Patent ID: 7494148
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A board binding for holding a foot on a flat surface of a board having an opposite side that is adapted to allow the board to be used to slide, roll, or glide said binding comprising: a base, plate; a heel-cradling element fastened to the base plate; a toe-cradling element fastened to the base plate, and capable of moving forward and backward relative to a foot placed in the binding; an instep-strapping arrangement having a first part connected to one side of the base plate and a second part connected to the other side of the base plate, a closure device for the instep-strapping arrangement, the closure device having an open position in which said first and second parts of the instep-strapping arrangement are open or easy-to-open, and a closed position in which said first and second parts are firmly held together, and a flexible linkage connecting the closure device of the instep-strapping arrangement and the toe-cradling element, the flexible linkage being arranged such that: wherein when the closure device is in the closed position the held-together first and second parts of the instep-strapping arrangement hold a foot securely in the closed instep-strapping arrangement by forces acting between said first and second parts through the closure device, independently of the need to maintain tension in the flexible linkage.