| CPC A63C 5/031 (2013.01) [A63C 5/033 (2013.01); A63C 5/12 (2013.01); A63C 11/00 (2013.01); A63C 11/20 (2013.01); A63C 10/00 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
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1. A method for converting a pair of skis into a mono board for emulation of snowboarding, comprising:
providing a pair of skis;
removing a ski binding from each ski in said pair of skis, if a binding is installed on either ski in said pair of skis;
providing a platform with a mounting system;
utilizing said mounting system to affix said platform to each ski in said pair of skis;
attaching a pair of snowboard bindings to said platform;
wherein the platform with a mounting system in said step of providing a platform with a mounting system further includes:
said platform having an upper planar surface with a plurality of recessed cavities therein for said mounting system, wherein said mounting system includes:
a mounting bracket having a plate with a plurality of apertures therein for bolts that, when inserted, affix the mounting plate to a plurality of ski connection locations, a pair of upward protrusions creating a channel therebetween for containing a shoulder bolt, and threaded apertures at a top surface of each of said protrusions for complemental engagement with locking bolts that, when inserted, affix a slider lock;
a pair of slider blocks for each mounting bracket, wherein each slider block contains an aperture in its broad side extending through said slider block;
sidewalls in said platform having a series of sidewall apertures therein for insertion of a shoulder bolt;
a shoulder bolt extending through a series of apertures, including said sidewall aperture, said apertures in said sidewalls of said cavities, a first slider block, through said channel of said mounting bracket, and through a second slider block fixing to a threaded opening formed into said platform;
a slider lock, with center cutout, and channel, wherein said center cutout is configured for the insertion of said shoulder bolt, whereby said slider lock bridges a gap between a top of said upward protrusions of said mounting bracket thereby closing off said channel for containment of said shoulder bolt; and
said slider bolt affixable to said upward protrusions on said mounting bracket by insertion of said locking bolts through a pair of apertures in said slider block and securing to said threaded apertures in said top surface of said upward protrusions;
said mounting system configured to affix said platform to a pair of skis thereby forming said pair of skis into a single mono-board with independent tips and tails, wherein said platform connects to a middle of each ski in said pair of skis to form an emulation snowboard; and
said plate including a plurality of binding apertures, whereby said apertures are configured for receiving mounting screws for snowboard bindings;
said plurality of recessed cavities include:
four mounting locations;
each of said mounting locations corresponding with a location of a ski connection location in said plurality of ski connection locations, wherein said plurality of ski connection locations defines four locations, whereby two locations exist per ski in said pair of skis;
each mounting location in said four mounting locations includes a series of three parallel cavities separated by a divider; and
said slider blocks are inserted into two outer cavities per mounting location in said four mounting locations, and said slider lock is inserted into a center cavity per mounting location in said four mounting locations.
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