Wakeboard traction pad
DCFirst Claim
1. A wakeboard traction pad for providing sure-footed engagement of a wakeboard by a rider thereof, comprising:
- a top surface for engagement by the rider'"'"'s feet;
a high front end having a first height and a first width;
a low back end coupled to said high front end, said low back end having a second height and a second width;
said first height being taller than said second height; and
said top surface sloping or tapering to mediate said first and second heights;
wherebythe wakeboard traction pad provides a sloping surface from said high front end to said low back end to provide an angled traction surface and to provide the rider traction upon the wakeboard while riding the wakeboard.
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Abstract
A wakeboard traction pad for a wakeboard providing greater traction and a variable traction-surface geometry for more technical wakeboard riding and increased fun. The wakeboard traction pad is provided to give a high-friction, high-surface area surface upon which a wakeboard rider'"'"'s feet may constructively engage and control the attached wakeboard. Often used in pairs at opposite sides of the wakeboard, the wakeboard traction pad of the present invention may also be used alone in conjunction with a single binding oppositely opposed to it on the wakeboard. The wakeboard traction pad has a gently tapering foot bed area, a more significantly sloped kicktail, and a center arch support that helps to define two concave depressions between the sides of the wakeboard traction pad for engagement by the heel and/or ball of the foot. By providing a variable geometry, the wakeboard traction pad provides more contact surface area. By generally accommodating the geometry of the sole of the rider'"'"'s foot, more contact surface is established between the traction pad and the rider for greater control and fun. The wakeboard is made of waterproof, lightweight, soft, and slightly compressible materials to better enhance the traction pad'"'"'s engagement with the rider for greater traction. A cushiony, but rough, surface is generally provided on all contact areas with the rider for greater traction. The wakeboard may be mounted by attachment means such as bolts or screws or integrally incorporated into the wakeboard.
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22 Claims
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1. A wakeboard traction pad for providing sure-footed engagement of a wakeboard by a rider thereof, comprising:
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a top surface for engagement by the rider'"'"'s feet; a high front end having a first height and a first width; a low back end coupled to said high front end, said low back end having a second height and a second width; said first height being taller than said second height; and said top surface sloping or tapering to mediate said first and second heights;
wherebythe wakeboard traction pad provides a sloping surface from said high front end to said low back end to provide an angled traction surface and to provide the rider traction upon the wakeboard while riding the wakeboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. A wakeboard traction pad for providing sure-footed engagement of a wakeboard by a rider thereof, comprising:
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a top surface for engagement by the rider'"'"'s feet, said top surface having a roughened surface, said roughened surface providing additional traction to the rider upon the wakeboard, said top surface having water-channelling means in the form of grooves defined by the traction pad widthwise across said top surface for channelling water away from the rider'"'"'s foot so that water from an adjacent aqueous environment may be channelled away from the traction pad to better preserve sure footing for the rider and so that water upon said top surface may drain from said top surface by travelling outwardly from the traction pad; a high front end having a first height of approximately one and one half inches (11/2") and a first width of approximately nine and one-half inches (91/2"); a low back end coupled to said high front end, said low back end having a second height of approximately one fourth inch (1/4") and a second width of approximately eleven and one fourth inches (111/4"), said low back end being laterally tapered at each side of said low back end so that said low back end has a central tapered point that protrudes slightly away from the traction pad; said top surface sloping or tapering to mediate said taller first height and said shorter second height and sides of said traction pad tapering inwardly as travel is made from said low back end to said high front end so that the traction pad is wider at said low back end and presents a greater area upon which the rider may engage the traction pad a kicktail, said kicktail adjacent said high front end present along said first width of said high front end so that the rider may engage said kicktail along any point of said top surface adjacent said high front end, said kicktail having a dramatically increased slope adjacent said high front end, said dramatically increased slope mediating said high front end with a portion of said top surface adjacent said low back end having a significantly lesser slope, said kicktail occupying approximately one-fourth to one-fifth of said top surface and said significantly lesser slope portion occupying approximately three-fourths to four-fifths of said top surface; an arch support in the form of a ridge, said ridge travelling from approximately central to said high front end to approximately central to said low back end, said ridge centrally travelling along said top surface so that an arch present in the rider'"'"'s foot may be engaged by said ridge to provide more contact surface area between the rider'"'"'s foot and the traction pad for greater traction and sure-footedness said top surface defining first and second concave depressions, said first concave depression on a left side of said top surface with respect to said arch support and said second concave depression on a right side of said top surface with respect to said arch support, said first and second concave depressions accommodating a ball and a heel of the rider'"'"'s foot when the rider'"'"'s foot is set across the traction pad so that the rider'"'"'s foot may be better engaged by said top surface to provide more contact surface area between the rider'"'"'s foot and the traction pad for greater traction and sure-footedness; and the traction pad being constructed of lightweight, water-resistant, and slightly compressible material so that the traction pad does not weigh down the wakeboard and so that the traction pad cushions the rider'"'"'s foot;
wherebythe wakeboard traction pad provides a sloping surface from said front and to said low back end to provide an angled traction surface and to provide the rider traction upon the wakeboard while riding the wakeboard.
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21. A wakeboard traction surface for a wakeboard, comprising:
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a sloping surface, said sloping surface defined between a high front end and a low back end to provide an angled traction surface and to provide the rider traction upon the wakeboard while riding the wakeboard, said high front end terminating in a kicktail; and an arch support, said arch support defined upon said sloping surface;
wherebygreater control and traction are delivered to a rider of the wakeboard incorporating the wakeboard traction surface. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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