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US 2010/0133787 A1Published application
Binding components for a gliding board
AssigneeThe Burton Corporation
InventorsChristopher C. Cunningham, Scott T. Keller
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Abstract
A snowboard binding and hold-down device that may flex or move with the snowboard when ridden to minimize any impact on flex characteristics. The snowboard binding may be compatible with a variety of snowboard binding mount arrangements.
Claims19
A binding base for a gliding board, comprising:
- a medial region that includes a medial side wall and a medial base portion;
- a lateral region that includes a lateral side wall and a lateral base portion, each of said medial base portion and said lateral base portion positioned between said medial side wall and said lateral side wall and together defining a hold-down device mounting area wherein said lateral base portion and said medial base portion are interrupted so as to be separate and spaced from each other, said medial and lateral base portions each including a plurality of teeth engageable to complementary teeth on a hold-down device so that said binding base is mountable to a hold-down device in one of a plurality of different angular positions relative to the hold-down device;
- a hold-down device engagement feature to resist distortion of said binding base, located on said medial base portion and facing toward said medial side wall;
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- a hold-down device engagement feature to resist distortion of said binding base, located on said lateral base portion and facing toward said lateral side wall.
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A binding base for a gliding board, comprising:
- a medial region that includes a medial side wall and a medial base portion;
- a lateral region that includes a lateral side wall and a lateral base portion, each of said medial base portion and said lateral base portion positioned between said medial side wall and said lateral side wall and together defining a hold-down device mounting area wherein said lateral base portion and said medial base portion are interrupted so as to be separate and spaced from each other, said medial and lateral base portions each including a plurality of teeth engageable to complementary teeth on a hold-down device so that said binding base is mountable to a hold-down device in one of a plurality of different angular positions relative to the hold-down device;
- at least one rotational stop arranged to engage a corresponding rotational stop of a hold-down device to limit the angular position of said binding base relative to the hold-down device.
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A binding base for a gliding board, comprising:
- a medial region that includes a medial side wall and a medial base portion;
- a lateral region that includes a lateral side wall and a lateral base portion, each of said medial base portion and said lateral base portion positioned between said medial side wall and said lateral side wall and together defining a hold-down device mounting area wherein said lateral base portion and said medial base portion are interrupted so as to be separate and spaced from each other, said medial and lateral base portions each including a plurality of teeth engageable to complementary teeth on a hold-down device so that said binding base is mountable to a hold-down device in one of a plurality of different angular positions relative to the hold-down device;
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- a bridge that connects said lateral region to said medial region at a toe end of the binding base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.