Patent ID: 7566062

Claim:
A snowboard binding for securing a snowboard boot to a snowboard, the snowboard binding comprising: a base that is mountable to the snowboard, the base including a heel end; and a highback supported at the heel end of the base, the highback comprising; a lower portion including a heel cup and a pair of mounting locations disposed on opposing sides of the heel cup, the lower portion being mounted to the base at the mounting locations; an upper portion, supported by the lower portion, adapted to support a rear portion of a rider's leg above the rider's ankle, the upper portion including an upper margin and a pair of side margins extending from the upper margin to the lower portion, the upper portion further comprising a middle region disposed below the upper margin and between the side margins, at least a portion of the middle region being comprised of a first material that has a first stiffness and extends to a mounting region of the upper portion, at least a portion of the upper margin being comprised of a second material, the second material having a second stiffness that is different from the first stiffness, at least a portion of the lower portion that includes the mounting locations being comprised of the second material; and a forward lean adjuster disposed at the mounting region on the upper portion.