Patent ID: 7571924

Claim:
A rotatable snowboard boot binding, comprising: a boot plate with a toe end, a heel end, an aperture, and a cutout; a vertical support connected to said boot plate; a boot binder; an engaging plate, comprising a top portion with a perimeter edge, a bottom portion, and attachment holes, said bottom portion comprising a perimeter edge with engagement slots, wherein said top portion perimeter edge overhangs said bottom portion perimeter edge; a latching device fitting moveably within said cutout in said boot plate and engageable with one or more engagement slots in said engaging plate; wherein the aperture in said boot plate comprises a circular counterbore with an inner bore, an outer bore, and a ledge, wherein the inner bore diameter is approximately equal to the maximum breadth of the bottom portion of the engaging plate but less than the maximum breadth of the top portion of the engaging plate at each point, and the outer bore diameter is equal to or greater than the maximum breadth of the engaging plate top portion at each point.