Patent ID: 6905133
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A swivel mount for a board binding comprising: a base mountable to an upper surface of a board, a swivel plate mounted on said base for relative swivelling rotation of said swivel plate relative to said base between a ride position and forward-walking positions, wherein when said binding is mounted on said swivel plate and said swivel plate is in said ride position said binding is oriented generally perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of said board, and wherein when said binding is mounted on said swivel plate and said swivel plate is in said forward-walking positions, said forward-walking positions extending in a radial arc radially spaced from said ride position, said binding is oriented to point a user's first foot in said binding toward a front end of said board so as to generally form an acute angle between said binding and said longitudinal axis of said board, a non-locking, non free-floating rotational resistance means cooperating between said swivel plate and said base for increasing rotational resistance above that of free-floating rotation but without locking of said swivel plate in a preset locking position when swivelling said swivel plate through said radial arc, said rotational resistance means providing resistance of a level between free-floating rotation having substantially no resistance to rotation, and locking rotational resistance requiring unlocking by a user's hand or second foot to permit rotation, at least one ride position latch for releasably locking said swivel plate in said ride position relative to said base upon rotational urging by said user's first foot when said first foot is in said binding and said binding mounted to said swivel plate so as to return said swivel plate from said forward-walking positions to said ride position, an actuator for releasing said ride position latch, wherein said actuator is actuated by a force applied by said second foot in a first direction urging said swivel plate to swivel from said ride position to said forward-walking positions, wherein said actuator comprises a flexible arm flexibly mounted to said swivel plate, said flexible arm having a force receiving member at a first distal end thereof, said first distal end extending generally radially outwardly of said swivel plate.