Patent ID: 7374194
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for binding a boot to a base plate of a snowboard, comprising: a first band mounted on a first side of the base plate; a second band mounted on a second side of the base plate opposite the first side of the base plate in a width direction, the second band being removably attached to the first band, so as to fasten a toe end portion of the boot to the base plate, the second band fastening the toe end portion at an acute angle with respect to the base plate and the toe end portion of the boot; a pad comprising lower part with an inner surface contacting a forwardmost surface of the toe end portion of the boot, an upper part with an inner surface contacting an upper surface of the toe end portion of the boot and a convex intermediate part connecting the upper and lower parts, the lower part of the pad being attached to an inner surface of one of the first band and the second band.