Patent ID: 9180359
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A rotatable snowboard binding system utilized in snowboard riding and skating modes, said system comprising: a snowboard having a top surface and a bottom surface and a longitudinally extending axis; a fin member connected to the snowboard; a binding support rotatable between a riding mode position in relation to the top surface of the snowboard and a skating mode position in relation to the top surface of the snowboard, whereby when the binding support is in the riding mode position, the fin member is located above the bottom surface of the snowboard, and when the binding support is in the skating mode position, the fin member is lowered to a position beneath the bottom surface of the snowboard; and fin member adjustment means for maintaining the fin member within the longitudinal axis of the snowboard and above the bottom surface of the snowboard when the binding support is in the riding mode, and for lowering the fin member to a position beneath the bottom surface of the snowboard when the snowboard is in the skating mode, said fin member adjustment means comprising a fin cap with a curved outer surface mounted directly to the fin member and a compression spring located beneath the fin cap.