Patent ID: 9737787
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A63C

Claim:
1. A snowboard binding strap assist mechanism, comprising: a first lever arm; a second lever arm; a hinge attaching the first and second lever arms to each other; the hinge defines a strap side to accommodate a binding strap and a spring side; a spring mounts between a portion of the first lever arm and the second lever arm on the spring side of the hinge; the first lever arm, the second lever arm and the hinge cooperate to enable the snow board binding strap assist mechanism to hold a snow board binding strap; the spring biases the lever arms to enable the binding strap assist mechanism to move between a closed configuration and in an open configuration, and the spring is a compression spring having helical coils defining interstitial space between the coils, the compression spring is slightly buckled when the binding strap assist mechanism is in the open configuration.