Patent ID: 6866287

Claim:
Fixing system for fixing a shoe to a snowboard, said system comprising: a base for receiving said shoe, said base comprising a sole to be fixed flat on said snowboard; and two lateral wings extending up on the sides of said sole corresponding to the two lateral sides of said shoe; a heel release comprising an upper part extending vertically to maintain the rear of said shoe, placed transversally at the rear of said base, and two lateral branches provided in the lower part, each lateral branch being interlocked to one of said two lateral wings of said base by a pin, said heel release being mounted pivotally on said pin under action of a spring enabling said upper part of said heel release to bear against the rear of said shoe; and a heel piece to be fixed removably to said shoe and comprising two side extensions to be located on each lateral side of the shoe, each said side extension being engaged removably between two stop means provided on each of said two lateral base wings to prevent said heel piece from sliding along said base, wherein, when the heel piece is locked into a normal position in the base, each lateral branch has a lower part located under said pin that is housed under the action of said spring above one part of said side extension of said heel piece, to lock said lower part to said one part of said heel piece and to fix said shoe in said base, said one part of said side extension is one of a catch and a notch and said lower part of said each branch is another of the catch and the notch, the catch and the notch cooperating together to lock said notch to said catch and to fix said shoe in said base.