Patent ID: 8910968
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
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; and a foot-retainer for retaining the rider's foot in generally fixed relation thereto, the foot-retainer moveably coupled to the base at a pair of movement joints for motion of the foot-retainer and the rider's foot relative to the base and the recreational board; the base comprising: a base plate shaped to abut against a rider-support surface of the recreational board on a lower surface thereof, shaped to receive a bottom of the rider's foot on an opposed upper surface thereof and shaped to extend longitudinally between a front stand-off flange and a rear stand-off flange, the front stand-off flange shaped to locate a corresponding front movement joint at a front joint location spaced upwardly apart from the foot-receiving upper surface of the base plate and the rear stand-off flange shaped to locate a corresponding rear movement joint at a rear joint location spaced upwardly apart from the foot-receiving upper surface of the base plate; wherein each of the pair of movement joints comprises one or more deformable bushings and wherein portions of the one or more bushings deform to facilitate motion of the foot-retainer relative to the base.