Patent · US Expired

Rigid ski-mounting stabilizer

US4006911A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1975
Grant dateFeb 8, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 19, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63C5/06
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A novel ski-mounting stabilizer for the sole purpose of holding a snow ski in a stationary position relative to the snow surface, and to provide a proper lateral alignment between the ski-binding mechanism and the ski boot, until the ski mounting operation is completed, and including a rigid receptacle which is attached to the upper side of a snow ski to receive the lower ends of a conventional ski pole, in the establishment of a rigid engagement between a ski and ski pole, for the sole purpose of holding the ski in a stationary position relative to the snow surface, and to provide a proper alignment between the ski-binding mechanism and the under side of the ski-boot until the ski mounting and step-in operation is completed. Wherein, immediately upon completion of the mounting and step-in operation, the ski-pole is removed from its receptacle, to be used in its conventional intended fashion while skiing. And wherein, further particularities provide a rigid receptacle which is constructed in such a way, that a possible accumulation of snow and ice within the receptacle can be ejected through an opening or openings at the receptacle's lower portion, as the lower end of a conventiona…

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