Binding mounting method and apparatus
AssigneeThe Burton Corporation
InventorsHubert M. Schaller, G. Scott Barbieri, Christian Breuer
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Abstract
A method and system for mounting a binding to a gliding board. In one embodiment, a single row of attachment features, e.g., threaded inserts, may be used to mount a foot binding to the gliding board. The attachment features may be equally spaced along the row, e.g., at 25 mm increments. In one embodiment, a binding includes a hold down plate that may be attached to the gliding board using only two fasteners, e.g., each fastener engaging with an attachment feature on the board, or using only fasteners that lie along a longitudinal line on the gliding board.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard binding hold down disk for attaching a snowboard binding to a snowboard, the snowboard binding having a base, the hold down disk having angle indication marks that indicate an orientation of the snowboard binding base relative to the hold down disk, the angle indication marks including first and second zero degree angle indication marks, the hold down disk having an axis that extends through the first and second zero degree angle indication marks;
- the hold down disk further comprising first and second slots adapted to receive fasteners to attach the hold down disk to the snowboard, wherein the axis passes through the first and second slots, wherein the first slot is parallel to the second slot, the first and second slots are of equal length, and each of the first and second slots is at least 40 millimeters in length, wherein the first and second slots each extends substantially perpendicular to the axis that passes through the first and second zero degree angle indication marks, and wherein the first and second slots are the only openings in the hold down disk adapted to receive fasteners to attach the hold down disk to the snowboard.
An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard binding hold down disk for attaching a snowboard binding to a snowboard, the hold down disk comprising first and second slots adapted to receive fasteners to attach the hold down disk to the snowboard, wherein the first slot is parallel to the second slot, the first and second slots are of equal length, and each of the first and second slots is at least 40 millimeters in length, the first and second slots being the only openings in the hold down disk adapted to receive fasteners to attach the hold down disk to the snowboard.
An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard having side edges, a tip-to-tail direction and a center line that extends along a length of the snowboard in the tip-to-tail direction and is equidistant from the side edges;
- a snowboard binding that comprises a hold down disk and is mounted to the snowboard;
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- a plurality of fasteners that mount the hold down disk to the snowboard;
- wherein the hold down disk has a center and a disk axis that extends through the center of the hold down disk and overlies or is parallel to the center line of the snowboard, the hold down disk having first and second slots that receive the plurality of fasteners that mount the hold down disk to the snowboard, wherein the disk axis extends through and is perpendicular to the first and second slots, and wherein at least one fastener is received in one of the first and second slots at the center line of the board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.