SNOWBOARD BINDING WITH IMPROVED DECK CONNECTION

A snowboard binding, comprising a base plate which has a cavity for accommodating a disk adapted to allow the connection between the base plate and the snowboard deck, the disk having an elongated shape with the central regions provided with recesses, the cavity of the base plate having complementary protrusions adapted to mate with the recesses of the disk.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to the figures, the snowboard binding according to the invention, generally designated by the reference numeral1, comprises a base plate2that is adapted to be connected to a snowboard deck3. Conveniently, the base plate has a central cavity4that is adapted to accommodate a disk that makes it possible to fix the binding to the deck by fixing said disk to the deck.

Conveniently, the disk, designated by the reference numeral5, has a generally elongated shape, with recessed central regions6and7, so as to form a flattened elongated portion.

The disk5has a pair of holes8and9adapted to allow the fixing, by means of respective screws10and11, of the disk5within the cavity4to the deck3.

Conveniently, the disk5is provided, at its front and rear ends, with a knurling or set of teeth13and14that is adapted to engage a corresponding set of teeth15and16, respectively, formed at the cavity4.

Conveniently, the cavity4is shaped complementary to the disk5and therefore, at the regions6and7of the disk, which are recessed, there are protruding regions17and18adapted to allow the disk5to be accommodated perfectly within the cavity4.

The fixing of the disk to the base plate2and therefore to the deck3occurs by using only two screws10and11arranged substantially along a line that crosses transversely the base2of the binding and the deck3.

The region for fixing the disk5to the deck3is therefore reduced to the minimum indispensable size by providing the recessed regions6and7and by limiting the set of teeth13and14at the front and rear ends of the elongated disk5, i.e., at the regions where the the user normally performs the adjustment.

The protruding regions17and18of the base plate2act as stiffening for the base plate2of the regions that are not kept under pressure by the disk5and also act as rotation limiters for the disk5.

Essentially, therefore, the disk cannot rotate beyond the region defined by the sets of teeth15and16formed on the base plate2of the snowboard binding, without limiting however the choice of the angular position of the base plate within the normal positions for use.

In practice it has been found that the snowboard binding according to the present invention achieves fully the intended aim and objects, since it makes it possible to maintain, despite being fixed to the deck, the natural flexing of said deck, since the binding fixing region is limited to the smallest possible size, and the connection of the binding to the deck occurs by using substantially two screws arranged substantially in axial alignment with the transverse axis of the deck.

The so-called “dead zone” that is thus normally created as a consequence of the connection of the snowboard binding to the deck itself is absolutely limited to the minimum possible size with respect to what instead occurs in the connection of snowboard bindings of the known type to snowboard decks.

The invention thus conceived is susceptible of numerous modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the accompanying claims; all the details may furthermore be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.

In practice, the materials used, as well as the contingent shapes and dimensions, may be any according to the requirements and the state of the art.

The disclosures in Italian Patent Application No. MI2012A001680 from which this application claims priority are incorporated herein by reference.