Patent ID: 6485035
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A snowboard binding for mounting a boot to a snowboard, the snowboard binding comprising:a baseplate assembly having a baseplate portion configured for attachment to the snowboard, a toe end, a heel end, a lateral sidewall, and a medial sidewall, the baseplate assembly constructed and arranged to support the snowboard boot; and at least one boot engagement member adapted to hold at least a portion of the boot to the baseplate assembly; wherein at least one of the medial and the lateral sidewalls has a flexing portion, wherein the flexing portion has at least one mounting location for mounting the at least one boot engagement member, wherein the flexing portion flexes in relation to the baseplate portion, in response to forces generated by a rider on the boot engagement member, and wherein the flex of the flexing portion is selectively adjustable by a rider.