# US 10,500,475 B2 · Spacer for snowboard > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,500,475 B2 - Document ID: US10500475B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/032,513 - Filed: 2018-07-11 - Published: 2019-05-30 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-28 - Assignees: Daniel Joseph Walsh - Applicants: Daniel Joseph Walsh - Inventors: Daniel Joseph Walsh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10500475B2 ## CPC - A63C 10/16: Systems for adjusting the direction or position of the bindings - A63C 10/14: Interfaces, e.g. in the shape of a plate - A63C: SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE (water skis B63B32/00, B63B34/00) ## Abstract The disclosure is directed to a spacer block for elevating a boot of a rider of a snowboard. Due to the elevation of the boot above the snowboard, the boot drag of the rider is reduced. The spacer block is installed between the snowboard and a binding system of the snowboard that secures the rider's feet to the snowboard. By adding the spacer between the snowboard and the binding system, the boots are now elevated above the snowboard, and the rider can make sharper, more angled turns without the toes or heel of their boot contacting the snow. While the application describes the spacer block to be used with a snowboard, the spacer block can be used with boards for other recreational activities where boot drag is a problem. For example, the spacer block can be used with boards for gliding on sand, or with boards for rolling on ground. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for providing an elevated installation of a binding system of a snowboard, comprising: a spacer block that is configured to be installed on a snowboard, wherein the spacer block, when used with the binding system, is configured to elevate the binding system on the snowboard by a thickness of the spacer block, wherein the spacer block includes a circular void at the center of the spacer block to enable mounting of the binding system with the spacer block on the snowboard, and wherein the spacer block includes means for mounting the binding system to the spacer block. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacer block is configured to enable affixing of the binding system to the snowboard through the circular void. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacer block is configured to be installed between the binding system and the snowboard. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising: one or more fasteners for mounting the binding system with the spacer block on the snowboard. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the spacer block is configured to be installed with the binding system to the snowboard using the one or more fasteners through the circular void. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacer block includes a webbing to support the binding system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the webbing is around the circular void. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacer block is made of a water-resistant material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacer block is made of plastic. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacer block is made of polypropylene. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacer block is made of water resistant wood. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the spacer block has dimensions of 25 cm by 12.5 cm by 3.5 cm as a length, width and thickness, respectively, and wherein the circular void is of a diameter 7.5 cm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a depth of the circular void is equal to the thickness of the spacer block. ### Claim 14 An apparatus, comprising: one or more fasteners for mounting a binding system on a snowboard; and a spacer block of a specified thickness to elevate the mounting of the binding system on the snowboard by the specified thickness, wherein the spacer block includes a hollow opening at the center of the spacer block to receive the one or more fasteners for mounting the binding system on the snowboard, wherein the spacer block is configured to be installed between the binding system and the snowboard, and wherein the spacer block includes means for mounting the binding system to the spacer block. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the spacer block includes support structure around the hollow opening to support the binding system. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the support structure is a solid surface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the support structure is a webbing. ### Claim 18 An apparatus, comprising: a snowboard; a pair of binding systems to secure feet of a rider of the snowboard to the snowboard; and a pair of spacer blocks that is installed between the pair of binding systems and the snowboard, the pair of spacer blocks elevating the pair of binding systems above the snowboard by a specified height, wherein a spacer block of the pair of spacer blocks includes a hollow opening at the center of the spacer block through which a binding system of the pair of binding systems is affixed to the snowboard, and wherein the spacer block includes means for mounting the binding system to the spacer block. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the pair of spacer blocks is made of water-resistant material.