Methods and apparatus for resisting gliding device runaway

US6702315B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BURTON INC. · US

Inventors

• G. Barbieri · Middlebury, US
• Hubert S. Schaller · Burlington, US
• Edward Giard · Severna Park, US
• Benjamin Beck · Boston, US
• Douglas A. Marsden · Marblehead, US
• David Harting · Mansfield, US
• Baron C. Brandt · Portland, US
• John Earle · Greenville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 15, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 9, 2004
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63C2203/46
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A braking feature is provided that can resist gliding board runaway, i.e., uncontrolled gliding without a rider, or other movement of a gliding board, e.g., a gliding device having no foot bindings. The braking feature may always be active to resist gliding board movement, and/or resist movement only when a rider is not supported on the gliding device. Activation of a braking feature may be delayed. The braking feature may be controlled based on a force urging a bottom surface of the gliding device into contact with the gliding surface, e.g., the braking feature may be deactivated if the weight of a rider is supported on the gliding device. A force that deactivates a braking feature may be made adjustable, e.g., to accommodate riders of different weights or to provide different braking feature responses.