ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,770, issued on May 20, was assigned to SALOMON S.A.S. (Epagny Metz-Tessy, France).

"Ski core and ski including such a core" was invented by Philippe Miette (Annecy le Vieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ski having a core that includes a left lateral edge, a right lateral edge, and at least one central inner core positioned between the two lateral edges. The core also includes a plurality of left wings arranged between at least one central inner core and the left lateral edge, each left wing forming an angle between 5deg and 85deg or between 95deg and 175deg with the longitudinal axis X, and a plurality of right wings arran...