Patent ID: 6793862
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: A63C,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an alpine ski comprising a binding-raising zone formed by an increased thickness of the structure of the ski, the thickness located in a runner zone of the ski resulting in a projection of a top surface of the ski in the binding raising-zone relative to a sole portion of the ski, wherein the method comprises positioning various component elements of the ski in a mold, between a mold bottom (40) and a mold cover (47), and wherein the method further comprisesbefore molding, extending additional elements (43) into a binding raising zone portion of the mold above the bottom (40) of the mold, between the bottom and the cover (47), and such that the elements pass through each lateral face of the ski; molding the ski; after molding, removing the ski from the mold and removing at least a portion of said additional elements (43) from the ski, when the ski is outside the mold, to form grooves (12) in lateral faces of the ski.