Patent ID: 7219930

Claim:
A device for supporting at least part of the weight of a snowboard on a boot of a snowboarder while sitting in a chairlift having no footrest, the snowboard having a binding for receiving and securing the boot onto the snowboard, the device comprising: an elongated support member having a central portion, a boot engagement end portion, and a binding joining end portion; means for removably and securely joining said boot engagement end portion to the boot, said boot engagement end portion being configured with said boot engagement joining means to thereby be operable for removably joining said elongated support member to the boot; and means for joining said binding joining end portion to the binding, said binding joining end portion being configured with said binding joining means to thereby be operable for joining said elongated support member to the binding, said binding joining means being configured to not gain structural support from under the binding, and said elongated support member being operable to transfer at least a portion of the weight on the binding to the boot.