US 11,717,740 B2
Apparatus and method for motorized traction device to assist alpine touring snow sport equipment movement
Robert Ray Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US); Raelene Ehlers Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US); Weston Robert Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US); Zachary Richard Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US); and Tyler Joseph Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US)
Filed by Robert Ray Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US); Raelene Ehlers Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US); Weston Robert Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US); Zachary Richard Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US); and Tyler Joseph Blocker, Mountain Green, UT (US)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,793.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,307, filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0203210 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A63C 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63C 5/06 (2013.01) [A63C 2005/063 (2013.01); A63C 2203/12 (2013.01); A63C 2203/18 (2013.01); A63C 2203/24 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
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1. An apparatus for assisting alpine touring ski movement, comprising;
a housing;
a clamping system to attach the apparatus to a snow sport device;
a motor;
a traction surface; and
a suspension system,
wherein the motor drives the traction surface, causing the traction surface to move the snow sport device forward when a user moves the snow sport device;
wherein the suspension system also comprises a sensor which can determine when weight is lifted off the snow sport device to move the snow sport device forward, wherein the sensor activates the motor.