Device for supporting a boot on a sports article
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorsBernard Couderc, Jean-Francois Gonthier
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Abstract
A device for supporting a foot or a boot on a sports apparatus, such as a snowboard binding. The device includes a base plate associated with a rear support element, which extends transversely between a lateral edge and a medial edge. The device includes at least one wing adapted to cover the foot or the boot, the wing extending longitudinally in the area of the lateral edge or of the medial edge of the rear support element, on the one hand, and substantially in the area of the lower portion of the rear support element, on the other hand.
Claims12
A device for supporting a user's foot or a boot on a sports apparatus, said device comprising:
- base plate adapted to support the user's foot or the boot;
- a rear support element extending upwardly from the base plate, said rear support element adapted to support a rear of the user's lower leg;
- the rear support element extending transversely between a lateral edge and a medial edge and extending upwardly from a lower fastening end to a free upper end, said rear support element including a forward-facing support surface;
- at least one wing extending longitudinally forwardly from the lateral edge or from the medial edge of the rear support element;
- and
- said at least one wing extending substantially in a lower portion of the rear support element.
An assembly comprising:
- a boot;
- and
- a device for supporting the boot on a sports apparatus, said device comprising:
- base plate adapted to support the boot;
- a rear support element extending upwardly from the base plate, said rear support element adapted to support a rear of a user's lower leg;
- the rear support element extending transversely between a lateral edge and a medial edge and extending upwardly from a lower fastening end to a free upper end, said rear support element including a forward-facing support surface;
- at least one wing extending longitudinally forwardly from the lateral edge or from the medial edge of the rear support element;
- and
- said at least one wing extending substantially in a lower portion of the rear support element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.