Patent ID: 7334810

Claim:
Binding unit for a snowboard that permits an individual adjustment of angular position relative to the snowboard, comprising, for the purpose of fixing it to the snowboard, a retaining disc, which is substantially circular as seen in plan view, for a base plate of relatively large surface area, wherein there are at least three different angular positions of the base plate to the retaining disc; wherein, when the angular position of the base plate is changed, the retaining disc remains rigidly joined to the snowboard by means of fixing screws; and wherein the retaining disc is fixed in a fixed angular position on the snowboard; coupling parts mounted directly or indirectly on the base plate to provide a connection to a snowboard shoe, which snowboard shoe is releasable from the snowboard when the coupling parts are inactive or deactivated, and at least one slide element supported on the retaining disc, the at least one slide element being displaceable between an extracted position, in which the at least one slide element at least partially covers the base plate, a portion of the at least one slide element projecting from a circular circumferential region of the retaining disc in the extracted position, and an inserted position, in which the at least one slide element does not at least partially cover the base plate, the at least one slide element having an inclined surface in an end region next to the base plate, running at an angle to a standing plane of the base plate for enabling the retaining disc to be connected to the base plate in an arrangement that is as clearance-free as possible; wherein an adjusting mechanism with a handle designed to manually adjust several of said slide elements synchronously in opposite directions, and thereby the slide elements are coupled in their displacement; wherein the handle is also used for a release and locking mechanism for manually, selectively releasing and locking displacement of the at least one slide element.