Patent ID: 6257612
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A raised platform, said platform including a gliding board for skiing, comprising:an upper part having a front end and a rear end for accommodating a toe piece and a heel piece of a safety binding, said front and rear ends overhanging and not in contact with an upper surface of said gliding board; anda support region having a central region affixed to said gliding board;wherein said platform has a torsional stiffness such that the maximum angular deformation of a free end when subject to a twisting moment of four newton-meters exerted 460 millimeters from an engagement zone is less than one and one-half degrees;wherein said raised platform has a an internal tubular structure over its entire length, and at least over part of its cross-section to achieve said torsional stiffness;wherein said tubular structure is formed by a plurality of enclosed tubular cavities axially aligned with a longitudinal axis of said gliding board; andwherein said platform centrally has an inverted U-shaped profile whose parallel branches have a tubular structure and bear on the gliding board.