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US 6,142,503 AGranted
Device for holding a boot on a snowboard
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorsVincent Forest, Robert Maestri, Jean-Pierre Rigal, Benoit Saillet
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Abstract
A retention device for a boot for use on glide boards adapted to be used for snowboarding. At least one attaching device of the retention device is offset laterally with respect to the median longitudinal plane of the boot and is positioned in the vicinity of only one side of the boot, either the lateral side or the medial side of the boot.
Claims21
An assembly of a boot and a retention device for attaching the boot onto a gliding board adapted for snowboarding, said assembly comprising:
- at least one boot comprising:
- a sole having a wear surface, the boot having a longitudinal median plane substantially perpendicular to said wear surface;
- an upper affixed to said sole, said upper demarcating a front end, a rear end, a lateral side, and a medial side of said boot;
- and
- at least one journal extending along a journal axis, all of said at least one journal being positioned on a single side of said boot and laterally offset with respect to said longitudinal median plane, said single side of said boot being said lateral side or said medial side;
- a retention device adapted to be fixed to the gliding board and to retain only the single side of said boot on the gliding board when said retention device is fixed to the gliding board, said retention device comprising a moveable latching mechanism, said latching mechanism comprising a structure defining a housing for receiving and latching said at least one journal and for allowing a repeated tilting movement of said boot about said journal axis,
- wherein only the single side of the boot is retained by the retention device when the at least one journal is pivotally retained by the latching mechanism.
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An assembly of a boot binding element and a retention device for attaching the boot binding element onto a gliding board adapted for snowboarding, said assembly comprising:
- at least one boot harness, said boot harness comprising a base with a lower surface, said boot harness having a longitudinal median plane substantially perpendicular to said lower surface, said boot harness demarcating a front end, a rear end, a lateral side, and a medial side of said boot harness, and at least one journal extending along ajournal axis, all of said at least one journal being positioned on a single side of said boot harness and laterally offset with respect to said longitudinal median plane, said single side of said boot harness being said lateral side or said medial side;
- a retention device adapted to be fixed to the gliding board and to retain only the single side of said boot harness on the gliding board when said retention device is fixed to the gliding board, said retention device comprising a moveable latching mechanism, said latching mechanism comprising a structure defining a housing for receiving and latching said at least one journal and for allowing a repeated tilting movement of said boot harness about said journal axis,
- wherein only the single side of the boot is retained by the retention device when the at least one journal is pivotally retained by the latching mechanism.
An assembly of a boot and a retention device for attaching the boot onto a gliding board adapted for snowboarding, said assembly comprising:
- at least one boot comprising:
- a sole having a wear surface, the boot having a longitudinal median plane substantially perpendicular to said wear surface;
- an upper affixed to said sole, said upper demarcating a front end, a rear end, a lateral side, and a medial side of said boot;
- and
- at least one journal extending along a journal axis, all of said at least one journal being positioned on a single side of said boot and laterally offset with respect to said longitudinal median plane, said single side of said boot being said lateral side or said medial side;
- a retention device comprising means for latching only the single side of said boot to the glide board and for allowing repetitive pivoting of said boot about said journal axis while in a latching position of said retention device,
- wherein only the single side of the boot is retained by the retention device when the at least one journal is pivotally retained by the means for latching.
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A boot adapted to be retained on a gliding board adapted for snowboarding, said boot comprising:
- a sole having a wear surface, the boot having a longitudinal median plane substantially perpendicular to said wear surface;
- an upper affixed to said sole, said upper demarcating a front end, a rear end, a lateral side, and a medial side of said boot;
- and
- at least one journal extending along a journal axis, all of said at least one journal being positioned on a single side of said boot, laterally offset with respect to said longitudinal median plane, said single side of said boot being said lateral side or said medial side, said journal comprising at least a portion adapted to be removably engaged by a retention device having a moveable member to retain only the single side of said boot on the gliding board,
- wherein only the single side of the boot is retained by the retention device when the at least one journal is pivotally retained by the retention device.
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A harness for a snowboarding boot adapted to cooperate with a retention device for retaining said harness on a snowboard, said harness comprising:
- a base for receiving and supporting a sole of the snowboarding boot, said base having a lower surface, the harness having a longitudinal median plane substantially perpendicular to said lower surface of said base, the harness further having a front end, a rear end, a lateral side, and a medial side, and at least one journal affixed to said base, said journal extending along a journal axis, all of said at least one journal being positioned on a single side of the harness and laterally offset with respect to said longitudinal median plane, said single side of said harness being said lateral side or said medial side,
- wherein only the single side of the harness is adapted to be retained by the retention device having a moveable member when the at least one journal is pivotally retained by the retention device.
The combination of a foot interface device and a retention device for attaching the foot interface device to a gliding board adapted for snowboarding, the combination comprising:
- the foot interface device being one of a boot and a binding harness and comprising a sole having a wear surface, a longitudinal median plane substantially perpendicular to the wear surface, an upper affixed to the sole, said upper demarcating a front end, a rear end, a lateral side, and a medial side of the foot interface device;
- at least one journal arranged only on a single side, said single side comprising one of the lateral side and the medial side of the sole, the at least one journal being substantially parallel and laterally offset with respect to said longitudinal median plane;
- a retention device configured to be fixed to the gliding board and to pivotally retain the foot interface device on the gliding board, the retention device comprising a moveable latching mechanism for removably engaging the at least one journal,
- wherein only the single side of the foot interface device is retained by the retention device when the at least one journal is pivotally retained by the latching mechanism.
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