Patent ID: 6102428
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
An assembly for gliding on snow, the assembly comprising a snowboard and a system for receiving the boots of a user, the snowboard comprising in its longitudinal direction a back zone, a middle zone, and a front zone, and its structure comprising, from the bottom upwards:a gliding surface made up of a glide soleplate between metal edges;one or more bottom reinforcing layers;a core;one or more top reinforcing layers; anda protective and decoration-carrying sheet made either as a shell and thus constituting the top and the sides of the board, or else existing solely on the top surface of the board, in which case it rests on protective elements running along the sides of the core and referred to as flanks;wherein:the top face of the snowboard presents a substantial middle longitudinal depression which extends over at least the two zones in which the bindings for the feet are positioned, respectively for the front foot and for the back foot of the user, thereby defining on either side thereof two longitudinal lateral spars;anchor points are provided in said two longitudinal lateral spars; andan intermediate device which is received in said anchor points serves to hold the user's feet to the board.