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US 2001/0010418 A1Published application
Device for retaining a boot on a gliding board adapted to snowboarding
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorJean-Francois Gonthier
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Abstract
A device for retaining a boot on a gliding board adapted to snowboarding. The device includes a base, an arrangement to retain the boot on the base, and a rear support element, the latter having at least one lateral lug. The device has at least one friction plate that projects at least partially with respect to an inner surface of the lug, the friction plate having a friction structure provided to oppose the separation of the upper with respect to a front surface of the rear support surface.
Claims7
A device for retaining a boot on a gliding board adapted to snowboarding, said device comprising:
- a base provided to at least partially receive the boot sole, an arrangement provided to retain the boot on the base, and a rear support element provided to receive the boot upper in the rear of the user's lower leg, by contact with a front surface of the rear support element, the rear support element having at least one lateral lug, the lateral lug having an inner surface provided to extend along the boot upper on one side of the user's lower leg, the lateral lug having at least one friction arrangement projecting at least partially with respect to the inner surface of the lug, the friction arrangement having a friction structure provided at least to increase friction and oppose a separation of the upper with respect to the front surface of the rear support element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.