Patent ID: 8844963
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A device for trimming a climbing skin to fit a snow travel aid base, the device comprising: (a) a guide comprising first and second parts, the first part comprising a first surface for contact with a side of the snow travel aid and the second part comprising a second surface for contact with the snow travel aid base; and (b) a cutter extending from the second part opposite to the second surface, at a position offset from the first surface; wherein a leading side of the second part extends in a direction away from the first surface and is inclined towards a cutting direction of the device forming a wedge, wherein the device is configured such that during use, the first surface of the first part contacts a side of a snow travel aid and the second surface of the second part simultaneously contacts a base of the snow travel aid such that the device may be slid along the side of the snow travel aid to engage the cutter with a climbing skin adhered to the snow travel aid base while the wedge drives between the climbing skin and the snow travel aid base to facilitate maintenance of contact of the first surface with the side of the snow travel aid base.