Ski especially adapted for use by skiers towed by a snowmobile or the like

Claim 2

A ski of the character described, comprising a body portion having an upwardly curved forward tip, and a tail at the rear of said body portion, said body portion provided at its perimeter with an upstanding continuous flange, said body portion having longitudinally spaced ribs extending between portions of said flange, and having longitudinally spaced upstanding cored bosses, a sole plate overlying said ribs and cored bosses, a toereceiving member overlying the forward portion of said sole plate, and means securing said sole plate and toe-receiving member to said cored bosses.

Claim 3

A ski, as defined in claim 1, wherein said ribs have curved edges adjacent their ends adapted to guide an instep strap through said body.

Claim 4

A ski, as defined in claim 2, wherein said sole plate is provided on its lower surface with a system of ribbing comprising ribs adapted to overlie the ribs of said body and to coact with the latter to rigidify the area of the ski to which said sole plate is secured.

Claim 5

A ski, as defined in claim 3, wherein certain of said sole plate ribs intersect to provide depending cored bosses axially aligned with some of the bosses of said body, and fasteners are provided which interconnect the axially-aligned bosses, to interconnect the sole plate with said body.

Claim 6

A ski, as defined in claim 4, wherein said sole plate is provided with slots adjacent said curved edges for the passage through said slots of said instep strap.

Claim 7

A ski, as defined in claim 5, wherein said sole plate is provided at its rear end with an inclined flange or ramp extending to the base of said body portion of the ski.

Claim 8

A ski, as defined in claim 6, in which said sole plate is provided adjacent its forward portion with an upstanding shoulder against which said toe-receiving member abuts, whereby to facilitate proper placement of said member in relation to the sole plate.

Claim 9

A ski, as defined in claim 7, wherein said toe-receiving member is provided with depending cored bosses axially aligned with some of the bosses of said body, and fasteners are provided which interconnect the axially-aligned bosses, to interconnect the toe-receiving member with said body.

Claim 10

A ski, as defined in claim 8, wherein said toe-receiving member is provided at its forward end with a depending inclined flange or ramp extending to the base of said body.

Claim 11

A ski of the character described, comprising a body portion having an upwardly curved forward tip, and a tail at the rear of said body portion, said body portion being provided at its perimeter with an upstanding continuous flange which is relatively high at an area of said body portion which is adjacent said tail, whereby to render said area of said body portion relatively inflexible in a vertical direction, while leaving the remaining areas of said body portion relatively flexible in a vertical direction, the area of said body portion between said relatively high portions of said flange having spaced upstanding cored bosses, a sole plate secured to said body portion of the ski at a position overlying said cored bosses, said sole plate having depending cored bosses aligned with the cored bosses of said body portion, and fasteners extending into the cored bosses of the sole plate, and the cored bosses of said body portion for securing said sole plate to said body portion.

Claim 12

A ski of the character described, comprising a body portion having an upwardly curved forward tip, and a tail at the rear of said body portion, said body portion being provided at its perimeter with an upstanding continuous flange which is relatively high at an area of said body portion which is adjacent said tail, whereby to render said area of said body portion relatively inflexible in a vertical direction, while leaving the remaining areas of said body portion relatively flexible in a vertical direction, the area of said body portion between said relatively high portions of said flange having spaced upstanding cored bosses, a sole plate secured to said body portion of the ski at a position overlying said cored bosses, said sole plate having depending cored bosses aligned with the cored bosses of said body portion, and fasteners extending into the cored bosses of the sole plate, and the cored bosses of said body portion for securing said sole plate to said body portion.

Claim 13

A ski, as defined in claim 10, wherein said sole plate has a relatively flat upper surface which is substantially coplanar with the upper edges of said high portions of said flange.

Claim 14

A ski, as defined in claim 11, including a toe-receiving member having a relatively flat base portion secured to cored bosses of said body portion and disposed adjacent the forward portion of said sole plate, said toe-receiving member having a hollow portion extending upwardly from said base portion and contoured longitudinally and transversely to receive the toe portion of a skier''s boot.