Patent ID: 6523852
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
An automatic binding for a snowboard for holding a boot on the snowboard, comprising a baseplate supporting at least two holding means each intended to hold one of the sides of the boot, at least one of these holding means being movable between a locked retention position of the boot and a released position of the boot, and is brought into the retention position by vertical pressure exerted on the binding by the boot, elastic means tending to keep the holding means in one of its positions, a boot-release lever acting directly or indirectly on the holding means and an indicator indicating whether the holding means is correctly engaged in the retention position, wherein a locking element acts in a direction at least approximately perpendicular to the baseplate to lock the holding means, wherein the indicator is mounted in a pivoting manner about an axis substantially parallel to the plane of the baseplate, on a fixed part of the binding, and wherein the indicator bears against the locking element.