Patent ID: 6460865
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
A binding and boot combination for snowboards, the boot including a sole having a heel, a toe and having a longitudinal and transverse axis, said snowboard binding having a standing surface and a longitudinal and transverse axis, said combination comprising:a boot having a pair of locking members arranged on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of said boot; and a snowboard binding having a pair of boot-retaining locking units arranged on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of said binding, each of said boot retaining locking units comprising: boot retaining apparatus for interacting in a positively locking manner with said locking members of said boot; and a guide apparatus for guiding the boot as it is received by said snowboard binding and as the boot advances vertically toward the standing surface to a final fixed position wherein said boot retaining apparatus enters a locked position and fixes the boot to the standing surface, said guide apparatus increasingly restricting the boot in the longitudinal and transverse directions as the boot advances vertically toward the standing surface.