| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 434253000 | Skiing | 24 |
| 20090111078 | ASSEMBLY FOR PRACTICING A GLIDING OR ROLLING SPORT - An assembly for the practice of a gliding, rolling, or walking sport, such as snowboarding, skateboarding, or a snowshoeing, for example, the assembly including a device for receiving a foot or a boot, as well as a board, the receiving device including a lateral longitudinal portion that extends from a first end to a second end, as well as a medial longitudinal portion that extends from a first end to a second end, the longitudinal portions being provided to be fixed to the board. The lateral longitudinal portion has a first slot toward the first end, as well as a second slot toward the second end; the medial longitudinal portion has a first slot toward the first end, as well as a second slot toward the second end, the slots being provided for the passage of members for fixing the receiving device to the board, each member being provided to cooperate with the board. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090111079 | ASSEMBLY FOR PRACTICING A GLIDING OR ROLLING SPORT - An assembly provided for the practice of a gliding, rolling, or walking sport, such as snowboarding, skateboarding, or snowshoeing, for example, the assembly including a device for receiving a foot or a boot, as well as a board. The assembly includes a system for marking the position of the receiving device with respect to the board ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100112534 | Board Sport Training Apparatus - Disclosed herein is a portable apparatus for training a user in increasing levels of skill, control and maneuverability of a board for a board sport. The portable apparatus comprises a foot placement mat and a support unit. The foot placement mat comprises multiple placement zones for indicating a first location for positioning a support unit and second locations for placing the user's feet. The support unit comprises laterally opposite support members and hand placement platforms. Each of the laterally opposite support members comprises an elongated section and a lower protruding section. The hand placement platforms are detachably attached to the elongated section or the lower protruding section of the laterally opposite support members for enabling placement of the user's hands in an elevated position or a lower position respectively. The support unit positioned on the foot placement mat enables the training of the user in increasing levels of skill, control and maneuverability of a board for a board sport. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100167247 | UNIT FOR TRAINING IN WATER-BASED TRACTION BOARD SPORTS AND FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES - The invention relates to a unit for training in water-based traction board sports and for recreational purposes, formed by an essentially rectangular liquid-filled pool ( | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100173273 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRAINING AND ASSISTING ALPINE SKIERS - A method and device are provided that allow a competent skier to train and/or assist a trainee downhill skier with the acquisition of basic downhill skiing techniques. The trainee skier is tethered to an uphill instructing skier by a pair of reins attached to the trainee at the ankles, ski tips, or to the ski tips via ski tip handles. The instructing skier has substantially independent control over each tethering point to assist or train the novice skier to execute turns, control speed, and promote proper balance and stance for the maneuver and terrain at hand. The method and device may also comprise the use of adjustable ski tip couplers that limit divergence, and optionally convergence, of the trainee's ski tips. Handicapped skiers may be assisted and guided in downhill skiing using this method and device. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110136088 | CONTROL BAR FOR DOWNHILL SKIING - A device to assist in the teaching of downhill skiing which is fabricated of a resilient material and is configured and graphically adorned to encourage the proper positioning of the upper body and hands to maintain control. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110171618 | System for Artificially Creating the Practice of a Water Board Sport - The disclosure relates to a device for practicing water board sports. The device includes a water stream to artificially create a water flow on a support where the user can practice sports and one or more distributors which assist in controlling the created water flow according to the position or to motions on the support of the user or an object moving with the user. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110269107 | SKI OR SNOWBOARD TEACHING APPARATUS - In one example, an apparatus for teaching a student how to snow ski includes a removably attachable instructor component, a removably attachable student component, and means for temporarily securing the instructor component and student component together. The instructor component has a first end defining a cavity configured to receive a bottom end of an instructor's ski pole and a second end disposed opposite the first end. The student component has a first end configured to attach to a portion of a student's ski equipment and a second end disposed opposite the first end. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269108 | SKI OR SNOWBOARD TEACHING APPARATUS - In one example, an apparatus for teaching a student to ski or snowboard includes a removably attachable instructor component and a removably attachable student component. The instructor component has a first end and a second end. The first end defines a cavity configured to receive a bottom end of an instructor's ski pole. The first end is configured to be removably secured to the bottom end of the instructor's ski pole. The second end is disposed opposite the first end. The student component is configured to be removably secured to a student's ski or snowboard equipment and is also configured to be removably secured to the second end of the instructor component. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120034585 | WATER SKIER TRAINING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A floatable skier training device that includes a first floatable support comprising a first leading end and a second end, a second floatable support a first leading end and a second end, a seat (e.g., an arcuate seat) extending from the first floatable support to the second floatable support, the arcuate seat having a first forward section, a second rearward section, a top and a bottom, when the device is placed on a body of water, the bottom forms an angle with the surface of the body of water that is no greater than 45 degrees, and a method of using the same to allow a user to start from a position above the water. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120270194 | TRAINING DEVICE FOR SIMULATING A SKIING MOTION AND USE THEREOF - A training device has a frame and which is provided with a substantially elongated left-hand pedal element and a substantially elongated right-hand pedal element disposed substantially parallel thereto. A front part of each of the pedal elements is provided with a pedal shaft extending both at an upper side and at a bottom side of the pedal element. The training device may be used by a user to simulate a skiing motion. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130157237 | Ski Teaching Apparatus and Method - A ski instructional apparatus and method for teaching young children that allows for dry land training of a student on skis. The apparatus includes a pole that the student straddles. The pole has a cross piece that extends behind the students legs and beneath the buttocks and handlebars for the student to hold onto. Pulling the pole forward causes the cross piece to push the student from behind so little or none of the student's arm strength is needed to pull the student on skis along a dry surface. The tips of the skis are connected by a tether and a line attached to the tether is connected to the pole. The arrangement allows the instructor to move the student forward and, at the same time, to move the ski tips one towards the other or allow the tips to move apart by respectively raising or lowering the pole. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130316317 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRAINING AND ASSISTING ALPINE SKIERS - A method and device are provided that allow a competent skier to train and/or assist a trainee downhill skier with the acquisition of basic downhill skiing techniques. The trainee skier is tethered to an uphill instructing skier by a pair of reins attached to the trainee at the ankles, ski tips, or to the ski tips via ski tip handles. The instructing skier has substantially independent control over each tethering point to assist or train the novice skier to execute turns, control speed, and promote proper balance and stance for the maneuver and terrain at hand. The method and device may also comprise the use of adjustable ski tip couplers that limit divergence, and optionally convergence, of the trainee's ski tips. Handicapped skiers may be assisted and guided in downhill skiing using this method and device. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130337422 | SURFING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present Invention provides a surfing device comprising at least one energy projecting means and at least one energy projecting structure for supporting and positioning the energy projecting means. The energy projecting structure positions the energy projecting means at one or more energy projecting positions. Energy is projected from the energy projecting means from positions to enable a person to surf at least partially solely via the projected energy. The present invention also provides a surface for a surfing device, either the device of the present Invention or another surfing device. The surface, is designed for a person to surf on either via the projected energy of the surfing device of the present Invention or by at least partially direct contact with the surface via fluid projected out of, over or upon it. The surface has an Impact absorption material. The material Is at (east partially porous and at least partially deformable and also designed to at least partially deform upon impact to at least partially absorb or diffuse the impact. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140272857 | Skiing or Skating Training Assist - Described is an apparatus to facilitate training for skiing, skating, rollerblading, and the like, where an experienced person may assist or direct a novice. The apparatus includes a central support bar with three crossbars, one for the experienced person to grasp and two for the novice to hold onto and sit on or put behind the knees, respectively. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272858 | LEG SPACER FOR SKIER - Apparatus for sport activity, in particular for skiing and/or snowboarding, usable for example by a skier, suited to splay the legs of the skier, includes a spacer element to which ends fastening mechanisms are coupled in order to couple the spacer element to each leg of the skier by the fastening mechanisms. Consequently, when the skier uses the apparatus, he/she has his legs open by a distance equal to the length of the spacer element. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140335492 | SKI RESTRAINT HARNESS - Ski restraint harnesses and methods of using ski restraint harnesses are described herein. One ski restraint harness can comprise two vertical straps, at least one horizontal strap to position and tighten around a torso of the person when wearing the ski restraint harness, and a rear training ring connected to material of the ski restraint harness and designed to be positioned on the rear of the person when wearing the ski restraint harness. The two vertical straps include a first vertical strap designed to be positioned around a first shoulder and a first leg of a person when wearing the ski restraint harness and a second vertical strap designed to be positioned around a second shoulder and a second leg of the person wearing the ski restraint harness. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150031007 | Snow Ski Training Harness With Adjustable Tether - A snow ski training device for a child has a harness with harness straps for partially enclosing and supporting a torso of the child. The harness is affixed to a companion backpack. The training device also includes a pair of leash reel bodies, each housing a retractable leash which is removably attached to either the harness or backpack. Each of the retractable leashes has a distal end attached to the backpack or harness and a proximate end which is received about a spool contained within the respective leash reel body. The leash reel bodies have lock mechanism which can be actuated to tether the child at various distances from a trainer holding the leashes. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150093732 | System, Apparatus and Method for Teaching Skiing, Snowboarding, and the Like - A method of instructing an individual to ski includes attaching at least a portion of a bottom surface of a first apparatus to at least a portion of a top surface of a left ski. A top surface of the first apparatus may include indicia that instructs the individual how to maneuver the ski when moving downhill. The method may further include attaching at least a portion of a bottom surface of a second apparatus to at least a portion of a top surface of a right ski. A top surface of the second apparatus may include indicia that instructs the individual how to maneuver the ski when moving downhill. The indicia of the second apparatus may be presented in a different layout than the indicia of the first apparatus. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150099251 | SKI TRAINING HARNESS HAVING RECTRACTABLE LEASHES - A ski training harness comprising: (a) an adjustable, releasable waist strap; (b) a pair of retractable leashes connected to the waist strap at a left-side and right-side location relative to a child, wherein each of the retractable leashes comprises a handle adapted to allow an adult wearing ski gloves to easily grasp the leash handle, a portion of each of the leashes extending from each of the handles; and (c) means for securing the pair of leash handles to the waist strap. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20160089591 | APPARATUS FOR TEACHING THE FEEL OF SNOWBOARDING - A snowboard training apparatus for transferring the feel of toe side and heel side of a snowboard from an instructor to a snowboard learner is disclosed. The training apparatus includes a training rod having a first and second end. The first end and second end of the training rod can be adapted to be supported by a snowboarder's leg, snowboarder's boot, snowboard's bindings or a snowboard itself. The training apparatus can also include a second training rod. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160107060 | Snow Skiing Training Device - A Snow Skiing Training Device that utilizes a vibrating stimulus which device is placed in a snow skier's boot to prompt the skier to maintain the correct forward stance necessary for proper downhill snow skiing. The device is housed in a compact, composite housing that fits on any standard ski boot and can be easily removed when not needed. When an as a snow skier assumes an incorrect position for downhill skiing, the rear of the skier's leg makes physical contact with a hinge lever to thereby cause a vibration to be felt by the skier, thus advising the skier to change his or her stance forwardly. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160144257 | Ski Genie Training Apparatus and Methods of Use - An snow ski training apparatus and methods of use are provided comprising a longitudinal T-beam having a central axis aligned generally between front and rear vertical supports, with a sliding pivot point assembly operatively engaging the T-beam for longitudinal movement. A pair of unparallel ski arms are provided, each having a plurality of axially spaced holes along the length of each respective ski arm, which are pivotally mounted overlapping each other on the sliding pivot point assembly enabling each ski arm to freely and independently pivot around the same vertical axis point. A foot pad is selectively configured at the tail end of each ski arm, enabling a user's feet to rotate along the same, congruent and overlapping arc. An achievement disc is provided concentrically with the sliding pivot point assembly enabling correlation between angles achieved by a user in operation of the apparatus with varying degrees of difficulty of downhill turns in assimilation of parallel snow skiing. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160375346 | Method and Apparatus to Provide Haptic and Visual Feedback Of Skier Foot Motion and Forces Transmitted to the Ski Boot - A system and method to provide haptic and visual feedback of motion of the skier foot and the forces transmitted to the skiboot insole and consequently to the ski/snow interface. This system comprises a motion and force sensors and a haptic actuator embedded in the skiboot insole in communication with a smart-phone based analysis application, configured to calculate insole motion and orientation and the distribution of pressure points inside the skiboot, then to provide haptic feedback to the skier foot instructing on timing and direction of change in the pressure points necessary to achieve optimal turn parameters. Furthermore, analyzed together with GPS coordinates are transmitted by the application to the cloud based server for further processing. Graphical and numerical representation of data is superimposed over a 3D map of a slope which may be viewed on the user smart-phone or on a remote computer terminal. | 12-29-2016 |
