Patent ID: 8662505

Claim:
A binding base for a gliding board, comprising: a medial region that includes a medial side wall and a medial base portion; a lateral region that includes a lateral side wall and a lateral base portion, each of said medial base portion and said lateral base portion positioned between said medial side wall and said lateral side wall and together defining a foot-receiving area for a rider's foot and a hold-down device mounting area wherein said lateral base portion and said medial base portion are interrupted so as to be separate and spaced from each other, said medial and lateral base portions each including a plurality of teeth engageable to complementary teeth on a hold-down device so that said binding base is mountable to a hold-down device in one of a plurality of different angular positions relative to the hold-down device; a medial hold-down device engagement feature to resist distortion of said binding base and to resist movement of a hold-down device engaged with the medial engagement feature at the hold-down device mounting area in a direction away from the medial sidewall, the medial hold-down device engagement feature including a projection or groove arranged for engagement with the hold-down device and located on said medial base portion and being distinct from the plurality of teeth; and a lateral hold-down device engagement feature to resist distortion of said binding base and to resist movement of a hold-down device engaged with the lateral engagement feature at the hold-down device mounting area in a direction away from the lateral sidewall, the lateral hold-down device engagement feature including a projection or groove arranged for engagement with the hold-down device and located on said lateral base portion and being distinct from the plurality of teeth.