Patent ID: 8602455

Claim:
A ski tip connecting device comprising a first ski having a first end and a second end, with a first ski tip at said first end and a first tail at said second end a second ski having a first end and a second end, with a second ski tip at said first end and a second tail at said second end; a first lever clamp for holding and releasing said first ski tip of said first ski; said first lever clamp having a moveable flat lever with a pressure plate, a stationary c-shaped jaw with an abutment plate on an inside surface of said stationary c-shaped jaw; and a pivot shaft extending through said moveable flat lever and said stationary c-shaped jaw to pivot said moveable flat lever down towards said stationary c-shaped jaw to hold said first ski tip between said pressure plate and said abutment plate; a second lever clamp for holding and releasing said second ski tip of said second ski; said second lever clamp having a moveable flat lever with a pressure plate, a stationary c-shaped jaw with an abutment plate on an inside surface of said stationary c-shaped jaw; and a pivot shaft extending through said moveable flat lever and said stationary c-shaped jaw to pivot said moveable flat lever down towards said stationary c-shaped jaw to hold said ski tip between said pressure plate and said abutment plate; and a flexible connector attached at a first end to said first lever clamp and attached at a second end to said second lever clamp; wherein said flexible connector maintains an approximate distance between said first ski tip of said first ski and said second ski tip of said second ski while said first tail of said first ski and said second tail of said second ski have a larger distance apart thus forming a snowplow position for the first ski and the second ski.