Patent ID: 6499759
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
Alpine ski (1) which comprise a tip area (2), a binding area (3) a heel area (4) and a side line, wherein said side line comprises a minimum width level (LP) in said binding area, a front maximum width level (LS) in said tip area, and a rear maximum width level (LT) in said heel area, wherein:the radius of the side line, calculated on the basis of a first point (5) located at the front maximum width level (LS), a second point (7) located at the rear maximum width level (LT), and a third point (6) located centrally between said first point and said second point (LS, LT), is between 7 and 21 meters; a pressure distribution along the side line is such that, when the ski is placed on a flat surface (20) so that its underside (22) forms an angle (&agr;) of 45Â° with a flat surface (20), and when the ski receives a force (F5) of 400 Newtons perpendicularly to its underside (22) in said binding area, each of a plurality of pressures measured at a plurality of points along the side line differ by less than 10% from an average value of pressures measured at the rear maximum width level (LT), at the minimum width level (LP) and at the front maximum width level (LS).