US Patent Issued to SKIS ROSSIGNOL on Dec. 23 for "Alpine ski with improved sidecut" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,594, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SKIS ROSSIGNOL (Saint-Jean de Moirans, France).

"Alpine ski with improved sidecut" was invented by Jean-Luc Dutaut (La Ravoire, France), Pierre Billon (Saint Jean de Moirans, France) and Romain Bailly (Coublevie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an alpine ski including a tip zone located at the front of the ski, a waist zone, and a tail zone located at the rear of the ski, a median longitudinal plane extending from the front end to the rear end of the ski, an underside formed by a gliding sole bordered by edges, a zone for mounting a boot. The alpine ski fu...