Patent ID: 8348299
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A multiple positional binding for coupling a user's boot to a ski touring device, the ski touring device configured to traverse over snow and ice covered terrain, the binding comprising: a mounting plate having a toe end, a heel end, a top, a bottom, and right and left sides, the mounting plate comprising at least one generally flat surface on top of the mounting plate for a boot to rest upon and a first mounting point on the left side of the mounting plate and a second mounting point on the right side of the mounting plate; a first mounting feature located near the toe end of the mounting plate, the first mounting feature comprising a first pivot pin, the first mounting feature allowing the first pivot pin to be held in an elongated hollow body of the mounting plate substantially parallel to the generally flat surface and substantially transverse to a length of the mounting plate, the elongated hollow body exposing a portion of the first pivot pin, wherein the first mounting feature is usable to couple the mounting plate to a first binding interface on the ski touring device and wherein the first pivot pin allows the mounting plate to rotate about an axis of the first pivot pin; and a second mounting feature located further towards the heel end of the mounting plate than the first mounting feature, the second mounting feature for coupling the mounting plate to a second binding interface on the ski touring device; wherein the mounting plate is selectively coupleable to the ski touring device in modes comprising