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US 6,203,052 B1Granted
Step-in snowboard binding
AssigneeThe Burton Corporation
InventorDavid J. Dodge
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Abstract
A snowboard binding for securing a boot to a board, comprising a base, a first engagement member that is supported by the base and adapted to engage a first lateral side of the boot, and a second engagement member, pivotally mounted to the base, that is adapted to engage a second lateral side of the boot opposite the first lateral side of the boot.
Claims13
A system comprising:
- a snowboard boot;
- and
- a snowboard binding including a base and an engagement apparatus, the engagement apparatus comprising:
- a pair of engagement members supported by the base and including first and second spaced apart engagement members adapted to separately engage first and second sections of a first side of the snowboard boot while being spaced from a third section of the first side of the snowboard boot disposed therebetween, the pair of engagement members including an open position and a closed position respectively corresponding to open and closed configurations of the binding;
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- a trigger, supported by the base, that is adapted to be stepped down upon by the boot to cause the pair of engagement members to move from the open position to the closed position,
- wherein the first side of the snowboard boot has at least one opening, and the pair of engagement members is adapted to be received within the at least one opening when the binding is in the closed configuration, and
- wherein the at least one opening includes a pair of spaced apart openings adapted to receive the pair of engagement members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.