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US 6,742,801 B1Granted
Snowboard boot binding mechanism
AssigneeThe Burton Corporation
InventorDavid J. Dodge
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Abstract
A snowboard boot binding mechanism includes a base member having a recessed channel. A first plate is slidably attached to the base member. A first pair of engagement rods are fixedly attached to the first plate. Each of the first pair of engagement rods has a head disposed at an axial end of the rod for selectively engaging and locking a first bar attached to a first side of the snowboard boot. A second plate is fixedly attached to the base member. A second pair of engagement rods are fixedly attached to the second plate. Each of the second pair of engagement rods have a head disposed at an axial end of the rod for engaging and locking a second bar attached to a second side of the snowboard boot which is disposed opposite to the first side.
Claims60
An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard boot including at least one recess disposed on a lateral side of the snowboard boot;
- and
- at least one binding engagement member, supported by the snowboard boot, having a portion thereof that is exposed by the at least one recess and is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard;
- wherein the at least one recess includes first and second recesses respectively disposed on first and second lateral sides of the snowboard boot, and wherein the at least one binding engagement member includes first and second engagement members that are respectively exposed by the first and second recesses, the first and second engagement members being formed from a single unitary member;
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- wherein the first and second engagement members are contained within the boundaries of the snowboard boot without extending beyond the lateral sides of the snowboard boot.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, the snowboard boot having first and second lateral sidewalls, a heel area and a toe area, the snowboard boot having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction;
- and
- at least one binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having a portion thereof that is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being disposed substantially in-line with one of the first and second lateral sidewalls of the snowboard boot, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being a bar;
- wherein the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member extends in the heel-to-to direction;
- and
- wherein the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member is circular in cross-section.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, the snowboard boot having first and second lateral sidewalls, a heel area and a toe area, the snowboard boot having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction;
- and
- at least one binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having a portion thereof that is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being disposed substantially in-line with one of the first and second lateral sidewalls of the snowboard boot, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being a bar;
- wherein the snowboard boot includes an in-step region, and wherein the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member is disposed in the in-step region of the snowboard boot;
- wherein the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member is circular in cross-section;
- wherein the at least one engagement member is connected to the sole of the snowboard boot without being embedded therein:
- wherein the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member extends in the heel-to-toe direction;
- and
- wherein the apparatus has a recess that exposes the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, the snowboard boot having first and second lateral sidewalls, a heel area and a toe area, the snowboard boot having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction;
- and
- at least one binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having a portion thereof that is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being disposed substantially in-line with one of the first and second lateral sidewalls of the snowboard boot, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being a bar;
- wherein the apparatus has a recess that exposes the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, the snowboard boot having first and second lateral sidewalls, a heel area and a toe area, the snowboard boot having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction, and
- at least one binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having a portion thereof that is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being disposed substantially in-line with one of the first and second lateral sidewalls of the snowboard boot, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being a bar;
- wherein the at least one binding engagement member includes first and second binding engagement members that respectively have engageable portions that are disposed substantially in-line with the first and second lateral sidewalls of the snowboard boot, the engageable portions of each of the first and second binding engagement members being a bar;
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- wherein the engageable portions of the first and second binding engagement members are circular in cross-section;
- wherein each of the first and second binding engagement members is connected to the sole of the snowboard boot without being embedded therein;
- and
- wherein the apparatus has at least one recess that exposes the engageable portions of the first and second binding engagement members.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, the snowboard boot having first and second lateral sidewalls, a heel area and a toe area, the snowboard boot having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction;
- and
- at least one binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having a portion thereof that is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being disposed substantially in-line with one of the first and second lateral sidewalls of the snowboard boot;
- wherein the apparatus includes at least one recess that is adapted to expose the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being disposed within the recess.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, the boot having first and second lateral sidewalls;
- and
- at least one binding engagement member, connected to the sole, having a portion thereof that is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the engageable portion of the at least one binding engagement member being a bar that is circular in cross-section and is contained between the first and second lateral sidewalls of the boot without extending beyond either of the first and second lateral sidewalls;
- wherein the at least one binding engagement member is embedded in the sole;
- wherein the sole includes a recess that exposes the engageable portion of the at least one binding engagement member;
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- wherein the recess is disposed in the first lateral sidewall of the boot.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, a heel area and a toe area, the snowboard boot having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction;
- and
- at least one binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having a portion thereof that is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard;
- wherein the apparatus has a lateral sidewall and includes at least one recess, disposed in the lateral sidewall, that is adapted to expose the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being disposed within the recess.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, the snowboard boot having first and second lateral sidewalls, a heel area and a toe area, the snowboard boot having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction;
- and
- at least one binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having a portion thereof that is engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being disposed substantially in-line with one of the first and second lateral sidewalls of the snowboard boot, the engageable portion of the at least one engagement member being a bar;
- wherein the at least one engagement member comprises a closed loop bar member.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a snowboard boot having an upper portion and a sole, the snowboard boot having first and second lateral sidewalls, a heel area, a toe area and an in-step region, the snowboard boot having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction;
- and
- a binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having first and second portions that are engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the first engageable portion of the engagement member being disposed substantially in-line with the first lateral sidewall of the snowboard boot, the second engageable portion of the engagement member being disposed substantially in-line with the second lateral sidewall of the snowboard boot;
- wherein the apparatus comprises a first recess in the first lateral sidewall that is adapted to expose an upper surface of the first engageable portion of the binding engagement member and a second recess in the second lateral sidewall that is adapted to expose an upper surface of the second engageable portion of the binding engagement member;
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- wherein the first and second engageable portions of the binding engagement member are disposed in the in-step region.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a snowboard boot including a first recess disposed on a first lateral side of the snowboard boot and a second recess disposed on a second lateral side of the snowboard boot, the snowboard boot having an upper portion, a sole, a heel area, a toe area and an in-step region, the snowboard boot further having a heel-to-toe direction and a side-to-side direction;
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- a binding engagement member, connected to the snowboard boot, having first and second portions that are engageable with a snowboard binding to secure the snowboard boot to a snowboard, the first engageable portion having an upper surface exposed by the first recess in the first lateral sidewall, the second engageable portion having an upper surface exposed by the second recess in the second lateral sidewall;
- wherein the first and second recesses both are disposed in the in-step region of the snowboard boot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.