Patent ID: 6086286
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: E01C,E01F

Abstract:
A system for inhibiting sliding along a surface having two or more surface portions oriented at mutually different angles, the system comprising the surface having two or more surface portions oriented at mutually different angles and being susceptible to sliding a personal mobility unit along; and at least one part comprising:a contact surface that generally conforms to the shape of the two or more surface portions of the surface, the contact surface being secured to the surface; anda substantially incompressible body extending from the contact surface and terminating at an exposed surface having a peripheral region and extending outwardly beyond the surface adjacent the peripheral region of the exposed surface, wherein the substantially incompressible body comprises first and second body portions joined by a hinge assembly that comprises first and second hinges, the first hinge is flexibly connected to the first body portion, the second hinge is flexibly connected to the second body portion, and the first and second hinges are flexibly joined.