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Article: U.S., French Inventors Develop Ski, Snowboards with Partially Replaceable Edges
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 30, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 30 -- Alan Trimble of Laguna Nigel, Calif., Brian H. C. Smith of Newport Beach, Calif., and Julien Regnier of La Plagne, France, have developed a board for sliding on snow.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention disclosed herein provides a replaceable edge cassette for skis or a snowboard. The skis have a top, a base, a core, two sides, and edges along the sides of the base. The cassette includes an edge portion removably secured adjacent the base of the ski. The edge portion has an attachment portion for securing the edge portion to the ski and a peripheral portion for contact with the surface to be ridden."
An abstract of the invention, ...
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