Snowboard binding system

A snowboard binding comprising:

• a base member including a base plate adapted to be coupled to a top surface of a snowboard and first and second side attachment portions extending upwardly from said base plate, said base plate having a front portion, a rear portion and a longitudinal axis extending between said front and rear portions, said first and second side attachment portions being located at said rear portion;
• a first rear binding member coupled to said first side attachment portion at a first lateral side of said rear portion of said base plate to extend inwardly toward said longitudinal axis into a snowboard boot receiving area above said base plate, said first rear binding member including a first latch member movable relative to said base member, said first latch member being pivotally supported about a first pivot axis substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, said first latch member being configured to engage a first rear catch portion of a snowboard boot;
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• a second rear binding member coupled to said second side attachment portion at a second lateral side of said rear portion of said base plate to extend inwardly toward said longitudinal axis into said snowboard boot receiving area above said base plate, said second rear binding member including a second latch member movable relative to said base member, said second latch member being pivotally supported about a second pivot axis substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis, said second latch member being configured to engage a second rear catch portion of the snowboard boot,
• said first and second latch members being arranged to move downwardly toward said base member and laterally outwardly away from each other and away from said longitudinal axis upon application of a force on said first and second latch members in the direction substantially towards said base member by the snowboard boot, and to move upwardly away from said base member and laterally inwardly upon removal of said force,
• said first and second rear binding members being configured and arranged without lever portions that extend away from said first and second longitudinal axes out of said boot receiving area beyond said first and second side attachment portions to release said first and second rear binding members, respectively.

A snowboard binding system, comprising:

• a snowboard boot having a sole portion, a front catch portion located at a front part of said sole portion, a first rear catch portion located at a first lateral side of said sole portion and a second rear catch portion located at a second lateral side of said sole portion;
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• a snowboard binding configured to be releasably coupled to said snowboard boot, said snowboard binding including
• a base member including a base elate adapted to be coupled to a top surface of a snowboard and first and second side attachment portions extending upwardly from said base plate, said base elate having a front portion, a rear portion and a longitudinal axis extending between said front and rear portions, said first and second side attachment portions being located at said rear portion;
• a front binding member movably coupled to said front portion of said base member between a release position and a latched position to selectively hold said front catch portion;
• a first rear binding member coupled to said first side attachment portion at a first lateral side of said rear portion of said base elate to extend inwardly toward said longitudinal axis into a snowboard boot receiving area above said base plate, said first rear binding member including a first latch member movable relative to said base member to selectively hold said first rear catch portion of said snowboard boot;
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• a second rear binding member coupled to said second side attachment portion at a second lateral side of said rear portion of said base plate to extend inwardly toward said longitudinal axis into said snowboard boot receiving area above said base plate, said second rear binding member including a second latch member movable relative to said base member to selectively hold said second rear catch portion of said snowboard boot,
• said first and second latch members being arranged to move downwardly toward said base member and laterally away from each other and away from said longitudinal axis upon application of a force on said first and second latch members in a direction substantially towards said base member by said snowboard boot, and to move upwardly away from said base member and laterally inwardly upon removal of said force,
• said first and second rear binding members being configured and arranged without lever portions that extend away from said first and second longitudinal axes out of said boot receiving area beyond said first and second side attachment portions to release said first and second rear binding members, respectively.

A snowboard binding system comprising:

• a snowboard hoot having a sole portion, a front catch portion located at a front part of said sole portion, a first rear catch portion located at a first lateral side of said sole portion and a second rear catch portion located at a second lateral side of said sole portion, said first rear catch portion including a plurality of first notches and said second rear catch portion including a plurality of second notches;
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• a snowboard binding configured to be releasably coupled to said snowboard boot, said snowboard binding including
• a base member having a front portion, a rear portion and a longitudinal axis extending between said front and rear portions;
• a front binding member movably coupled to said front portion of said base member between a release position and a latched position to selectively hold said front catch portion;
• a first rear binding member coupled to a first lateral side of said rear portion of said base member, said first rear binding member including a first latch member movable relative to said base member to selectively hold said first rear catch portion of said snowboard boot, said first latch member being arranged to hold said first rear catch portion at a plurality of different heights relative to said base member;
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• a second rear binding member coupled to a second lateral side of said rear portion of said base member, said second rear binding member including a second latch member movable relative to said base member to selectively hold said second rear catch portion of said snowboard boot, said second latch member being arranged to hold said second rear catch portion at a plurality of different heights relative to said base member,
• said first and second latch members being arranged to move downwardly toward said base member and laterally away from each other and away from said longitudinal axis upon application of a force on said first and second latch members in a direction substantially towards said base member by said snowboard boot.

A snowboard binding system, comprising:

• a snowboard boot having a sole portion, a front catch portion located at a front part of said sole portion, a first rear catch portion located at a first lateral side of said sole portion and a second rear catch portion located at a second lateral side of said sole portion,
• said first rear catch portion including a pair of substantially parallel first notches located at different heights relative to each other and said second rear catch portion including a pair of substantially parallel second notches located at different heights relative to each other;
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• a snowboard binding configured to be releasably coupled to said snowboard boot, said snowboard binding including
• a base member having a front portion, a rear portion and a longitudinal axis extending between said front and rear portions;
• a front binding member movably coupled to said front portion of said base member between a release position and a latched position to selectively hold said front catch portion;
• a first rear binding member coupled to a first lateral side of said rear portion of said base member, said first rear binding member including a first latch member movable relative to said base member to selectively engage said first rear catch of said snowboard boot;
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• a second rear binding member coupled to a second lateral side of said rear portion of said base member, said second rear binding member including a second latch member movable relative to said base member to selectively engage said second rear catch of said snowboard boot,
• said first and second latch members being arranged to initially move laterally apart relative to each other to guide positions upon application of a force on said first and second latch members in a direction substantially towards said base member by said snowboard boot,
• said first and second latch members being further arranged to subsequently move laterally towards each other to locked positions upon removal of said force such that said first and second latch members engage one of said first notches and one of said second notches, respectively, when in said locked positions,
• said first latch being engagable within each of said first notches and said second latch being engagable within each of said second notches to selectively couple said snowboard boot to said snowboard binding at two predetermined heights relative to said snowboard binding.