Patent ID: 6679525
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A skiing style-modification improvement for ski boot having attached thereto a ski with opposite side edges therealong in the skiing use of which said edges have a steering function providing a curvilinear path at a diminished speed of descent, said skiing style modification comprising, in combination:A. a rail of metal construction material of a rectangular shape in cross section disposed on a ski slope sized to have sides of approximately not less than three inches in height and a flat top subtending angles with said sides of ninety degrees forming operative tracking edges lengthwise of said rail and for a length thereof of approximately not less than fifteen feet; B. a skiing component in attached relation to an outboard side of said ski boot with attached ski having an operative position in sliding contact with a rail tracking edge, said skiing component consisting of: (1) a bracket with an angularly oriented plate and a laterally extending plate subtending an angle slightly greater than ninety degrees therebetween; (2) said angular and lateral plates bounding a positioning compartment into which said tracking edge is projected incident to establishing said sliding contact therewith; and wherein in use over said rail, said skiing style-modification providing balance while skiing and holding said ski opposite edges in a clearance position out-of-contact with said ski slope; whereby a skier's path of descent is linear as dictated by said tracking edge and at an increased rate of speed.