Patent ID: 6155577
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
A snowboard boot having a lever mechanism for a highback boot support, the snowboard boot and lever mechanism comprising:a support mcmber fixed to a lower portion of said snowboard boot, said support member having an arcuate shape extending around a heel portion of said snowboard boot, said support member being formed with a receiving portion proximate a mid-portion of said support member at a back side of said snowboard boot, said receiving portions being spaced apart from the back side of snowboard boot;a highback support pivotally mounted to said support member via first pivot pins, said highback support being configured for supporting the back side of said snowboard boot, said highback support being pivotal between a support position and a release position;a bracket fixed to said highback support;a link mounted to said bracket via a second pivot pin, said link being pivotal about said second pivot pin;a lever member mounted to said link via a third pivot pin, said lever member being pivotal about said third pin and being further free to pivot with said link about said second pivot pin, a lower end of said lever member being formed with a tongue which extends downward from said lever member, said tongue being configured for selective engagement with said receiving portion, andwherein, with said tongue member engaged with said receiving portion, said lever member is pivotal about said second pivot pin such that said third pivot pin is positionable under said second pivot pin and under a portion of said bracket thereby providing leverage to urge said bracket upward and urge said highback support into said support position against pivotal movement in one direction.