EP 3452184 A4 20191211 - STAND-ON-LAND VEHICLE FOR SIMULATING SKIING

Title (en)

STAND-ON-LAND VEHICLE FOR SIMULATING SKIING

Title (de)

LANDFAHRZEUG ZUM DARAUF STEHEN ZUR SIMULATION DES SKIFAHRENS

Title (fr)

VÉHICULE TERRESTRE À PILOTE DEBOUT POUR SIMULATION DE SKI

Publication

EP 3452184 A4 20191211 (EN)

Application

EP 16901147 A 20160506

Priority

US 2016031265 W 20160506

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2017192150A1] A stand-on land vehicle, for simulating snow skiing, features a side-by-side pair of platforms, coupled and supported (a) at the rear by an angled tilt-turn mount under each, integrated with a shared axle assembly fitted at its ends with a pair of rear wheels, located at opposite sides of the vehicle, and (b) at the front by a tilt-turn mount system including a strut/spacer framework attached to a pair of user handling bars, and to at least one front wheel, typically a roller, via an associated inclined swivel-caster type mount assembly. This novel combination accomplishes dual -platform tilt-turning in response to the user's body movements that simulates the superior snow-skiing technique of skewing the skis longitudinally for banked turns as in zig-zagging downhill. The invention actually enables sustained self-propulsion, zig¬ zagging on level concrete and paved surfaces, powered only by user body movements during turns and enhanced by low-friction roller-wheels for free-wheeling coasting on straight runs, and is thus capable of providing, on dry land, both recreational pleasure and highly effective training and practice for snow-skiing for snow skiers of all ages and skill levels.

IPC 8 full level

A63B 69/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A63B 69/18 (2013.01); B62K 3/002 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2013.01); B62K 5/10 (2013.01); B62K 21/12 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[A] WO 2012038554 A1 20120329 - INVENTRA AG [CH], et al
[A] US 3856321 A 19741224 - SOLYMOSI F
[A] US 4133546 A 19790109 - ROSENBLUM FRANK
[A] US 2012326403 A1 20121227 - LIN HENKEL [TW]
See references of WO 2017192150A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2017192150 A1 20171109; EP 3452184 A1 20190313; EP 3452184 A4 20191211

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2016031265 W 20160506; EP 16901147 A 20160506