Patent ID: 9592438
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A63C

Claim:
1. A binding system for retaining a rider's foot atop a recreational board, the binding system comprising: a base rigidly mountable to the recreational board, the base comprising a front stand-off flange located forwardly of a generally flattened foot-receiving surface shaped for receiving a rider's foot thereupon and a rear stand-off flange located rearwardly of the foot-receiving surface; and a foot-retainer configurable in an open configuration for receiving and releasing the rider's foot or a locked configuration for retaining the rider's foot in the binding, the foot-retainer comprising a front rail moveably coupled to the front stand-off flange at a front movement joint and a rear rail moveably coupled to the rear stand-off flange at a rear movement joint, the front and rear movement joints located above the foot-receiving surface; wherein the foot-retainer is shaped to retain the rider's foot with the toes of the rider's foot relatively proximate to a toe-side of the board and the heel of the rider's foot on a heel-side of the board, the heel-side and toe-side of the board transversely opposing one another; wherein the front movement joint and the rear movement joint facilitate motion of the foot-retainer and the rider's foot relative to the base and the recreational board when the foot retainer is in the locked configuration.