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US 6,886,850 B2Granted
Snowboard boot binding
AssigneeThe Burton Corporation
InventorsG. Scott Taylor, Franklin S. Phillips, Robert L. Spraque
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Abstract
A boot binding, such as a snowboard boot binding, where an opening through the binding that may allow passage of undesirable substances onto the floor of the binding is covered by a gasket. The gasket may be permanently or removably attached to the binding, and may be rigid or, alternatively, compliant where desired to have the gasket conform to an associated shape of the boot placed in the binding.
Claims94
A snowboard boot binding, comprising:
- a base having a foot receiving area and including a floor that is constructed and arranged for mounting said snowboard boot binding to a snowboard, said snowboard binding including a rear support member for surrounding at least a portion of a rider's leg and which extends rearwardly and upwardly from said base floor, wherein an opening extends between a rearward edge of said base floor and said rear support member, said opening adapted to receive at least a portion of a heel end of a snowboard boot that has been inserted into said snowboard boot binding;
- a snow gasket, mounted to the base, for covering at least a portion of said opening to prevent snow from passing through said opening and accumulating on said base floor, the snow gasket being separate from a snowboard boot;
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- a boot engagement member for securing the snowboard boot to said snowboard boot binding.
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A snowboard boot binding, comprising:
- a baseplate including a floor for mounting to a snowboard, a medial sidewall, a lateral sidewall, and a heel hoop for surrounding at least a portion of a rider's leg and which extends rearwardly and upwardly from said baseplate floor, wherein an opening extends between said heel hoop and a rearward edge of said floor that is adapted to receive at least a portion of a heel end of a snowboard boot that has been inserted into said snowboard boot binding;
- a snow gasket mounted to said baseplate, positioned at least partially in said opening, the snow gasket being separate from a snowboard boot and having a floor with a bottom surface that is located above a bottom surface of said rearward edge of said baseplate floor;
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- a boot engagement member for securing the snowboard boot to said snowboard boot binding.
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A snowboard boot binding, comprising:
- a baseplate including a floor for mounting said binding to a snowboard and having a medial sidewall and a lateral sidewall, said baseplate including an at least partially enclosed heel end, separate from a snowboard boot and mounted to the baseplate, with a heel end floor having a bottom surface that is adapted to receive at least a portion of a heel end of a snowboard boot that has been inserted into said snowboard boot binding, said baseplate floor having a substantially planar mid-foot region, wherein the bottom surface of said heel end floor extends above a bottom surface of said baseplate floor at said planar mid-foot region;
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- a boot engagement member for securing the snowboard boot to said snowboard boot binding.
A snowboard boot binding, comprising:
- a baseplate including a floor for mounting said snowboard boot binding to a snowboard, a medial sidewall, a lateral sidewall, a heel hoop for surrounding at least a portion of a rider's leg and which extends rearwardly and upwardly from said baseplate floor, and an opening extending between a rearward edge of said baseplate floor and said heel hoop;
- a snow gasket mounted to the baseplate and extending at least partially between said heel hoop and said baseplate floor, said snow gasket being a distinct and independent component from said heel hoop and said baseplate floor and being separate from a snowboard boot;
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- a boot engagement member for securing said snowboard boot to said snowboard boot binding.
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A method of assembling a snowboard boot binding, comprising:
- providing a binding baseplate including a floor, a medial sidewall, a lateral sidewall, and a heel hoop for surrounding at least a portion of a rider's leg and which extends rearwardly and upwardly from said baseplate floor, wherein an opening extends between the heel hoop and a rearward edge of the baseplate floor that is adapted to receive at least a portion of a heel region of a snowboard boot inserted into the snowboard boot binding;
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- covering at least a portion of the opening by mounting a snow gasket, separate from a snowboard boot, to the baseplate to prevent snow from passing through the opening and accumulating on the baseplate floor.
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