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Inventor

Sherman R Poppen

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1968

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Years active

1968

Total patents

1

Most recent

1968

Domains

consumer_electronicsmechanical

Activity by decade

1960s
1

Patents

1

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1 patents, in 1968

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US 3378274·1968·Brunswick Corp

How the Snurfer Invented Modern Snowboarding

A 1966 patent for a single-board snow vehicle that allowed riders to stand sideways and steer using a rope, effectively creating the sport of snowboarding.

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