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US 11,285,377 B2Granted
Adjustable boot binding apparatus
OwnerHarry Jason Talanianinventor
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Abstract
A binding apparatus for a snowboard is provided including a base plate having a pivot portion, an elongate arm member, and a cuff member for receiving a portion of a rider's boot or leg. The base plate may be affixed to the snowboard such that a boot may be coupled to a footbed thereof at an angle relative to the lateral axis of the snowboard. The elongate arm member is pivotably coupled to the pivot portion of the base plate at a first end portion thereof, and the cuff member is coupled to the elongate arm member. The elongate arm member is configured to pivotably rotate about an axis of rotation of the pivot portion such that the elongate arm member and cuff member coupled thereto are capable of moving fore and aft of a lateral axis of a snowboard.
Claims20
A binding apparatus comprising:
- a base plate configured to be mounted to a snowboard;
- a pivot portion extending upwardly from the base plate, the pivot portion defining a pivot portion axis of rotation configured to be substantially aligned with a lateral axis of the snowboard;
- an elongate arm member including a first end portion pivotably coupled to the pivot portion of the base plate;
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- a cuff member coupled to the elongate arm member and configured to selectively engage a leg of a snowboard rider;
- straps configured to selectively couple a foot of the snowboard rider to the binding apparatus at an adjustable angular position on the base plate relative to the pivot portion axis of rotation;
- wherein the elongate arm member is configured to pivot about the pivot portion axis of rotation such that the elongate arm member and the cuff member coupled thereto are capable of movement substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the snowboard.
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A binding apparatus comprising:
- a base plate configured to be mounted to a snowboard, the base plate including a pivot portion having a pivot portion axis of rotation configured to be substantially aligned with a lateral axis of the snowboard;
- a footbed configured to selectively couple a foot of a snowboard rider to the base plate;
- at least one fastener configured to attach the footbed to the base plate at an adjustable angle relative to the pivot portion axis of rotation;
- an elongate arm member pivotably coupled to the pivot portion of the base plate;
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- a cuff member operatively coupled to the elongate arm member and configured to selectively engage a leg of the snowboard rider;
- wherein the elongate arm member is configured to pivot about the pivot portion axis of rotation such that the elongate arm member and the cuff member coupled thereto are capable of movement substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the snowboard.
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A binding system comprising:
- a first binding apparatus and a second binding apparatus configured to attach to a snowboard, the first and second binding apparatuses each comprising:
- a base plate configured to be mounted to the snowboard, the base plate including a pivot portion having an axis of rotation configured to be substantially aligned with the lateral axis of the snowboard;
- a footbed configured to selectively couple a foot of a snowboard rider the base plate, the footbed configured to attach to the base plate at one of a plurality of angular positions relative to the pivot portion axis of rotation;
- an elongate arm member pivotably coupled to the pivot portion of the base plate;
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- a cuff member operatively coupled to the elongate arm member and configured to selectively engage a leg of a snowboard rider;
- wherein the footbed of the first binding apparatus is configured to attach to the corresponding base plate at a first angular position relative to the pivot portion axis of rotation and the footbed of the second binding apparatus is configured to attach to the corresponding base plate at a second angular position relative to the pivot portion axis of rotation.
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A ridable board comprising:
- a board substantially longer along a longitudinal axis than the board is wide along a lateral axis;
- at least one binding apparatus comprising:
- a base plate mounted to the board;
- at least one pivot portion adjacent to an edge of the board, the pivot portion extending upwardly from the base plate and having a pivot portion axis of rotation configured to be substantially parallel to the lateral axis of the board;
- an elongate arm member pivotably coupled to the pivot portion;
- a cuff member coupled to the elongate arm member;
- a footbed coupled to the base plate and configured to pivot about a footbed axis of rotation located in a heel portion of the footbed to one of a plurality of angular positions relative to the pivot portion axis of rotation;
- wherein the elongate arm member is configured to pivot about the pivot portion axis of rotation such that the elongate arm member and the cuff member coupled thereto are capable of movement substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.