Patent ID: 6926301

Claim:
A foldable ski construction, said ski construction including a pair of skis, each ski being defined by a ski blade having a ski sole and comprising a front half-ski portion and a rear half-ski portion, said front half-ski portion and said rear half-ski portion having substantially equal lengths and being coupled to each other, at respective end portions thereof, by an articulated foldaway joint means designed for defining at least two ski positions comprising an extended use position in which said front and rear half-ski portions are axially aligned, and a folded non-use position, in which said front and rear half-ski portions are substantially overlapping, adjoining and parallel to one another, said articulated foldaway joint means comprises a housing including a metal body coupled to an end of one of said ski portions, said housing being coupled to a front end of said rear half-ski portion facing a rear end of said front half-ski portion, said housing comprising a longitudinally extending recess closed by a top plate, which partially extends on said rear half-ski portion, said longitudinally extending recess slidingly engages therein three mutually articulated elements comprising a rear element, a central element and a front element, said rear element comprises a shoulder interfacing against a step element formed inside said longitudinally extending recess, to prevent said rear element from exiting said recess, said front element including an end piece which can be engaged in a hole formed in a block, in turn coupled to a rear end of said ski front portion, by a top plate, wherein said front element further comprises a side hole engaging with a pin coupled to a lever laterally pivoted inside a laterally extending recess, formed on a side of said housing.