Patent ID: 6024375
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A binding arrangement for repeatable quick attachment and instant release, under user selection, of a boot worn by a user, said boot having a heel and a toe portion, from being secured within a binding by straps attached by one end to said binding which is mounted on a snow gliding or wake boarding device, the tension of said straps first being initially adjusted to comfortably secure said boot within said binding, said binding arrangement comprising, in combination;a front clip mountable at a preselected position of said binding near the toe portion of said boot;a rear clip having a releasable latch mounted near the heel portion of said boot;a spanning bar fabricated to allow one end of each of said straps remote from the end attached to said binding to be attached thereto;a closing lever of a preselected size and shape mounted to said spanning bar, one end of said closing lever having a niche engagable with said front clip whereby upon the engagement of said closing lever into said front clip and latching a portion of said closing lever remote from said niche within said rear clip, said spanning bar is positioned to enclose said boot within said binding with said straps.