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Techniques Sports Loisirs

Tsl Sport Equipment, S.a.

Gallay, Philippe

Philippe Gallay

Christophe Burnet

Bruno Deloustal

Julie Mallinjoud

Daniel Charvat

Stéphane Latruffe

Lucas Monetti

Yoan Bibollet

A snowshoe () in the form of an elongated plate called a mesh, onto which a fastener () is mounted, intended to hold the shoe of the user in place, the mesh being formed by an elongated plate comprising a front portion () called a spatula () extended rearward (AR) by a rear part, formed by a central portion () extended by a rear portion (), the front portion () being curved upward to form the spatula, characterized in that the rear part is flexible at least longitudinally and at least in the central portion (), while the front portion () of the mesh is rigid so as to be less flexible than the rear part, i.e. the other portions, particularly the central portion and the rear portion.

Mesh for a snowshoe

A snowshoe () whose webbing includes a flexible wall () maintained in tension inside a framework () by portions of the flexible mounting wall which define flexible mounting projections. Supplemental protection parts () are disposed surrounding the mounting projections to protect them from wear and impact.

Snow shoes of the type whose webbing includes a stretched fabric in the interior of a frame

A snowshoe () made of a frame () holding a deck () meant to hold the user's boot, the aforementioned boot being held on the deck by a binding, characterized in that the snowshoe includes a transverse retaining element () extending transversely at the front of the user's foot, the aforesaid transverse element () being held by its lateral ends to the frame (), while the aforementioned transverse element () is made of the combination of an upper transverse element () and a lower transverse element () so that the frame () is sandwiched between the ends of the respective transverse elements ().

Snowshoe of the type in which the decking includes a peripheral frame

A device for laterally retaining a boot on a snowshoe (), comprises a retaining plate () with a plane of general symmetry (P), on which are mounted front retaining means () made up of an assembly of retaining walls () forming an enclosure in which the front and/or rear end of the boot is to be engaged. The device includes an adjustment structure for adjusting the distance between the two lateral retaining walls (), that is between a left wall () and a right wall ().

Device for retaining a boot on a snowshoe

A snowshoe () whose binding () for retaining of the boot is mounted on a cross-piece () whose ends are mounted laterally to the snowshoe itself, characterized in that the aforementioned ends are mounted via two couplings (,) of two rings, namely a left coupling () and a right coupling ().

Snowshoes with binding and cross-piece

A snowshoe () includes a binding () intended to retain the boot of the user and a plate pivoting around a transverse pivot axis (X, X') including a retaining assembly for the boot. A longitudinal position of the rear retaining assembly is adjustable for in order to conform the longitudinal dimension of binding, with the size of the boot, by displacement toward the front or towards the rear and locking it in the chosen position. The front retaining stirrup is mounted to a front horizontally extending plate (), which is pivotally retained on the webbing around the pivot axis (X, X&#x2032;), while the rear retaining part is mounted on a lower support wall (), extended toward the front by a sliding member () intended to cooperate, with a slide channel of corresponding form defined under the front plate () of the front retaining assembly ().

Mounting for retaining a boot on a snowshoe

A snow shoe (,) includes a tubular frame (,) defining an interior zone. A deck (,) which is surrounded by the frame is made in part of a film (,). A binding (,) retained on the deck for securing the boot of the user. A central technical bottom piece (,) enhances the traction and floatation properties, as well as the comfort of the snowshoe (,). The central technical bottom piece (,) which is arranged along the central portion of the tubular frame (,) includes a traction surface having lateral longitudinal traction portions (,,,) extending vertically from the frame (,), in this manner, the traction characteristics in the transverse direction are enhanced. The traction portions (,,,) may comprise lateral walls, spikes, blades, or the like. The traction portions (,,,) extend in the downward direction from the outer edge of the snowshoe rather than from the middle areas of the snowshoe (,) to increase the comfort of the shoe (,). In addition, the central technical bottom piece (,) includes at least one transverse wall (,) extending horizontally between the lateral traction portions (,) to provide support beneath the heal of the user and to enhance the traction properties.

Snowshoe with a rigid central deck member

A snowshoe (1) has a peripheral frame (2). A deck (4) extends across an interior of the peripheral frame and supports a binding (5) for retaining the boot of the user. The snowshoe has horizontal surfaces for supporting the snowshoe and the user on top of the snow and downward depending on traction members (3a, 3b, 50a, 50b) for engaging the snow to facilitate walking without slipping. The traction members are preferably disposed vertically and extend downward below a horizontal plane (H) of the deck. The traction members have regions of reduced height (100, 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d, 100e, 100f) relative to a forward portion (7a) of the traction members or the rearward portion (7c) of the traction members in a central zone (B) aligned with the region which receives and holds the user's boot (6).

Snowshoe for use on a range of terrains and snow conditions

A snow shoe (1) has a peripheral frame (2) which defines an interior zone or screen (8). A retention device (3) retains a shoe (4) of a user on the snow shoe. The retention device includes a pivoting plate (7) which is articulated on the screen around a transverse pivoting axle (9), a front strap (10), arranged on the pivoting plate, and a positioning and a control mechanism which permits modification of the longitudinal position of the user's shoe. Specifically, the retention device permits positioning of the front or rear end of the shoe relative to the pivoting axle (7), or of the pivoting axle relative to the screen (8).

Bindings for snow shoes having adjustment of length and pivot axis

A binding (5) for a snow shoe (1) includes a front binding portion (9). The front binding portion (9) includes a base plate (11) from which a pair of side walls (9a, 9b) extend upward. The side walls have upward extensions (13a, 13b) which have transverse slots (14) defined therein. Upper wall portions or straps (10a, 10b) have detents (16) which are slidably received in the slots. A heel engaging loop (21) is connected with cables (18a, 18b) which engage the top wall portions or the detents. As the loop is pulled over the heel of the boots, the cables pull the detents downward through the slots, drawing the side walls together, contracting a cavity (15) which they define tightly around the toe of the boot.

Binding for retaining a shoe or boot to a snow shoe

A snow shoe (1) has a peripheral frame (2) which defines an interior zone. A central part (14) is disposed centrally in the open zone to receive a binding (5). A plurality of support walls (40) extend transversely between the central part and the peripheral frame. The support walls are downwardly concave, having a central portion (40c) disposed between front portions (40a) and rear portions (40b). Forward downward extending edges (42a) extend downward from the front wall portion and rearward downward extending edges (42b) extend downward from the rear wall portions.

Snow shoe screens

Snow-shoe consisting of a boot retaining device of the type including a retainer device in front (9) in which is retained the front extremity of said boot, which is there acted upon by at least one pulling device toward the front (11) characterized in that the front retainer device is an elastic envelope made up by a set of walls (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) of pliable material forming a retainer cavity open toward the rear, characterized in that the retainer cavity consists of two lateral retainer walls (15b, 15c) converging toward the front, and the convergence of which and their distance from each other is such that the front extremity of the boot is maintained laterally by these walls at two lateral points separated from each other.

Plastic bindings for snow shoes

Snowshoe (1) consisting of a perforated plate formed by a peripheral frame (2) including a vertical wall (3) and a screen (4) supporting the attachment designed to hold the user's shoe, the central part (20) being extended toward the front by a front part (21) and toward the rear by a back part (22), wherein at least one of the lateral rims of the frame (2) and/or the screen (4) is concave in the central part (20).

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Philippe Gallay