Snowboard, assembly, and training accessory

Abstract

A snowboard, snowboard assembly, and snowboard accessory for converting a snowboard into training snowboard. There is a board and a pivot member/strip. The pivot member/strip is elongated member protruding from the underside of the board along the main axis of the board. The pivot member/strip has a base width that is greater than a width of the flat bottom of the strip and greater than a height of the strip. The flat bottom of the strip is flanked by beveled edges along each side and at the front and back. The strip is either integral to the board or is couple thereto by a coupling structure (e.g. adhesive, binding, snaps, clips). The strip has a trapezoidal cross-section. Flanking beveled edges may have an acute angle with respect to the base and/or an obtuse angle with respect to the flat bottom surface.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A snowboard, comprising:
 a. a board having an underside and a main axis that extends along the longest length of the board; and   b. a pivot member, being an elongated member protruding from the underside of the board and extending along the main axis of the board, wherein the pivot member includes:
 i. a length which is a longest distance between two ends of the pivot member, 
 ii. a height which is a greatest orthogonal distance from the underside of the board to an underside of the pivot member, 
 iii. a base at the coupling between the pivot member and the board including a base width which is a greatest distance between two opposite edges of the pivot member orthogonal to each of the length and height, wherein the base width is greater than the height, 
 iv. a flat bottom surface having a bottom width which is a distance between opposite side-to-side edges of the flat bottom surface of the pivot member, wherein the bottom width is less than the base width; and 
 v. a pair of flanking beveled edges coupling the flat bottom surface to the base, the flanking beveled edges having an acute angle with respect to the base and an obtuse angle with respect to the flat bottom surface. 
   
     
     
         2 . The snowboard of  claim 1 , wherein a front and rear of the pivot member are beveled. 
     
     
         3 . The snowboard of  claim 1 , wherein the pivot member extends along the longest length of the snowboard. 
     
     
         4 . The snowboard of  claim 1 , wherein the pivot member has a trapezoidal cross-section. 
     
     
         5 . The snowboard of  claim 4 , wherein the trapezoidal cross-section includes a pair of rounded corners. 
     
     
         6 . The snowboard of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom width is greater than the height. 
     
     
         7 . A snowboard assembly, comprising:
 a. a board having an underside and a main axis extending from front-to-back of the board; and   b. a pivot member coupled to the underside of the board along a middle portion from side-to-side thereof and aligned with the main axis of the board, the pivot member including:
 i. a coupling structure coupling the pivot member to the board; and 
 ii. a strip coupled to the coupling structure, the strip having a base and a bottom surface opposite the base, wherein the base is wider than the bottom surface and the bottom surface is flat. 
   
     
     
         8 . The snowboard assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the bottom surface is wider than a longest distance between the base and the bottom surface. 
     
     
         9 . The snowboard assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the coupling structure is selected from the group of coupling structures consisting of: an adhesive layer, screws, bolts, rivets, snaps, clips, tongue-and-groove, latches, and bindings. 
     
     
         10 . The snowboard assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the coupling structure is selectably couplable and non-destructably detachable from the board. 
     
     
         11 . The snowboard assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the strip has a trapezoidal cross-section. 
     
     
         12 . The snowboard assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the strip does not have a uniform height from front-to-back. 
     
     
         13 . The snowboard assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the strip extends less than a full length of the board. 
     
     
         14 . The snowboard assembly of  claim 7 , wherein the base extends a full width of the board at least at one region thereof. 
     
     
         15 . A snowboard accessory for converting a snowboard into a training snowboard, consisting of:
 a. a coupling structure that couples to an underside of a snowboard; and   b. a strip coupled to the coupling structure, the strip having a base and a bottom surface opposite the base, wherein the base is wider than the bottom surface and the bottom surface is flat.   
     
     
         16 . The snowboard accessory of  claim 15 , wherein the strip has a trapezoidal cross-section with rounded bottom corners. 
     
     
         17 . The snowboard accessory of  claim 15 , wherein the coupling structure is an adhesive layer. 
     
     
         18 . The snowboard accessory of  claim 15 , wherein the coupling structure is a binding. 
     
     
         19 . The snowboard accessory of  claim 15 , wherein the strip does not have a uniform height from front-to-back. 
     
     
         20 . The snowboard accessory of  claim 15 , wherein the strip is beveled both side-to-side and front-to-back.