Laura A Valaas

US Patent:

8291620, Oct 23, 2012

Filed:

Jul 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/804227

Inventors:

Laura Aubrey Valaas - Wenatchee WA, US

International Classification:

A43C 13/00

US Classification:

361171, 361173, 36132

Abstract:

A removable, one-piece sole guard for preventing crevices on a ski boot sole from filling with snow, ice, and debris includes: (a) a head portion including a substantially planar top head surface that is substantially parallel to the bottom surface; (b) a body portion adjacent the head portion, which includes a substantially planar top body surface that is substantially parallel to the bottom surface; (c) at least one pin groove between the head portion and the body portion that opens to the top of the sole guard; (d) two opposite, substantially parallel guard sides; and (e) projections extending down from the bottom surface. A two-pin sole guard for a ski boot with at least two boot sole pins includes a second pin groove that opens to the rear. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.

US Patent:

8439415, May 14, 2013

Filed:

Nov 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/927937

Inventors:

Laura Aubrey Valaas - Wenatchee WA, US

International Classification:

A45F 5/00

US Classification:

294145, 294146, 211113, 211 34, 121205, 361171, 36132

Abstract:

A reusable, hand-held carrier for transporting and storing a pair of ski boots includes: (a) a handle portion; (b) a shank including two opposite longitudinal first sides, an upper shank end being attached to a base handle section of the handle portion; (c) a hanger portion extending from a lower shank end and including at least two elongate hook elements, each of the hook elements including an open topped channel and a set of corresponding shoulder portions on opposite walls of the channel that form a pinched zone at the top of the channel. The boot carrier preferably also includes at least one carrier pin for holding a sole guard ski boot accessory within a recess in the carrier shank. A carrier wall mount and boot carrier set is also contemplated. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.

US Patent:

8491011, Jul 23, 2013

Filed:

Jan 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

12/930889

Inventors:

Laura Aubrey Valaas - Wenatchee WA, US

International Classification:

A63C 11/02

US Classification:

280814, 294149, 294147, 294163

Abstract:

A one-piece device for keeping a pair of skis together includes: (a) two opposite outer longitudinal side walls, each including a substantially straight central section; (b) two opposite, substantially straight end walls, an end of each end wall being connected with a corresponding end of one of the longitudinal side walls; (c) an inner longitudinal wall between the outer longitudinal side walls, which is attached at its opposite ends to the opposite end walls, and which includes a substantially straight central section; (d) preferably at least one convolution in each of the outer longitudinal side walls, and at least one convolution in the inner longitudinal wall; and (e) the inner longitudinal wall dividing an interior of the ski holder device into two substantially equal sized, ski-receiving, open-ended channels. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.