US Patent Issued on May 26 for "Portable ski and snowboard edge sharpener and method of using the same" (Nevada, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,568, issued on May 26.

"Portable ski and snowboard edge sharpener and method of using the same" was invented by William E. Durell (Las Vegas) and Thomas E. Durell (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ski or snowboard edge sharpener may include an abrasive grinding wheel, a belt-driven drive train or direct drive system that connects a motor and grinding wheel drive mechanism and decreases the grinding wheel's speed of rotation relative to the speed of the motor, a grinding wheel mount allowing selection and use grinding wheels of different grits and materials and grinding wheel controls allowing the control of the cut depth and th...