Patent ID: 8052157

Claim:
Binding mechanism ( 1 ) for a snowboard binding, provided with what is an essentially circular retaining plate ( 12 ) for a base plate ( 11 ) as seen in plan view for securing it to a gliding board body with coupling parts ( 6 , 7 ) mounted directly or indirectly on it for providing a releasable connection to a sports shoe ( 3 ) as and when necessary, shoe ( 5 ), with an anti-lift lock ( 42 ) which can be selectively activated and deactivated as and when necessary to prevent and permit lifting movements of the base plate ( 11 ) relative to the retaining plate ( 12 ), with an anti-rotation lock ( 41 ) which can be activated and deactivated as and when necessary in order to individually pre-set an angle of rotation ( 20 ) between the base plate ( 11 ) and retaining plate ( 12 ) by reference to a plane extending parallel with a standing plane ( 19 ) on the base plate ( 11 ), and with a setting and fixing device ( 23 ) which can be operated without tools for at least activating and deactivating the anti-lift lock ( 42 ) between the retaining plate ( 12 ) and base plate ( 11 ) as and when necessary, wherein a setting and fixing device ( 23 ) is provided which can be switched into at least three selectively assumable operating modes (A, B, C), and which is designed so that (i) in a first operating mode (A), the anti-rotation lock ( 41 ) and the anti-lift lock ( 42 ) are activated, (ii) in a second operating mode (B), the anti-rotation lock ( 41 ) is inactive and the anti-lift lock ( 42 ) is active, and (iii) in a third operating mode (C), the anti-rotation lock ( 41 ) and the anti-lift lock ( 42 ) are inactive, and the retaining plate ( 12 ) is rigidly connected to the top face ( 13 ) of a gliding board body and is immobile in the direction perpendicular to it both when the anti-rotation lock ( 41 ) is deactivated in order to change the position of angular rotation ( 20 ) and when the anti-lift lock ( 42 ) is deactivated in order to remove or fit the base plate ( 11 ).