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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruno Lancon, Villy le Pelloux, FR;
Assignee:
Salomon S.A., Metz-Tessy, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A load-bearing apparatus including a raised front portion, the so-called shovel, that maintains the direction of the apparatus while allowing gliding. The lower surface of the shovel includes a protuberance that is oriented substantially along a longitudinal axis. The protuberance is connected to one of the edges of the shovel by a gliding surface that has a substantially continuous slope.