Patent ID: 11857863
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. An apparatus for traveling across snow, comprising:
a ski having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an aperture extending therethrough between the top and bottom surfaces;
a centerboard connected to the ski and disposed at least partially within the aperture in the ski, the centerboard comprising a first side that is generally smooth and a second side that comprises one or more traction elements, the centerboard and the ski being selectively reconfigurable between a ski mode and at least one snowshoe mode; and
a plurality of locking features comprising:
one or more locking features at a front end of the aperture;
one or more locking features at a rear end of the aperture;
one or more corresponding locking features at a front end of the centerboard; and
one or more corresponding locking features at a rear end of the centerboard,
wherein, in the ski mode, the one or more locking features at the front end of the aperture and the one or more corresponding locking features at the front end of the centerboard are configured to engage one another and the one or more locking features at the rear end of the aperture and the one or more corresponding locking features at the rear end of the centerboard are configured to engage one another, and
wherein, in the snowshoe mode, the one or more locking features at the front end of the aperture and the one or more corresponding locking features at the rear end of the centerboard are configured to engage one another and the one or more locking features at the rear end of the aperture and the one or more corresponding locking features at the front end of the centerboard are configured to engage one another.