the second rear hip, the second board including a second nose defined by the portion of the board forward of the second front hip, a second tail defined by the portion of the board to the rear of the second rear hip, and a second gliding surface on the second base, the second nose including a second nose shovel height above the second gliding surface, and the second tail including a second tail shovel height above the second gliding surface;
- wherein the second nose shovel height is greater than the first tail shovel height;
- wherein the second board is configured to be positioned adjacent the first board with the second nose nearest the first tail;
- wherein the first board and the second board are configured such that with the first gliding surface and second gliding surface in the same plane, a portion of the second nose is able to overlap a portion of the first tail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.