EP1386643A1 - Snowboard, ski et fixation metallique de carre superieure - Google Patents

Snowboard, ski et fixation metallique de carre superieure Download PDF

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EP1386643A1
EP1386643A1 EP02720460A EP02720460A EP1386643A1 EP 1386643 A1 EP1386643 A1 EP 1386643A1 EP 02720460 A EP02720460 A EP 02720460A EP 02720460 A EP02720460 A EP 02720460A EP 1386643 A1 EP1386643 A1 EP 1386643A1
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Young-soo c/o PARK WAY CO. LTD. PARK
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C5/00—Skis or snowboards
    • A63C5/03—Mono skis; Snowboards
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C5/00—Skis or snowboards
    • A63C5/03—Mono skis; Snowboards
    • A63C5/033—Devices for enabling the use of a normal ski as mono-ski, e.g. platforms fixed on the ski for supporting the ski boots side-by-side
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C5/00—Skis or snowboards
    • A63C5/04—Structure of the surface thereof
    • A63C5/048—Structure of the surface thereof of the edges
    • A63C5/0485—Complementary or supplementary ski edges
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/003—Non-swivel sole plate fixed on the ski
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C2203/00—Special features of skates, skis, roller-skates, snowboards and courts
    • A63C2203/46—Skateboards or boards for snow having superimposed decks

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  • the present invention relates to a snowboard and a ski each provided with upper edges above sole edges, and moreover relates to an upper edge fixture for fixing the upper edges on the snowboard and the ski.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a snowboard and a ski whose edges are not released easily even when being strongly engaged and which are easy to operate.
  • a snowboard provided with sole edges along comer portions on both the left and right sides of a sliding surface comprises left and right upper edges respectively provided above the left and right sole edges so as to protrude more to the left and right sides of the snowboard than the left and right sole edges.
  • a ski provided with sole edges along comer portions on both the left and right sides of a sliding surface comprises left and right-upper edges respectively provided above the left and right sole edges so as to protrude more to the left and right sides of the ski than the left and right sole edges.
  • the left and right upper edges be tilted so that the ground contact angles of the left and right upper edges become smaller than the ground contact angles of the left and right sole edges. If so, the upper edge comes in contact with the snow surface at an angle smaller than the ground contact angle of the sole edge, whereby the tendency for the upper edge to be released reduces, and the snow surface can be easily caught.
  • an upper edge fixture characterized by comprising upper edges provided on both the left and right sides of a fixture body which is overlappingly attached to an upper surface of a snowboard or a ski is provided.
  • the upper edges can be easily attached to the snowboard or the ski.
  • the upper edge fixture is equal to or shorter than the snowboard or the ski in length.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a snowboard 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line X-X in FIG. 1.
  • Screw holes 9 for attaching a binding 40 described later are provided at plural positions of an upper surface 8 of the snowboard 1. By using these plural screw holes 9, the binding 40 can be attached to the upper surface 8 of the snowboard 1 in a desired position.
  • a lower surface 10 of the snowboard 1 is a flat sliding surface and made of resin resistant to adhesion of snow.
  • Sole edges 11 and 11 are provided along comer portions on both the left and right sides of the lower surface 10 (sliding surface).
  • the sole edges 11 and 11 are formed of a hard material such as metal.
  • a comer portion 11' of the sole edge 11 is formed to have almost a right angle (approximately 85° to approximately 90° ), a bottom surface 11a of the sole edge 11 is placed on the same plane with the lower surface of the snowboard 1, and in the shown example, similarly to a side surface 13 of the snowboard 1,. a side surface 11b of the sole edge 11 is formed on a plane which stands almost perpendicular to the bottom surface 11a of the sole edge 11.
  • left and right upper edges 12 and 12 are provided, each being fixed to an upper portion of the side surface 13 of the snowboard 1.
  • These left and right upper edges 12 and 12 are provided so as to protrude more to the left and right sides of the snowboard 1 than the sole edges 11--and 11 provided at the comer portions on both sides of the lower surface of the snowboard 1.
  • a comer portion 12' of the upper edge 12 is also formed to have almost a right angle (approximately 85° to approximately 90° ), a bottom surface 12a of the upper edge 12 is placed parallel to the bottom surface 11a of the sole edge 11 and the lower surface 10 of the snowboard 1, and a side surface 12b of the upper edge 12 is formed parallel to the side surface 11b of the sole edge 11 and the side surface 13 of the snowboard 1 and on a plane which stands almost perpendicular to the bottom surface 12a of the upper edge 12.
  • the upper edge 12 comes in contact with the snow surface at the ground contact angle ⁇ which is smaller than the ground contact angle ⁇ of the sole edge 11 when the snow surface is caught by both the comer portion 11' of the sole edge 11 and the comer portion 12' of the upper edge 12, whereby the tendency for the upper edge 12 to be released reduces, and the snow surface can be easily caught. As a result, it is more difficult to release the edge, and the operation of the snowboard 1 becomes more stable.
  • the angle ⁇ by which the upper edge 12 is tilted upward be set so that the ground contact angle ⁇ of the upper edge 12 is approximately 45° when the snow surface is caught by both the comer portion 11' of the sole edge 11 and the comer portion 12' of the upper edge 12.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 Although the example in which the side surface 13 of the snowboard 1 is formed on the same plane with the side surface 11b of the sole edge 11 is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, it is also possible to form the side surface 13 of the snowboard 1 at a concave surface which is recessed deeper to the inside than the side surface 11b of the sole edge 11 as written in FIGS. 3 and 4 by a dashed line 13'. In so doing, the tendency for snow to adhere to the side surface 13 of the snowboard 1 reduces, and strong edging can be continuously performed.
  • the upper edge 12 is provided separately from the sole edge 11 is shown in any of FIGS 2 to 4, it is also suitable to attach an edge member 15 to the side surface 13 of the snowboard 1, form the upper edge 12 in an upper portion of the edge member 15, and form the sole edge 11 in a lower portion thereof as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the upper edge 12 and the sole edge 11 may be provided integrally.
  • one upper edge 12 is provided above the sole edge 11 in any of FIGS 2 to 5
  • two upper edges 15 and 16 may be provided above the sole edge 11, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, and three upper edges 15, 16, and 17 may be provided above the sole edge 11, for example, as shown in FIG. 7.
  • four or more upper edges may be provided above the sole edge 11.
  • the upper edge provided above the sole edge 11 may be shorter than or equal to the sole edge 11 in length. Further, it is also possible to change the angle of the upper edge depending on its position. Furthermore, although the case where the binding 40 is attached to the upper surface 8 of the snowboard 1 by using the plural screw holes 9 provided in the upper surface 8 of the snowboard 1 is explained in FIG. 1, the present invention can be also applied to a case where the binding 40 is attached to the upper surface 8 of the snowboard 1 by using a rail provided on the upper surface 8 of the snowboard 1.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a ski 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line Y-Y in FIG. 8.
  • a lower surface 20 is formed at a sliding surface, and sole edges 21 and 21 are provided along comer portions on the left and right sides of the lower surface 20.
  • left and right upper edges 22 and 22 are respectively fixed to side surfaces of the ski 2 in such a manner to protrude more to the left and right sides of the ski 2 than the sole edges 21 and 21.
  • the ski 2 thus structured according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is -possible to catch the snow surface by both the sole edge 21 and the upper edge 22 when edging is performed. Moreover, even when the ski 2 is excessively tilted and thereby the sole edge 21 is released, the snow surface can be caught by the upper edge 22 and the edge is not easily released even if the ski 2 is greatly tilted, whereby turning and braking can be performed easily without falling, which results in the stabilization of the operation of the ski 2.
  • the ground contact angle of the sole edge 21 and the ground contact angle of the upper edge 22 may be the same, or the ground contact angle of the upper edge 22 may be smaller than the ground contact angle of the sole edge 21 by tilting the upper edge 22 upward.
  • a side surface of the ski 2 may be formed at a concave surface which is recessed deeper to the inside than a side surface of the soled edge 21.
  • the upper edge 22 may or may not protrude higher than an upper surface 19 of the ski 2.
  • the upper edge 22 and the sole edge 21 may be provided integrally.
  • two or more upper edges 21 may be provided above the sole edge 21.
  • the upper edge provided above the sole edge 21 may be shorter or equal to the sole edge 21 in length.
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an upper edge fixture 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a snowboard 4 on which the upper edge fixture 3 is mounted.
  • the snowboard 4 shown in FIG. 11 is a heretofore publicly known snowboard (snowboard including only a sole edge 43 without including the upper edge which is characteristic of the present invention), which is different from the snowboard 1 explained previously in FIGS. 1, 2, and so on.
  • the upper edge fixture 3 has a structure in which upper edges 31 and 31 are attached to both the left and right sides of a fixture body 30 which is slightly wider than the snowboard 4.
  • a fixture body 30 which is slightly wider than the snowboard 4.
  • holes 39 for passing screws therethrough when the binding 40 is attached to an upper surface of the snowboard 4 are provided at respective positions.
  • the upper edge fixture 3 thus structured is overlappingly and closely attached to the upper surface of the snowboard 4.
  • screw holes (not shown) for attaching the binding 40 are provided at plural positions of the upper surface of the snowboard 4.
  • this upper edge fixture 3 If the thickness of this upper edge fixture 3 is increased, boots can be fitted at a high position from the upper surface of the snowboard 4, and consequently so-called lift up becomes possible. Moreover, it is also suitable to reduce the thickness of the upper edge fixture 3 or provide cut-outs, holes, or the like at appropriate intervals so as to give elasticity to the upper edge fixture 3. Further, by shifting the fixing position of the upper edge fixture 3 forward and backward on the upper surface of the snowboard 4, the upper edge 31 can be arranged in the front or in the rear.
  • the front and rear portions of the upper edge fixture 3 may be recessed inward.
  • the upper edge fixture 3 may be formed to have a rectangular shape as a whole with its front and rear portions formed in a linear shape.
  • two or more upper edges may be provided.
  • the upper edge may be shorter than or equal to the sole edge 43 in length. Additionally, the angle of the upper edge may be changed depending on its position.
  • FIG. 13 is a plan view of the snowboard 4 on which an upper edge fixture 5 according to another embodiment of the present invention is mounted.
  • the snowboard 4 shown in FIG. 13 is the heretofore publicly known snowboard (snowboard including only a sole edge without including an upper edge).
  • the upper edge fixture 5 of this embodiment includes two separate left and right fixture bodies 50 and 50, and upper edges 51 and 51 are respectively attached to outer surfaces of these fixture bodies 50 and 50.
  • long holes 52 for passing screws therethrough when the binding 40 is attached to the upper surface of the snowboard 4 are provided at respective positions.
  • the upper edges 51 and 51 can be provided to protrude above the sole edges of the lower surface of the snowboard 4.
  • the long holes 52 are formed in the fixture bodies 50 and 50 as in the case of the upper edge fixture 5 explained in FIG. 13, it is possible to adjust the amount of protrusion of the upper edges 51 and 51 by changing the fixing positions of the fixture bodies 50 and 50 on the upper surface of the snowboard 4.
  • the upper edge fixture 3 (5) when the upper edge fixture 3 (5) is attached to the upper surface of the snowboard 4, it is also suitable to lift up the upper edge fixture 3 (5) by placing a spacer 60 between the upper edge fixture 3 (5) and snowboard 4 as shown in FIG. 14.
  • the use of such a spacer 60 facilitates the adjustment of the height of the upper edge.
  • the binding 40 is attached to the upper surface of the snowboard 4 by the screws 41 in FIGS. 10 to 14, the present invention is also applicable to a case where the binding 40 is attached to the rail provided on the upper surface of the snowboard 1.

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