Patent ID: 6257613
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A device for fixing onto a spoting article a boot having a sole and front and rear catching members, said device comprising:a base adapted to be affixed to the sporting article and adapted to support the sole of the boot;a structural arrangement for adjusting an orientation of the boot with respect to an axis of the sporting article;an attachment member to fix said base to the sporting article;a front retaining assembly and a rear retaining assembly for retaining the boot on said base, each of said front and rear retaining assemblies comprising:abutment surfaces for engagement with the catching members of the boot; andguides for engagement with the catching members of the boot;mechanisms for releasing said catching members of the boot from said abutment surface;said front abutment surface of said front retaining assembly being adapted to receive the front catching members of the boot upon initial placement of the boot into the device; andsaid rear guides of said rear retaining assembly being adapted to receive the rear catching members of the boot upon initial placement of the boot into the device and, upon exertion of a pressure on a heel of the boot, said guides defining a path of movement of the rear catching members of the boot for changing a distance separating the front and rear catching members, said path of said rear guides leading to said rear abutment surfaces, said rear abutment surface being adapted to engage the rear catching members upon engagement of the heel of the sole of the boot with said base.