Patent ID: 8286988

Claim:
A combination of a snow ski tip attachment and a snow ski comprising: a) a boat haul/navicular J-tip which is positioned on a bottom surface of a snow ski tip; said J-tip has an interlock slot and two threaded holes; b) a support brace positioned on a top surface of said snow ski tip; said support brace has an interlock projection slit and two interlock holes; c) a top cover built to fully encapsulate said support brace between said cover and said top surface of said snow ski tip; wherein the cover has an apex which extends in the longitudinal direction of said snow ski; furthermore the cover has two sides which slope downward from said apex; said sides extend to said top surface of said snow ski tip, respective lower edges of each of said sides mates to the contour of the top surface of said snow ski tip; said lower edges of each said side tapper from covering the entire width of said tip of said snow ski to covering only a portion of the width of said snow ski as the cover gets closer to the center of said snow ski; d) said J-tip is joined to said support brace through access holes and an interlock slot within said snow ski; said threaded holes, said interlock holes, and said access holes align with one another in such a manner so as to allow for two threaded fasteners to be inserted through the interlock holes, then through the access holes, and then threaded into the threaded holes; and said interlock slit allows for said interlock projection slit to be inserted into said interlock slot.