Abstract: A type of recreational equipment which provides a pair of ski-like board members upon which the user kneels when in use. Each board member has a pocket to receive one of the user's knees and a plurality of stops to provide a purchase for the toes of the user's boots. Handheld pushers are provided to enable the user to propel himself.

Abstract: A portable ski wax applicator includes a container having heat-conductive walls defining a wax receiving well and a removable cover rendering the container substantially splash-proof in normal use, the walls including a flat bottom wall and end wall extending obliquely from the bottom wall and having an orifice extending therethrough, a valve element extending through the orifice and projecting outwardly from the end wall, a spring resiliently urging the valve element outwardly to close the orifice, an electrical heating element for heating the walls and liquifying wax in the well, and a handle which is grasped for moving the applicator along a ski surface with the end wall generally parallel to the surface while pressing the outer end of the valve element against the surface to deposit liquid wax thereon, and then for moving the applicator along the surface with the bottom wall adjacent to and generally parallel to the surface for spreading the deposited wax on the surface.

Abstract: A roller skate wheel has an inner body portion for securement to the axle of the roller skate and an outer body rotatable about the inner body on appropriate bearings. A permanent magnet is secured to the inner body in flux coupling relationship with electrically conducting windings carried on the outer body. When the wheel rotates, electricity is generated on the windings and used to energize light emitting diodes carried on the outer body of the wheels. The generated electricity is of the alternating type and since the light emitting diodes are essentially polarity-sensitive, they will be energized on only positive half cycles of the current to thereby provide a flashing or stroboscopic effect.

Abstract: A hand-held skiing stabilizer has a stabilizer body and a handle extending into the body so that a hand grasping the handle does not pass entirely through the stabilizer. A preferred stabilizer comprises a pair of similarly shaped sheets of semirigid material attached together about their edges. Hand holes extend through one of the sheets inwardly from the edge margins thereof to form a handle. Structure is provided about the hand holes and between the two sheets to spread and hold apart the two sheets so that a hand grasping the handle passes partially through the hand holes in the one sheet but does not pass through the other sheet. It is preferred that a hole be provided in the sheet that does not have the handle and that a tongue extend from attachment inside the stabilizer through the hole so that two similar stabilizers may be interconnected by means of said tongues and holes for ease of carrying.

Abstract: A noise-making device which is particularly adapted to be utilized in conjunction with a skateboard or similar wheeled vehicle. The device comprises a ring-shaped component having one or two cylindrical projections extending from the outer peripheral edge thereof in a direction parallel to the axis of the ring. The other side of the ring is fastened to the end wall of a rotatable wheel, such as a skateboard wheel. The other component of the device comprises a somewhat rectangular, flat piece of metal having a pair of rounded edges and a hole in the center. This component is fastened to the wheel support device so that an edge of the metal piece is adjacent the end surface of the wheel. As the wheel rotates, the projections from the rotating component intercept the stationary plate to flex same, thereby creating sound.

Abstract: An edge sharpener, in particular for sharpening the steel edges of skis, is composed of a main body in which there is a recess for holding a file blade and within which is inserted a clamping wedge so as to exert distributed forces on the surface area of the file blade when the clamping wedge is forced into the recess substantially radially. In a particular feature of the invention, the main holder has a flexible foil which comes to lie between the pressure surface of the clamping wedge and the surface of the file so that movement of the clamping wedge does not result in abrasive contact with the surface of the file. The lower part of the clamping wedge has an inclined surface which cooperates with a similarly inclined surface in the holder. The clamping wedge is further equipped with gripping surfaces so that, during manual use, the force of the hand on the sharpener to execute the sharpening strokes tends to move the clamping wedge more forcefully into the recess, thereby increasing the clamping action.

Abstract: A ski brake, more specifically for use in association with cross-country skis and including a plate fixed to, and extending outwardly from each ski near the conventional harness. The plate includes an attachment portion and a ski pole catching portion, the latter having a rearwardly directed notch to receive the ski pole with the basket of the pole against the bottom of the ski. The notch is oriented relative to the ski to form in the ski pole catching portion a hooking portion which projects transversely inward toward the ski and restrain the ski pole in the notch. In one embodiment, each plate includes an upwardly directed flange at its outer edge provided with a notch to receive the rim of the ski pole basket and thus providing for downhill braking. The ski pole may have a flexible joint to enable convenient positioning of the ski pole handles relative to the skier.

Abstract: A ski brake of the type used to slow or totally stop the movement of skis through an ice or snow covered surface through the provision of a pair of brake plates including spaced apart teeth thereon interconnected to a base means and rotatably positionable upon interaction with the binding with an activation member such that the plurality of teeth affixed to each braking plate is forced into engagement with the snow thereby forcing snow between the teeth and causing frictional reaction and engagement between the trapped snow between teeth and the snow contiguous to the positioned braking plates and secured teeth. A manually operated handle may further activate the braking plates into its braking position independent of predetermined positioning or operation of the binding facility.

Abstract: In a skateboard truck with a central depending axle housing having extending to each side an axle on which a wheel is disposed and secured by a nut, a protective plastic shield covering the lowest portion of the housing and extending substantially from wheel to wheel. The shield is secured in place by a washer on each side disposed on the axle inside of the wheel and having a first flange fitting the end of the housing and having a second flange receiving a generally semicircular, reduced-diameter adjacent end of the shield.