Patent ID: 6773024
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
An arrangement for connecting a piece of sports equipment (3) to a boot (4), said arrangement comprising:means for a releasable connection between said sports equipment (3) and a sole (2) of the boot (4) wherein a space (30) is provided at a middle section (23) of the sole (2), the space (30) opening downwardly and having a substantially cylindrical shaped interior surface (54); a base (13) secured on the sports equipment (3), the base (13) having a substantially cylindrical shaped peripheral area, a diameter of the peripheral area corresponding to the diameter of an interior area (54) of the space (30), so that the base (13) fits into the space (30) and the boot (4) can rotate or pivot around an axis B of the base (13); depressions (16,17) made at two diametrically opposite locations on an outer surface of the base (13); connecting devices (35) provided at two diametrically opposite locations in the sole (2), so that the connecting devices (35) can respectively latch into the depressions (16,17); a free end portion of the base body (13) being rounded, and at least one sliding groove (75) running in a meridian direction of the rounded free end portion, wherein the sliding groove (75) ends in one of said depressions (16,17).