Goods & Services

Entertainment, education, and sporting services in the field of skiing, namely, providing membership-based ski equipment rental and upgrade programs, and organizing and conducting ski-related community events.

Abstract

A snow sliding device include a core, a plurality of securing elements including a base with a sliding surface, a top surface, and at least a sidewall, and one or more constituents, wherein at least a constituent of the one or more constituents transitions between a first composition at a first position and a second composition at a second position, wherein the first composition includes a first proportion of a non-Newtonian material mixed with a second proportion of Newtonian material, the second composition includes a third proportion of the non-Newtonian material mixed with a fourth proportion of Newtonian material, and the first proportion is different from the third proportion.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63C 5/03 - Mono skisSnowboards
• A63C 5/12 - Making thereofSelection of particular materials

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a snow sliding device includes forming a core by forming a core body including an outer surface including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a first thickness, and shaping the core body to include a second thickness; providing a plurality of elements, including a base with a sliding surface, and a top surface; incorporating in at least one of the core and the plurality of elements a first material, the first material exhibiting a shear rate-dependent shear resistance; and laminating the plurality of elements to the core.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63C 5/03 - Mono skisSnowboards
• A63C 5/12 - Making thereofSelection of particular materials

Goods & Services

Bindings for water skis; Ski bindings and parts therefor; Ski poles; Surfboards; Bags especially designed for skis; Fitted protective covers specially adapted for sports equipment, namely, fishing, hunting, surfing and skiing equipment; Handle grips for sporting equipment; Kiteboards; Paddle surfboards; Paddles for use with surfboards; Snow skis; Water skis

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a snow sliding device includes forming a core by forming a core body including an outer surface including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a first thickness, and shaping the core body to include a second thickness; providing a plurality of elements, including a base with a sliding surface, and a top surface; incorporating in at least one of the core and the plurality of elements a first material, the first material exhibiting a shear rate-dependent shear resistance; and laminating the plurality of elements to the core.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63C 5/12 - Making thereofSelection of particular materials
• B32B 7/08 - Interconnection of layers by mechanical means
• B29C 65/56 - Joining of preformed partsApparatus therefor using mechanical means
• B29L 31/52 - Sports equipmentToys

Abstract

A motile buoyancy apparatus for use in a fluid. The motile buoyancy apparatus includes an outer layer, the outer layer having a performance surface. The motile buoyancy apparatus includes at least a portion including a first material. The first material is a non-Newtonian material. The at least a portion causes the performance surface to exhibit a shear rate-variable shear response.

IPC Classes  ?

• B63B 1/28 - Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving additional lift from hydrodynamic forces of hydrofoil type with movable hydrofoils
• B63B 1/24 - Hydrodynamic or hydrostatic features of hulls or of hydrofoils deriving additional lift from hydrodynamic forces of hydrofoil type
• B63B 5/24 - Hulls characterised by their construction of non-metallic material made predominantly of plastics
• B63B 1/32 - Other means for varying the inherent hydrodynamic characteristics of hulls

Abstract

A design for snowsports devices such as skis and snowboards uses non-Newtonian materials. Non-Newtonian materials exhibit rate-sensitive characteristics, with stress vs. strain properties dependent on the rate of loading. The snowsports device with non-Newtonian materials has variable stiffness and damping, with both increasing according to an increased applied load-rate such that a single snowsports device exhibits soft flex characteristics under low applied load-rates, but stiffer flex characteristics under high applied load-rates. The flex of the snowsports device is self-adjusting, with no manual adjustment input required by a user. The non-Newtonian material may be incorporated into the structure of the snowsports device in a number of different ways, including in the core, in composite sheet layers, and other locations.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63C 5/12 - Making thereofSelection of particular materials
• A63C 5/03 - Mono skisSnowboards
• A63C 5/056 - Materials for the running sole

Goods & Services

Skis

Abstract

A ski and snowboard design uses non-Newtonian materials in the structure of the ski. Non-Newtonian materials exhibit rate-sensitive characteristics, with stress vs. strain properties dependent on the rate of loading. The ski or snowboard with non-Newtonian has variable stiffness and damping, with both increasing according to an increased applied load- rate such that a single (pair of) skis exhibits soft flex characteristics under low applied load- rates, but stiffer flex characteristics under high applied load-rates. The flex of the ski is self- adjusting, with no manual adjustment input required by a user. The non-Newtonian material may be incorporated into the structure of the ski in a number of different ways, including in the core, in composite sheet layers of the ski, and other locations.

IPC Classes  ?

• A63C 5/12 - Making thereofSelection of particular materials