Snow board
AssigneeSt-Lawrence Manufacturing Canada Inc./Manufactures St-Laurent Canada
InventorRobert Katz
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Abstract
In a board for snow skiing comprising an elongated blow-molded plastic ski ody. The body includes a top and a bottom wall and reinforcements extending therebetween. First and second spaced apart bindings are mounted to the board for respectively receiving a front and a rear foot of a rider of the board. The bindings each comprise a pair of flexible plastic bands which are fixedly mounted at a first end part thereof to the board in a spaced and substantially parallel relationship. The bands also include at a second end part thereof a cooperating fastening device. Each binding also comprises a strap having each of two ends thereof attached to one of the bands for securing a back part of the foot of the rider to the binding.
Claims17
A board for snow skiing comprising an elongated ski body and at last one binding means mounted to said body for receiving a foot of a rider of said board, said binding means comprising a pair of flexible plastic bands mounted with first end parts thereof in spaced and substantially parallel slots defined through said board, said bands including second end parts provided with cooperating fastening means;
- said binding means also comprising a foot retaining means acting generally on a back part of said foot for further securing said foot to said board, each slot comprising an enlarged part defined in a bottom part of said board merging with a narrow part defined in a top part thereof, the first end part of each band being enlarged for fitting in said enlarged part of said slot with a remainder of said band being slidable through said narrow part of said slot, whereby said band is mounted to said board by passing said remainder of said band through said slot from said enlarged part through said narrow part thereof until said first end part of said band engages said enlarged part of said slot, whereat said first end part of the band is retained in said slot against upward and sideways movements thereof relative to said board, restraining means being provided to prevent said band from displacing downwards through said slot and thus said first end part of said band from releasing from said enlarged part of said slot.
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