Title:
HIGHBACK FORMED OF MULTIPLE MATERIALS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001049380
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A highback for controlling a gliding board, such as a snowboard, through leg movement of a rider. The highback is comprised of at least two distinct materials with different stiffnesses to achieve a desired blend of stiffness and flexibility. The highback may employ a material of greater stiffness in one or more regions to provide high force transmission between the rider and the board. The highback may employ a material of lesser stiffness in one or more regions where flexibility is desired for more gradual power transmission, comfort and/or to facilitate highback adjustability. The arrangement of the different materials provides a light weight highback with a relatively sleek profile having selected regions of stiffness and/or flexibility.
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Inventors:
REUSS STEFAN (AT)
DODGE DAVID J (US)
COULTER RYAN (US)
KOLLER MARKUS (AT)
LAUGHLIN JAMES D (US)
WEST BRIAN (US)
DODGE DAVID J (US)
COULTER RYAN (US)
KOLLER MARKUS (AT)
LAUGHLIN JAMES D (US)
WEST BRIAN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/000511
Publication Date:
July 18, 2002
Filing Date:
January 08, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BURTON CORP (US)
REUSS STEFAN (AT)
DODGE DAVID J (US)
COULTER RYAN (US)
KOLLER MARKUS (AT)
LAUGHLIN JAMES D (US)
WEST BRIAN (US)
REUSS STEFAN (AT)
DODGE DAVID J (US)
COULTER RYAN (US)
KOLLER MARKUS (AT)
LAUGHLIN JAMES D (US)
WEST BRIAN (US)
International Classes:
A43B5/04; A43B7/20; A43B23/08; A63C10/10; A63C10/14; A63C10/24; A63C10/04; A63C10/18; (IPC1-7): A63C9/08
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