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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel P Kiniry, Shelburne, VT (US);
Francis E Mahoney, Goffstown, NH (US);
Assignee:
Tubbs Snowshoe Company, Stowe, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63C / ; A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36122 ; 36124 ; 36125 ;
Abstract
In a composite snowshoe, a thermosetting plastic deck or jacket wholly or partially encapsulates an aluminum tubing frame which includes an integral toe cord axle insert molded with the deck or jacket, with a boot binding system mechanically interlocked with the deck and frame which includes integral traction cleats, a crampon, longitudinal, serrated ribs on the underside of the deck to provide lateral stability when traversing a slope and improved traction when climbing an incline and diagonal ribs on the deck for strengthening the longitudinal ribs and adding traction in packed snow.