Freely rotatable binding for snowboarding and other single-board sports
OwnerCharles D. Cole IIIinventor
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Abstract
A freely rotatable binding base assembly for use on a board used in single-board sports such as snowboarding and slalom water skiing. A binding assembly mounted on and movably secured to the board, and is adapted to receive a conventional boot as worn by a rider. Additional features include a locking means for selectably blocking rotation, and a clutch for braking rotation by applying side loading to the board.
Claims14
A single-board sport board boot binding for receiving a single booted foot, said boot binding comprising:
- a bearing assembly adapted for independent mounting to a fore position or an aft position of a surface of a single-board sport board, said mountable bearing assembly enabling freely rotatable, frictionally unrestrained 360 degree movement about a first axis during boarding movement, wherein said first axis is perpendicular to the board surface;
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- a plate, said plate freely rotatably mounted on the bearing assembly, said mounted plate enabling freely rotatable, frictionally unrestrained 360 degree movement of the mounted plate about the first axis during boarding movement.
A single board sport board, said board comprising:
- a surface for receiving at least one boot binding, said surface comprising a fore position and an aft position;
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- a first freely rotatable boot binding for receiving a booted foot, said first binding independently mounted in one of the fore position and aft position on the surface of the board, said mounted first binding freely frictionally unrestrained rotatable 360 degrees about a first axis during boarding movement, wherein said first axis is perpendicular to the board surface, and wherein said boot binding comprising:
- a bearing assembly adapted for independent mounting to a fore position or an aft position of a surface of a single-board sport board, said mountable bearing assembly enabling freely rotatable, frictionally unrestrained 360 degree movement about a first axis during boarding movement, wherein said first axis is perpendicular to the board surface;
- a plate, said plate freely rotatably mounted on the bearing assembly, said mounted plate enabling freely rotatable, frictionally unrestrained 360 degree movement of the mounted plate about the first axis during boarding movement;
- a lower plate attached to a bottom of the mounted plate;
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- a circular flange radiating inwardly from the lower plate and disposed below the bearing assembly.
A single-board sport board and boot binding combination, said board and boot binding combination comprising:
- a bearing assembly independently mounted to one of a fore position or an aft position on a surface of a board, wherein each of said fore position and said aft position is adapted for independently receiving one of a boot binding or a booted foot or a foot, said mounted bearing assembly enabling freely rotatable, frictionally unrestrained 360 degree movement about a first axis during boarding movement, wherein said first axis is perpendicular to the board surface;
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- a plate, said plate freely rotatably mounted on the first bearing assembly, said mounted plate freely frictionally unrestrained rotatable, 360 degrees about the first axis during boarding movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.