Patent ID: 7240908

Claim:
A pogo-ski, comprising in combination: means for sliding on a sliding surface comprising a single ski and absent any other member for sliding on said sliding surface, wherein said single ski comprises a single contiguous running surface bounded by a ski shovel in front, a left edge, a right edge and rear extremity; and user interface means (i) providing a left foot support and a right foot support for supporting the feet of a user and (ii) providing handhold means for being holdable by at least one hand of said user; wherein said user interface means comprises in combination: (i) said left foot support located above said single ski and connected to said single ski by left connecting means including means for permitting said left foot support some measure of spring force affected vertical movement relative to said single ski; (ii) said right foot support located above said single ski and connected to said single ski by right connecting means including means for permitting said right foot support some measure of spring force affected vertical movement relative to said single ski; and (iii) said handhold means located above said single ski and connected to said single ski by handhold connecting means comprising post means including an upper post and a lower post for connecting said handhold means with said single ski, wherein said upper post is connected by upper post connecting means to said lower post and wherein said upper post is located substantially above said lower post, and wherein said lower post is connected by lower post connecting means to said single ski.