Abstract: A fastener dispenser including a housing having a plurality of rails formed thereon. The rails have terminal ends that are open to facilitate the passage of fasteners into or out of the housing. Fasteners are removably secured between adjacent rails and maintained in a predefined orientation by the adjacent rails. The fastener dispenser also includes fastener release means on the terminal ends of the rails for maintaining fasteners between adjacent rails. The fastener release means also allow a user to selectively dispense a desired number of fasteners from between the rails.

Abstract: Skiing equipment includes an elastically deformable structure which can assume a variety of curved configurations as a function of the dynamic actions occurring in use. The equipment includes at least one deformable chamber filled with a damping fluid and disposed in such a way that the variations in configuration of the deformable structure cause corresponding variations in the form of at least a part of the deformable chamber.