Patent ID: 6105990
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A system for mounting climbing fabric to a ski, the climbing fabric having a front end and a rear end, an outer side for engaging snow and an underside for contacting the ski, the climbing fabric being shaped to permit the ski to glide in a forward direction but resist movement in a rearward direction when the outer side is placed on a snow covered surface, comprising in combination:a climbing fabric tensioner attached to the front end of the climbing fabric by a tensioning cord, the climbing fabric tensioner being a flat plate adapted to be retained in a slot formed by a bracket attached to a toe of the ski;a U-shaped heel lock attached to a rear end of the climbing fabric, the heel lock adapted to engage a boss in a top surface of a heel of the ski to lock the rear end of the climbing fabric to the heel of the ski; andat least one z-shaped bracket attached to the underside of the climbing fabric between the heel lock and the climbing fabric tensioner, the at least one z-shaped bracket having upturned and inturned ends adapted to engage opposite sides of the ski when the climbing fabric is mounted thereto to prevent the climbing fabric from sliding laterally from under the ski.