Patent ID: 6402164
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A device for retaining a boot on a gliding board, the device comprising a boot-supporting base that has a front end and a rear end, and which is provided to receive the sole of the boot, the device extending along a longitudinal direction that passes by the front end and by the rear end of the boot-supporting base, the device further comprising linkages to maintain the boot on the boot-supporting base, an arch affixed to the boot-supporting base so as to surround the heel of the boot, and a cuff journalled with respect to the boot-supporting base along a journal axis oriented in a substantially transverse direction of the device, the cuff provided to receive a rear portion of the boot upper, an abutment being affixed to the cuff, by a reversible tightening mechanism, to limit rotation of the cuff with respect to the boot-supporting base in a front-to-rear direction along the journal axis, the abutment having a toothing, wherein a base is affixed to the cuff, the base having a toothing that cooperates with the toothing of the abutment to wedge the abutment on the cuff, the base being made of a different material than the constituent material of the cuff.