Device for receiving a foot or a boot on a gliding apparatus

A device for receiving a foot or a boot on a gliding apparatus, the receiving device comprising:

• a base plate extending in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end;
• a rear support element structured and arranged to support rearwardly the lower leg of a user of the device;
• an articulation structure arranged to articulate the rear support element with respect to the base plate in an area of the rear end of the base plate to enable the rear support element to be moved selectively with respect to the base plate between a forward folded position and a rearward deployment position;
• an abutment structured and arranged to limit rearward movement of the rear support element with respect to the base plate at the deployment position;
• the abutment comprising an arch extending around the rear support element on a free surface side of the rear support element;
• at the deployment position of the rear support element with respect to the base plate, the abutment being fixed to the base plate and having a self-supporting structure, the rearward movement of the rear support element at the deployment position being limited by action of the abutment along the longitudinal direction, the abutment being transversely flexible in order to assume a shape of the rear support element in the deployment position.

A device for receiving a foot or a boot on a gliding apparatus, the receiving device comprising:

• a base plate extending in a longitudinal direction from a rear end to a front end;
• a rear support element structured and arranged to support rearwardly the lower leg of a user of the device;
• an articulation structure arranged to articulate the rear support element with respect to the base plate in an area of the rear end of the base plate to enable the rear support element to be moved selectively with respect to the base plate between a forward folded position and a rearward deployment position;
• an abutment structured and arranged to limit rearward movement of the rear support element with respect to the base plate at the deployment position;
• the abutment comprising a transversely flexible and longitudinally inextensible element structured and arranged to be in tension between the base plate and the rear support element when a user applies a rearwardly directed force against the rear support element in the rearward deployment position;
• in both the forward folded position and in the rearward deployment position, the abutment having a self-supporting structure.

A snowboard binding comprising:

• a base plate extending in a longitudinal direction between a rear end to a front end and in a transverse direction between a lateral side and a medial side;
• a highback structured and arranged to support rearwardly the lower leg of a user of the binding;
• an articulation structure arranged to articulate the highback with respect to the base plate in an area of the rear end of the base plate to enable the highback to be moved selectively with respect to the base plate between a forward folded position and a rearward deployment position;
• an abutment comprising an arch, the arch comprising a band extending in a direction around a free surface side of the highback, the arch comprising:
• a lateral support extending above the lateral side of the base plate;
• a medial support extending above the medial side of the base plate;
• a bridge extending between the lateral and medial supports;
• in the rearward deployment position, the free surface of the highback being positioned between the lateral and medial supports and forward of the bridge;
• the band being transversely flexible and formed at least by the bridge and at least respective portions of the lateral and medial supports;
• the abutment being structured and arranged to limit rearward movement of the highback with respect to the base plate in the rearward deployment position of the highback by a tension force imposed on the band in said direction.