Patent ID: 6931769

Claim:
A snowshoe comprising, a frame, a pivot axle fixed to and extending transversely across an opening in the frame, and a binding assembly mounted in the opening comprising, a boot housing, a resilient pad and a toe crampon disposed in a stacked relation and means interconnecting the boot housing, resilient pad and toe crampon, the resilient pad having a contoured lower surface and spaced, resilient fingers formed integrally therewith, the resilient pad being positioned below the boot housing, the contoured lower surface of the resilient pad being in contact with the pivot axle and permitting sagittal plane, front to rear rotation of the boot housing relative to the pivot axle, the spaced, resilient fingers of the resilient pad having free ends in contact with the pivot axle, the toe crampon being positioned below and in contact with the pivot axle, the resilient fingers of the resilient pad flexing under applied pressure from the boot housing for permitting frontal plane, side to side rotation of the binding assembly relative to the pivot axle.