Patent ID: 6604754
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
An integral suspension system for skis, comprising:a first substantially rigid top plate; a second substantially rigid middle plate; a substantially rigid ski plate integral with a ski; plural primary linkages coupled to the first and second substantially rigid plates, wherein the primary linkages define first flexure axes associated with the first plate and define second flexure axes associated with the second plate; plural secondary linkages coupled to the second substantially rigid plate and the substantially rigid ski plate, wherein the secondary linkages define third flexure axes associated with the second plate and define fourth flexure axes associated with the ski plate, and wherein force applied to the first plate and the ski plate compressibly moves the first and second plates and the ski plate relative to each other and, during such application of force, the primary linkages maintain the first flexure axes substantially parallel to the secondary flexure axes, and the secondary linkages maintain the third flexure axes substantially parallel to the fourth flexure axes.