Patent ID: 7490859
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A retaining device for retaining a boot on a snowboard including: a plate, provided with binding means for the boot, a pivot body with a vertical axis situated in the central zone of the plate, and destined to affix the plate on the snowboard by a manual locking system that assures the retention of the pivot body on a base affixed to the snowboard, an angular position of the plate relative to the pivot body being obtained by cooperation of a circular array of teeth defined on the plate with a corresponding circular array of teeth of the pivot body, wherein the base includes an anchoring or locking spindle including two anchoring or locking arms spreading horizontally towards the exterior from the vertical axis, wherein retention of the pivot body on the base is realized by cooperation of a system of ramps of a central locking disk, with the anchoring or locking arms, and wherein the central locking disk includes an external peripheral wall that forms two diametrically opposite recesses permitting the receipt of the two anchoring or locking arms, permitting disconnection of the plate from the base.