US 5,354,088 AGranted

Boot binding coupling for snow boards

OwnerDennis A. Vetter, Eric L. Eatoninventors

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Abstract

A coupling for releasably mounting a boot with boot binding to a turntable which is adjustably secured to a snowboard. The boot binding includes a plurality of extending lock pins each with a shoe releasably locking into arcuate slots in the turntable. The boot binding is quickly directed to the coupling with a set of guide pins protruding from the boot binding, which pods also serve as improved traction devices when the boot binding is disengaged from the turntable. Also extending from the boot binding plate is a latch pin held under spring bias which when aligned in a hold position, fits into one of several latch pin holes in the turntable. To release the plates from hold position, the latch pin is pulled from the latch pin hole by a flexible hand extension release device hand operated from a standing position and the plates are rotated to disengage the shoes from the arcuate slots.

Claims14

Dependent claims

In combination with a snowboard having a plurality of threaded screw holes, a releasable snowboard boot binding coupling comprising:

a circular turntable ring with a center hole, the turntable ring having a plurality of arcuate mounting slots on a circular arc concentric with the center hole, each of the slots having a first large slot opening on one end thereof,
a boot binding plate having a plurality of lock pins extending downwardly from the boot binding plate and located opposite the arcuate mounting slots of the turntable ring, each lock pin having a flange secured to the binding plate, a shoe sized to fit into and through a respective one of the turntable arcuate slot large openings, and a narrowing waist between the flange and the shoe sized such that upon partial rotation of the boot binding plate, the narrowing waist of the lock pin slidably passes into the turntable ring arcuate slot,
a spacer plate secured to the turntable to separate the turntable from the snowboard,
means to adjustably secure the turntable with the spacer plate to the snowboard, and
latching mans for releasably latching the turntable ring to the boot binding plate with the boot binding plate lock pin held in the turntable arcuate slot.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.