US Patent Issued to VERISPELLIS SKIS & SNOWBOARDS on Dec. 2 for "Variable property sporting equipment" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,340, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to VERISPELLIS SKIS & SNOWBOARDS INC. (Wellesley, Mass.).

"Variable property sporting equipment" was invented by Ara Nazarian (Wellesley, Mass.) and Edward K. Rodriguez (Medfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for adjusting physical properties of a ski or snowboard, through use of one or more specially shaped components applied upon or embedded within the ski or snowboard, wherein the components may be comprised of a thermally responsive material that includes nitinol, and wherein the nitinol components may themselves be treated using a specific method in order to achieve desired tra...