Patent ID: 9636569
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A63C

Claim:
1. A binding for a snowboard, the binding comprising a binding frame coupled with a base-plate, one or more binding straps, and a strap adjustment system removably coupling each of the binding straps to the binding frame, the binding frame comprising an inside and an outside, wherein the strap adjustment system comprises: I. a plurality of attachment points, each attachment point comprising at least one hole extending through the binding frame; II. locking mechanism comprising a press-button element having a head section, an intermediate section, and an outer section, wherein the press-button element is constructed to fit into the at least one hole of the attachment points, wherein the press-button element is constructed to be inserted and removed through the inside of the binding frame and without using tools, and wherein when the press button element is in an inserted position in one of the holes of the plurality of the attachment points, the head section is aligned with the inside of the binding frame and the outer section is aligned with the outside of the binding frame such that the press-button element does not protrude beyond the inside and the outside of the binding frame; and III. at least one hole on each of the one or more binding straps, wherein each of the holes on the one or more binding straps corresponds to a hole on one of the attachment points when an end of one of the binding straps is positioned into the binding frame so that the press-button element mates with the hole on one of the attachment points and the corresponding hole on the binding strap positioned into the binding frame when the holes are aligned, and the binding strap is securely locked in when the press-button element is inserted through the aligned holes from the inside of the binding.