Patent ID: 8016315

Claim:
A modular binding for coupling a boot to a sport board, comprising: a base plate; and a highback connected to the base plate and adapted to provide support to a rear region of a boot, the highback being pivotably attached to a first attachment location relative to the base plate, the highback comprising at least two modular components, each modular component comprising a separate material such that the modular components collectively provide a structural characteristic to the highback wherein the modular components include: (a) a lower component attached to the base plate; and (b) an upper component attached to the lower component such that the upper component extends upwardly from the lower component in a cantilever fashion, wherein the lower component is attached to the upper component at least one connection location located at an upper region of the lower component and a lower region of the upper component, and wherein the at least one connection location permits the upper component to be moved by a user relative to the lower component such that the user can adjust the position of the upper component relative to the lower component; and a biasing mechanism that is adapted to bias the upper component back toward a default position relative to the lower component after movement of the upper component relative to the lower component wherein the biasing mechanism is a spring; and an elongated cable attached to a second attachment location on the heel support element and to a third attachment location on a region of the base plate forward of the first attachment location such that the first, second, and third attachment locations collectively define a generally triangular shape when viewed from a side of the binding, wherein the cable limits movement of the heel support element relative to the base plate.