Snowboard binding
AssigneeCarmate Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshiaki Sato, Hideyuki Naito, Yoshihiro Yagyu, Motomu Haruna
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Abstract
A snowboard binding of the invention includes: a guide unit for properly guiding a tip portion of a left band while preventing the tip portion from entering a space of a buckle; an ankle strap fitting unit for optically fastening a ankle strap around a boot; an erroneous open preventing unit for preventing a lever of a forward inclination regulation mechanism from inadvertently releasing; a retaining unit for retaining the foot in a highback; and a binding discrimination unit.
Claims13
A snowboard binding for securing a boot to a snowboard, comprising:
- a base plate adapted to be mounted onto the snowboard, said base plate having side portions;
- a first band pivotally supported to one side portion of said base plate at one end thereof;
- a buckle connected to the other end of said first band, said buckle having a ratchet belt;
- a second band pivotally supported to the other side portion of said base plate at one end thereof;
- said second band having a connecting portion connectable to said ratchet belt;
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- means arranged within said first band, including T-shaped structure, for preventing a tip portion of said second band from entering a space when said ratchet belt is connected to said connecting portion, the space being formed between said first band and said ratchet belt when said buckle is released.
A snowboard binding for securing a boot to a snowboard, comprising:
- a base plate adapted to be mounted to the snowboard, said base plate having side portions upwardly extending therefrom;
- a highback located upwardly in a rear portion of said base plate;
- a first band pivotally supported to one side portion of said base plate at a support end thereof;
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- a second band pivotally supported to the other side portion of said base plate at a support end thereof, said second band being connectable to said first band,
- wherein the respective support ends of said first and second bands are disposed inside of the side portions of said base plate and between the side portion of said base plate and said highback.
A snowboard binding for securing a boot to a snowboard, comprising:
- a base plate adapted to be mounted to the snowboard, said base plate being integrally formed and having a bottom portion and side portions, said side portions upwardly extending from said bottom portion, and said side portions including a heel cup;
- a highback extending upwardly from and pivotally joined to said heel cup of said base plate;
- a first band pivotally supported to one side portion of said base plate at a support end thereof;
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- a second band pivotally supported to the other side portion of said base plate at a support end thereof, said second band being connectable to said first band,
- wherein the respective support ends of said first and second bands are disposed between said side portions of said base plate and said highback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.