Snow Skiing Training Device

Abstract

A Snow Skiing Training Device that utilizes a vibrating stimulus which device is placed in a snow skier's boot to prompt the skier to maintain the correct forward stance necessary for proper downhill snow skiing. The device is housed in a compact, composite housing that fits on any standard ski boot and can be easily removed when not needed. When an as a snow skier assumes an incorrect position for downhill skiing, the rear of the skier's leg makes physical contact with a hinge lever to thereby cause a vibration to be felt by the skier, thus advising the skier to change his or her stance forwardly.

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         13 . A Ski Training device that alerts skiers to assume the correct forward stance and posture during down hill skiing, which device comprises:
 (A) a housing configured to fit over the upper edge of the rear of a ski boot.   (B) at least one vibrating micro motors disposed in said housing.   (C) a hinge lever on said housing, which lever can be actuated by movement of the skier's foot when the skier's foot moves rearwardly in the boot and contacts said lever, by the pressure of the impact.   (D) a battery power source for said micro vibrating motors, electrically connected thereto and to said lever, whereby when said lever is actuated, a circuit is closed and the micro vibrating motors are energized, causing a vibration feeling to be detected by the skier so long as the skier's rear portion of his/her boot is in contact with the lever.   
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 13  where there are 2 batteries 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 14  where there are two micro vibrating motors 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 13  wherein the vibrations are transferred throughout the interior portion of the ski boot, which vibrations can be detected by the skier as a stimulus to alert the skier of improper body weight distributions on the skis. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 13  further including an adjustment screw to help fit the device to the thickness of any boot. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 13  further including a safety strap that attaches to the device and encircles a boot to help secure the device to a ski boot. 
     
     
         19 . A ski training device to advise a skier to assume correct forward stance during downhill skiing, and which device attaches to the ski boot of the skier, said device comprising:
 (A) a housing configured to fit partially within a ski boot, and partially exteriorly to a ski boot.   (B) at least on vibrating micro motor disposed in said housing.   (C) a battery powered power supply for said micro vibrating motors, disposed in said housing and electrically connected to said motors.   (D) a lever movable by the foot pressure of a skier in a wrong stance moving rearwardly, in a ski boot, which lever is connected to at least one battery, and said at least one battery is electrically connected to said at least one micro vibrating motor, whereby when a skier's foot moves rearwardly when a wrong stance non forwardly is assumed the rear of the foot impacts the lever causing the at least one micro vibrating motors to send a vibration felt by the skier through a boot, due to being energized by the at least one battery said device further including an adjusted screw to ensure fit of the device on any ski boot.   
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 19  still further including a strap disposed through said device for encircling the boot prior to skier putting a foot in the boot. 
     
     
         21 . The device of  claim 13  wherein the device is configured as an upside down J shape. 
     
     
         22 . The device of  claim 19 , wherein there are two micro vibrating motors. 
     
     
         23 . The device of  claim 19 , wherein the housing is made of plastic. 
     
     
         24 . The device of  claim 19 , wherein the micro vibrating motor(s) and lever activator are disposed inside the ski boot when the device is ski boot attached, and the battery(s) are disposed on the outside of the boot, all within the housing. 
     
     
         25 . The device of  claim 13  wherein when the skier is in the correct position for skiing, the rear of the foot does not impact the lever and thus no vibrations are emitted by the micro vibrating motor(s) which lack of signal advises the skier he/she is in the correct downhill skiing posture. 
     
     
         26 . The device of  claim 19 , wherein the device is readily removable and sized for storage in a garment pocket.