Patent ID: 8793875
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: B62B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a wear bar for mounting on an underside of a ski, comprising steps of: selecting a flat plate of metal lying in a plane and having a predetermined uniform thickness; severing the flat plate of metal to provide a one piece runner of uniform width including the step of concurrently stamp cutting to provide an elongate thin runner having opposite ends and upper and lower edges spanning said ends and lying in said plane, and including a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart runner mounting members made from said flat plate of metal and integrally extending from said upper edge and lying in the plane of said runner; said step of stamp cutting including the step of concurrently cutting an elongate slot in said lower edge of said runner; and mounting an elongate carbide strip, having a thickness substantially equal to said uniform thickness, in said slot to make said wear bar.