Snowboard with mechanically attached snow or ice removal elements and foot rest

Abstract

A mechanically attached snowboard with a plurality of snow removal elements attached to its top surface that allows a snowboarder to remove compact snow and ice from the bottom on his or her boot before placing the boot into the binding or act as a temporary traction device for the detached rear boot. Each removal element includes an adapter adhesively attached and particularly embedded into the snowboard. Each adapter includes a threaded bore that is designed to receive a threaded bolt attached to a conical cap. During use, the conical cap extends above the top surface of the snowboard and scrapes away snow and ice located in the treads formed on the bottom of the snowboarder's boot. In the preferred embodiment, a plurality of adapters and caps are aligned on the top surface of the snowboard so that the entire lower surface of the boot can be easily cleaned by stomping or swiping the bottom surface of the boot thereover. The caps also act as a temporary traction device for the rear boot when exiting a chairlift.

1 . A snowboard with a plurality of snow or ice removal elements, comprising: 
 a. a laminated snowboard including a top graphic layer, a top glass layer, a wood core layer, a bottom glass layer, and a bottom running layer, said snowboard including a set of front binding holes and a set of rear binding holes located on opposite sides of said central transverse axis of said snowboard;    b. a plurality of adapter holes formed on said snowboard between said set of rear binding holes and said central transverse axis on said snowboard;    c. an adaptor located inside each said adaptor hole, said adaptor being adhesively attached inside said hole and partially covered by said top graphic layer and said top glass layer of said snowboard, thereby partially reducing the visibility of said adapter on said snowboard, said adapter including a threaded bore; and,    d. a snow and ice removal peg capable of being used as a scraping element for removing snow and ice from a user's boots, said peg including an exposed section and an opposite aligned threaded post capable of connecting to said threaded bore formed on said adaptor.    
   
   
       2 . The snowboard, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said exposed section is a conical cap.  
   
   
       3 . The snowboard, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said adapter holes are aligned in two triangular-shaped configurations on said snowboard.  
   
   
       4 . The snowboard, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said adapter holes are aligned in two triangular-shaped configurations on said snowboard.