Patent ID: 7290785

Claim:
An Angular Adjustment Mechanism for Snowboard Bindings which can be rotated and locked to selected orientation angles with respect to the snowboard without the use of levers or tools comprising: an upper plate adapted to be fixedly mounted onto boot binding; a upper gear coupling with a plurality of radially-extending raised teeth mounting onto said upper plate; an upper retainer mounting onto said upper plate having an inwardly directed lip; a lower retainer adapted to be fixedly mounted onto an upper surface of a snowboard, said lower retainer having an outwardly directed lip contained within said inwardly directed lip of said upper retainer preventing the detachment of said upper retainer and said lower retainer; a lower gear coupling with a plurality of radially-extending raised teeth mounting onto said lower retainer and; at least one wave washer positioned between said outwardly directed lip of said lower retainer and said inwardly directed lip of said upper retainer providing a resistive force to the separation of said upper retainer and said lower retainer and providing a resistive force to the separation of said upper gear coupling and said lower gear coupling.