Patent ID: 7484738

Claim:
A snowboard comprising: a plurality of boards; a mechanism connecting the boards, wherein the mechanism causes relative movement of the boards to create multiple active edges; and a platform comprising a first cantilever attached to a first side of the mechanism and a second cantilever attached to a second side of the mechanism opposite to the first cantilever, wherein the first and second cantilevers provide spaces for a snowboarder to stand with the mechanism within an instep of the snowboarder while the snowboarder operates the mechanism to control the multiple active edges of the boards, wherein the mechanism comprises: a first vertical link attached to a first of the boards; a second vertical link attached to a second of the boards; a first horizontal link attached to the first vertical link and the second vertical link, wherein an attachment of the first horizontal link to the first vertical link permits a change in an angle between the first horizontal link and the first vertical link, and an attachment of the first horizontal link to the second vertical link permits a change in an angle between the first horizontal link and the second vertical link; a third vertical link attached to the first board; and a fourth vertical link attached to the second board, wherein the third and fourth vertical links are taller than the first and second vertical links; a second horizontal link attached to the first and second boards via attachments to the third and fourth vertical links; and a drive link attached to the first horizontal link and the second horizontal link, wherein movement of the drive link shifts the first horizontal link relative to the second horizontal link and rotates the first and second boards.