US 2004/0201203 A1 · Snowboard binding system

Abstract

A snowboard binding system comprising at least one movable engaging member that, when engaged, secures a snowboarder's boot from vertical or horizontal movement is disclosed. In one embodiment, a binding system having two active sides is disclosed, allowing a snowboarder to engage the binding by stepping downwardly onto the binding mechanism, thus reversibly forcing tensioned engaging members between an extended and a retracted position and back to an extended position, thereby securing the snowboarder's boot to the upper surface of a snowboard. A preferred embodiment utilizes positioning keys that properly orientate a snowboarder's boot into binding engagement. Other embodiments include snowboard boots having active binding mechanisms positioned on the boot itself, such mechanisms engageable with static members secured to the surface of a snowboard. A snowboard boot having a calf support member and a reversibly mounted high-back element is also disclosed, as well as a canting system for adjusting angular orientation of a snowboarder's foot position.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A step-in snowboard binding designed to hold a boot by its sides, comprising a baseplate having first and second sides and carrying at least one engagement member on each of its first and second sides, said engagement members pivoting about a horizontal axis as the boot is introduced into the binding, and a retaining element cooperating with a locking element that is urged in a locking direction by an elastic means, the locking element adapted to maintain the at least one engagement member in a locked position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/834,590Filed 28 Apr 2004

Priority

21 Jul 1995

Published

14 Oct 2004

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A43B 5/0401
Ski or like boots: snowboard boots
A43B 5/0403
Snowboard boots: adaptations for soles or accessories with soles for snowboard bindings
A43B 5/0423
For soles or associated with soles of ski boots; for ski bindings: located on the sides of the sole
A63C 10/10
Characterised by details of the shoe holders: using parts which are fixed on the shoe, e.g. means to facilitate step-in

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