US 7,500,691 B2
Snow glide board and method of making a snow glide board
Christian Haas, Bogen (Germany)
Assigned to Volkl Sports GmbH & Co. KG, Straubing (Germany)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/943,009.
Claims priority of application No. 203 14 511 U (DE), filed on Sep. 19, 2003; and application No. 203 16 290 U (DE), filed on Oct. 21, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0062259 A1, Mar. 24, 2005
Int. Cl. A63C 5/052 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 280—608  [280/609] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A snow glide board comprising
a glide board body,
a glide board body front end and a glide board body rear end which are offset from each other in a direction of a longitudinal glide board axis (L),
a glide board body recess formed in the glide board body on at least one of said glide board body ends,
an insert in the glide board body recess, the insert adjoins with an insert bottom side to a bottom side of the glide board body,
the insert having a longitudinal bend forming an inverted V shape extending upward beyond the board edge and having and at least one insert recess on the insert bottom side,
the insert recess is open toward the bottom of the glide board body and is located in or extends into the glide board body recess, and the insert is made of a permanently deformable material.