Releasable boot and binding assembly for various sports
OwnerDaniel Digbyinventor
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Abstract
Provided herein are various embodiments for a boot for releasable engagement with a binding having a downwardly facing ledge and a toe strap. The boot preferably contains a sole, a toe portion, and a heel portion. The boot preferably also contains a heel retaining device extending rearwardly from the heel portion of the boot and having an upwardly facing engagement surface at the top of the device which engages with the downwardly facing ledge of the binding to prevent vertical movement of the boot relative to the binding while allowing forward horizontal movement of the boot relative to the binding.
Claims17
A boot and binding system comprising:
- a binding having
- a flat plate,
- a toe strap connected to a pair of opposing sides of the plate,
- an arm that connects to the opposing sides of the plate, and
- a ledge on a bottom side of the arm that is rigidly fixed relative to the arm such that the ledge does not move relative to the arm;
- and
- a boot having
- a toe portion,
- a heel portion,
- a sole which connects the toe portion with the heel portion, wherein the sole is smooth around a perimeter with nothing protruding outwardly from the sole for engaging with the binding, and
- a heel retaining device extending rearwardly from the heel portion of the boot and providing a single upwardly facing engagement surface which does not move relative to the heel portion of the boot.
A method for using a boot and binding system having a binding with a flat plate, a toe strap connected to a pair of opposing sides of the plate, an arm that connects to the opposing sides of the plate, and a ledge on a bottom side of the arm that is rigidly fixed relative to the arm such that the ledge does not move relative to the arm;
- and a boot having a toe portion, a heel portion, a sole which connects the toe portion with the heel portion, wherein the sole is smooth around a perimeter with nothing protruding outwardly from the sole for engaging with the binding, and a heel retaining device extending rearwardly from the heel portion of the boot and providing a single upwardly facing engagement surface which does not move relative to the heel portion of the boot, the method comprising the steps of:
- positioning the toe portion of the boot underneath the toe strap of the binding;
- and
- lowering the heel portion of the boot until the engagement surface of the boot is underneath the ledge of the binding, while the ledge does not move rotate relative to the arm of the binding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.