Athletic boot with interface adjustment mechanism

An outsole of an athletic boot selectively mountable to a binding comprising:

• a frame member disposed within said outsole and having first and second ends;
• first and second spacer holding members removably coupled to said first and second ends of said frame member, respectively;
• at least one base member coupled to either of said first and second spacer holding members;
• at least one spacer having a binding contact surface adapted to contact the binding, said spacer adjustably mounted to said base member for selective orthogonal adjustment relative to said frame member;
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• at least one binding attachment member coupled to said outsole.

An athletic boot selectively mountable to a binding comprising:

• an upper fixedly secured to an outsole;
• an interface adjustment mechanism for adjusting the interface between said boot and the binding, said interface adjustment mechanism disposed within said outsole and comprising a plurality of adjustment members and a plurality of base members, one of said plurality of adjustment members adjustably coupled to each base member, said adjustment members being extendable in a selected amount away from said outsole;
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• at least one binding attachment member coupled to said outsole.

A snowboard boot having toe and heel ends, said boot selectively mountable to a binding, comprising:

• an outsole having a bottom surface;
• an elongated frame disposed within said outsole, said frame extending between about said toe end and about said heel end of said boot;
• at least one base member mounted to said frame;
• fore and aft cleats, said fore and aft cleats removably coupled to said frame;
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• at least one adjustment member adjustably mounted on said base member for selective substantially orthogonal adjustment relative to said outsole.

A snowboard boot selectively mountable to a binding comprising:

• an outsole having a bottom surface;
• a frame member coupled to said outsole and having first and second ends;
• first and second spacer holding members coupled to said first and second ends of said frame member, respectively;
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• at least one interface adjustment assembly associated with either of said first and second spacer holding members, said interface adjustment assembly including a base member fixedly secured to either of said first and second spacer holding members and having a threaded aperture, and a spacer having an engagement portion and a threaded portion threadably engaged with said threaded aperture of said base member, said spacer being threadably adjustable relative to said base member so that said engagement portion of said spacer projects a selective amount away from said outsole.

An athletic boot in combination with a binding to which the boot may be selectively coupled in a fixed disposition, comprising:

• a binding having a boot interface surface;
• a boot having an outsole;
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• a plurality of interface adjustment members selectively securable to said outsole of said boot, each interface adjustment member having a binding contact portion and a binding interface surface that contacts the boot interface surface of said binding when said boot is coupled to said binding, said contact portion defining a thickness;
• wherein said plurality of interface adjustment members are configured to having different predetermined contact portion thicknesses, said plurality of interface adjustment members being interchangeable to selectively adjust the degree of extension of said interface surface away from said outsole of said boot.