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 Title: |
US3774572:
SNOW SKIING TRAINING AID
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Borraccio, Robert; Philadelphia, PA
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1973-11-27
/ 1972-06-21
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| Application Number: |
US1972000264710
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63B 69/18;
IPC-7:
G08B 3/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A63B69/18; K63B71/06D2A6;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
116/067.R;
084/376.R;
116/139;
434/253;
446/188;
446/197;
446/213;
473/207;
482/071;
Original:
116/067.R;
046/179;
084/376;
116/139;
273/183;
273/188;
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| Field of Search: |
116/067,114,139
273/183,183 B,188,188 A,190,190 A,189 R
272/57 B
084/170,92,375,376,379
046/174,175,178,179,180,181
119/029,96,126,127,128
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| Priority Number: |
| 1972-06-21 |
US1972000264710 |
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| Abstract: |
A device for use in snow skiing instruction to communicate to the skier that the correct "legs together" position is not being maintained. The device provides a sensory signal, audible or tactile, to the skier, on movement of the skier's legs away from each other. A first embodiment includes an accordian pleated cylinder or bellows capable of generating a sound when it is compressed or released from a compressed state, a support plate mounted to the cylinder, and a strap connected to the support plate for mounting the entire device to the inside of one leg of the skier. A second embodiment includes an accordian pleated cylinder or bellows having a rod mounted therein for movement towards and into contact with the skier's leg when the bellows is compressed and for movement away from and out of contact with the skier's leg when the bellows is released from a compressed state.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
D. C. Roylance et al. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Capozi, Louis J.;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A device for snow skiing instruction to indicate to a skier that his legs have moved apart, comprising;
- first means for producing a sensation which the skier can detect;
- second means, coupled to said first means and responsive to relative leg movement, for actuating said first means upon separation of the skier's legs; and
- third means for attaching said second means to one leg of a skier in a position so that one portion of said second means is moved by the other leg when the skier's legs are moved together,
- said second means being operative to actuate said first means when the skier's legs are moved apart.
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| Forward References: |
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