Patent ID: 7726682

Claim:
An elongate sliding board having a lower part and an upper part joined together along lateral edges thereof and a foam core disposed between said upper and lower parts, said upper part having an upwardly facing surface through which at least one aperture extends, a guide element configured for mounting binding elements closely to said upwardly facing surface, said guide element comprising two lateral profiles running in the longitudinal direction of said sliding board for arranging and guiding a binding element on said upper part of said sliding board, and a center part connected to and extending transversely between said lateral profiles, said center part having a longitudinal length less than a longitudinal length of each of said profiles such that adjacent terminal ends of the respective said profiles extend in the longitudinal direction beyond at least one terminal edge of said center part oriented transversely relative to the longitudinal direction, said guide element being integrally formed with at least one anchoring element that is formed to conform to said aperture in said upper part of said sliding board, said anchoring element passing through said upper part and into said foam core, said foam core comprising a heat-hardened foam material that directly encases said anchoring element to secure said guide element to said upwardly-facing surface of said sliding board.