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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Louis Garneau Sports Inc., St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA;
Geoffroy Dussault, Quebec, CA;
LOUIS GARNEAU SPORTS INC., Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A snowshoe comprises a frame defining a periphery of the snowshoe. A deck is secured in a stretched state to the frame, a cutout being defined in the deck. A binding is connected to at least one of the frame and the deck and being aligned with the cutout in the deck. A footwear support portion is adapted to receive footwear of a wearer and being pivotable relative to the deck along a pivoting range so as to allow a tip of the footwear to plunge through the cutout below a plane of the deck. An unbiased hinge is between the frame and/or the deck and the footwear support portion to allow unbiased movement of the footwear support portion in a proximal portion of the pivoting range. A biased hinge is between the frame and/or the deck and the footwear support portion to allow biased movement of the footwear support portion in a distal portion of the pivoting range.