Patent ID: 6050589
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A retention device for a boot on a gliding board, said retention device comprising:an anchoring member adapted to be secured to the boot and to extend laterally from only one side of the boot, the retention device including no anchoring member extending from an opposite side of the boot;a retention mechanism adapted to be affixed to the gliding board, said retention mechanism comprising a housing having a size and shape to receive said anchoring member in a latching position of the retention device;said retention mechanism further comprising:a latch including a portion having a size and shape for engagement with said anchoring member; anda support member configured and arranged to cooperate with said latch to position said latch and said anchoring member in said housing;said latch being mounted for movement between an unlatching position, whereby said anchoring member is received or released from said latch, and at least one latching position, whereby said anchoring member is retained by said latch in said housing;said support member having an engagement surface and said latch having an engagement surface, said engagement surfaces being fixed relative to each other in said unlatching position of said latch and being movable relative to each other as said latch is moved from said unlatching position toward said at least one latching position.