Patent ID: 7011334

Claim:
A binding mechanism for a snowboard, the binding mechanism having a longitudinal axis and comprising (a) a base plate for fixing the binding mechanism to the snowboard and having a standing plane for supporting a sports shoe, (b) a highback extending substantially perpendicularly thereto for supporting a rearward cuff of a back of the sports shoe, the highback being pivotal to a limited degree about a pivot axis extending substantially parallel to the standing plane of the base plate and substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis of the binding mechanism, and the highback consisting of (1) a first and a second highback part arranged one after the other in the direction of the longitudinal axis and substantially overlapping in top regions of the first and second highback parts remote from the base plate, the first and second highback parts being of a substantially shape-retaining material and connected to each other in end regions lying immediately adjacent to the base plate, and (c) an adjusting mechanism for adjusting a distance between the first and the second highback part extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis in the substantially overlapping top regions remote from the base plate.