Snowboard boot binding system
AssigneeBurton Corporation USA
InventorsJake B. Carpenter, David Dodge
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Abstract
A snowboard binding system having a binding plate, the bottom of which is supported on a snowboard. The plate includes a circular opening in its center which receives a disk shaped hold-down plate. The hold-down plate may be secured to the board in several different positions on the board with the binding plate assuming any rotational position with respect to the hold-down plate. Additionally, a highback support attached at the rear of the binding plate may be rotated along an axis generally normal to the binding plate (and therefore the board) and secured in its rotated position, to enable a rider to transmit forces to the snowboard from a variety of stance positions.
Claims15
A snowboard binding system for a snowboard, comprising:
- a hold-down plate, said plate including at least three first holes extending in a common direction and three of said first holes thereof being arranged in a triangular configuration;
- a base plate forming a part of a binding for receiving the leg of a user and having an aperture shaped and sized for receiving said hold-down plate in at least two rotational orientations;
- means defining a pattern of second holes in said snowboard, said pattern formed such that said first holes are aligned with a like number of second holes when said hold-down plate is placed over said snowboard for permitting said hold-down plate to assume at least two spaced apart positions along said snowboard, each corresponding to a different rotational orientation of said hold-down plate;
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- fastening means extending through said first holes in alignment with said like number of second holes for securing said hold-down plate to said snowboard.
In a snowboard binding system of the type utilizing a triangular arrangement of at least three cooperating fastening means to form a basic pattern for retaining a binding base plate to the snowboard, for engagement with a plurality of fastening elements located in the snowboard, the fastening elements being located in an arrangement:
- first, second, and third fastening elements arranged to duplicate said basic pattern;
- a fourth fastening element positioned at the center of a first circle passing through said first, second and third fastening element;
- fifth and sixth fastening elements located on a second circle centered on one of said first, second and third elements and passing through said fourth element, said fifth and sixth elements being positioned to duplicate the basic pattern in combination with said fourth element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.