Patent ID: 6648348
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A ski-snowboard comprising:a deck having a bottom surface, a top surface for supporting a user, a front end, a rear end, a first side-edge and a second side-edge; a pair of skis for contacting a snow or ice-covered surface, each ski having a first ski side-edge parallel to the deck first side-edge and a second ski side-edge parallel to the deck second side-edge: and a steering and suspension system connecting said pair of skis to the deck bottom surface, wherein the steering and suspension system comprises a pivot arm unit pivotally connected to the deck and extending to connect to each of said skis, so that when the deck is tipped to the first side, the pivot arm pulls the skis to tip to their first ski side-edges; wherein the steering and suspension system further comprises a cross-arm pivotally connected to the deck so that the cross-arm pivots in a plane that is between 22 and 60 degrees down from the deck bottom surface, the cross-arm having two arms and each of said arms extending to and pivotally connecting to one ski of said pair of skis, so that each ski pivots to near the deck first side-edge and to near the deck second side-edge and so that each ski pivots vertically forward toward the deck front end and rearward toward the deck rear end; and wherein the cross-arm pivotally connects to said pair of skis by means of a rocker base attached to each ski, the rocker base having an upper portion pivotally connected to the cross-arm and having a lower portion pivotally connected to the ski, and wherein the rocker base comprises a shock absorber providing resistance to said vertical pivoting toward the deck front end and rearward toward the deck rear end.