Interface element used on a snowboard
AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.
InventorPascal Joubert des Ouches
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Abstract
An interface element (10) used on a gliding board, said element being inserted between the sole (20) of the user's boot and the top side of the board (8) so as to take the thrust exerted toward the board by the user at least at the front end of the sole, and which comprises at least one zone (11, 12, 15) made of a thermoformable material capable, after exposure to heat, of matching the imprint of at least the front end (21) of the sole (20) of the boot so as to fill the volume between the top side (8) of the board and the sole of the boot (20).
Claims20
An interface element used on a gliding board, said element being inserted between a sole the user's boot, the sole having ridged reliefs, and a top side of the board so as to take the thrust exerted toward the board by the user when in use at least at the front end of the sole, the interface element comprising at least one zone made of a thermoformable material formed, after exposure to heat, having interlocking zones for matching the ridged reliefs of the sole at least at the front end of the sole of the boot so as to fill the volume between the top side of the board and the sole of the boot.
A binding for a gliding board including an interface element, the interface element being inserted between a sole of the user's boot the sole have ridged reliefs, and a top side of the board so as to take the thrust exerted toward the board by the user when in use at least at the front end of the sole, wherein the interface element comprises at least one zone made of a thermoformable material formed, after exposure to heat, having interlocking zones for matching the ridged reliefs of the sole at least at the front end of the sole of the boot so as to fill the volume between the top side of the board and the sole of the boot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.