Patent ID: 6105992
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A boot adapted for engagement with a binding that includes at least one of a first binding component and a second binding component to engage the boot to the binding, the binding being mountable to an article for gliding, the first binding component including at least one bail, the second binding component being bail-less, the boot comprising:a boot body having a toe portion, a heel portion and a lower region, the boot having a length extending in a toe-to-heel direction;a first binding engagement member supported by the boot body and being moveable between and maintainable in, independently of the first or second binding components, a first position and an extended position, the length of the boot in the toe-to-heel direction with the first binding engagement member in the extended position being greater than the length of the boot in the toe-to-heel direction with the first binding engagement member in the first position, the first binding engagement member in the extended position including a ledge forming a contact portion extending beyond the boot body that is engageable with the at least one bail of the first binding component to engage the boot to the binding when the binding includes the first binding component, the contact portion not being engageable with the at least one bail of the first binding component when the first binding engagement member is in the first position.