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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
Rudy Lucas Samuels, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Chris Barchet, Seattle, WA (US);
Dodd Grande, Seattle, WA (US);
Rachel Lin, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark S. Williams, Burien, WA (US);
Scott Youmans, Seattle, WA (US);
Rudy Lucas Samuels, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Chris Barchet, Seattle, WA (US);
Dodd Grande, Seattle, WA (US);
Rachel Lin, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark S. Williams, Burien, WA (US);
Scott Youmans, Seattle, WA (US);
K-2 Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A molded or plastic composite snowshoe is formed of two assembled sections, in a way that imparts flexibility to the snowshoe, allowing some degree of torsional twisting or warping flexibility so that the snowshoe adapts to uneven terrain. In a principal embodiment the molded snowshoe is divided into forward and aft sections along a line slightly behind the nose area and near the pivot axis in the case of a pitch-pivoting binding. Joints between sections are in narrow rims at left and right, at opposed sides of a large central opening for the crampon/binding and boot. The joints are designed to securely hold the forward and aft molded sections together but to allow a degree of torsion between them when needed. Steel structural traction rails extend across the joints but are constructed and secured to the snowshoe sections in a manner that preserves the desired flexibility.