Land vehicles – Skates – Shoe attaching means
Patent
1995-09-05
1997-10-07
Camby, Richard M.
Land vehicles
Skates
Shoe attaching means
280 142, 411180, A63C 1100
Patent
active
056739273
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of a composite insert are shown and described, each embodiment being for attachment of bindings or other equipment onto a recreational board, such as a snowboard. Each insert is imbedded into the board in a counter-sunk hole drilled in the board. Each composite insert includes an internally-threaded core for receiving a binding bolt, and a sleeve that is secured to the core and that has a preferably non-circular base edge for anchoring the insert in the resin/cement in the snowboard hole. The core of the composite insert is preferably made of metal to supply a durable and reusable threaded bore for receiving the binding bolt. The sleeve is preferably made of plastic that is injection-molded around at least a flange or other projection from the core surface to secure the sleeve to the core. By making the core from a small-diameter piece of metal and the larger-diameter sleeve from a plastic such as glass-filled nylon, the resulting insert is more economical than the prior inserts, which require turning and machining of larger-diameter metal rods. The composite insert is preferably installed with a cap blocking the core opening to keep the core interior space clean until the cap is drilled out.
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Camby Richard M.
Pedersen Barbara S.
Pedersen Ken J.
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