Patent ID: 6386068
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A63C,B24D

Abstract:
Apparatus for the sharpening and/or bevelling of either a ski or a snowboard side edge or base edge, said apparatus comprising a guide adapted to be held by a hand of a person using the guide and moved lengthwise along an edge portion of a ski or snowboard while in contact with a surface thereof, said guide including a clamp for securing a file in said guide at any one of a plurality of desired angular positions relative to the lengthwise direction of movement of the guide during use such that a desired portion of the file length may make contact with the edge portion of the ski or snowboard and/or the teeth on the file may be oriented at a desired angle to the lengthwise direction of movement thus assisting in producing a consistent file cut and efficient edge sharpening or bevelling of the edges of the ski or snowboard, said guide including elements to angularly orient the file in a plane transverse to said lengthwise direction when positioned at a side edge portion of a ski or snowboard to establish a desired side edge geometry or bevel angle, said elements to angularly orient said file including plural pegs of selected lengths removably positionable by the user in a selected manner in said guide to engage a surface of the ski or snowboard and to establish a selected angular orientation of said guide and the file secured therein in said transverse plane relative to the ski or snowboard.