Patent ID: 7147233
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. Binding for keeping a boot attached to a snowboard, comprising a baseplate to be fixed to the board, a tongue attached to the baseplate for receiving a front part of the boot, a rear bearing shell for receiving a rear part of the boot and means for tightening the rear bearing shell in relation to the baseplate, wherein the rear bearing shell is divided into two side panels and a central panel, said side panels pivoting laterally in relation to the baseplate by virtue of mechanical pivots or by deformation of the side panels themselves, and said centre panel pivoting from the front to the back in relation to the baseplate into an open position, where the two side panels have pivoted in order to enable the centre panel to tilt towards the rear, and from the back to the front into a closed position, where the two side panels are superposed in relation to the centre panel and tightened by the tightening means which acts to oppose the tilting of the centre panel towards the rear in relation to the baseplate.