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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Perry A. Klebahn, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel T. Emerson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Atlas Snow-Shoe Company, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A snowshoe is constructed of molded plastic nose and tail pieces, both connected to a pair of rigid rails to complete the snowshoe frame. A stretched deck membrane, in an area over the heel of a user's shoe or boot, has left and right sides secured to the rails, and preferably is also supported on the tail piece and on aft portions of the nose piece. In one embodiment the rails are of tubular metal, secured to aft portions of the nose piece and forward portions of the tail piece via reinforced, shaped cavities in the molded plastic, contoured to receive the rails. The snowshoe construction is efficient in assembly and cost because there is no need for bends in the rails, the molded plastic components are relatively inexpensive, and snowshoes of different lengths may be produced simply by changing the lengths of the rails and of the deck membrane. In one specific embodiment the rails are extendable, as with telescopically fitted tubing sections, so that the length of a snowshoe may be adjusted for different snow conditions.