Patent ID: 6585248
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: A63C,B25H,Y10S

Abstract:
A portable ski and snowboard tuning device for allowing a user to tune alpine equipment in any location comprising, in combination:a storage box having a top edge; a horizontal work platform having a top surface, a first end and a second end, said work platform mounted on said top edge of said storage box; a first pair of legs, each of said legs having an upper portion pivotally secured proximal to said first end of said storage box, said legs having a first support position depending downwardly from said storage box and a second transport position alongside said storage box; a second pair of legs, each of said legs having an upper portion pivotally secured proximal to said second end of said storage box, said legs having a first support position depending downwardly from said storage box and a second transport position alongside said storage box; a pair of end supports pivotally mounted to said top surface of said work platform proximal to said first and second ends thereof; a clamping bar extending through a hole in said horizontal work platform, said clamping bar capable of vertical adjustment, said clamping bar having a terminal end; a clamping mechanism in said hole in said horizontal work platform capable of retaining said clamping bar: and an adjustable ski boot dummy, said ski boot dummy having a front part, a rear part, an intermediate part interconnecting said front part and a means for removably securing said ski boot dummy to said terminal end of said clamping bar, wherein said ski boot dummy is inserted into the binding of said alpine eguipment correspondingly as a ski boot.