Patent ID: 7185908
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. Downhill ski having a ski body, which has a running surface on its under side and, on its upper side facing away from the running surface, comprises at least one upper chord element which extends in the longitudinal direction of the ski body, absorbs tensile and compressive forces, and is mounted to the ski body by its ends, wherein on the upper side of the ski body there is arranged a support structure, on which the upper chord element is supported and which is formed from an elongate flat component that is bent at intervals in alternating directions in each case at an angle to the running surface, wherein each bend in the elongate flat component has substantially parallel axes, which extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of the ski, said support structure having a plurality of openings through which the at least one upper chord element passes in a single arc between its ends from one end of the support structure to an opposite end.