Land vehicles – Runner vehicle – Standing occupant
Reexamination Certificate
1999-01-28
2001-06-19
Mar, Michael (Department: 3619)
Land vehicles
Runner vehicle
Standing occupant
C280S617000, C280S607000, C280S618000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06247709
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of devices for retaining a boot on a gliding board, and particularly to devices used for snowboarding.
2. Description of Background and Relevant Information
Snowboarding is generally done with a board and boots retained on the board by retaining devices.
Certain devices have a base, provided to be affixed to the board, and means for retaining the boot on the base.
Pads, housed in cavities of the base so as to touch the sole of the boot, allow absorbing impacts related to the steering of the board. The structures of the pads and cavities are such that each pad is retained in a cavity by the board when the base is affixed to the board. When the base is detached from the board, each pad can be removed from its receiving cavity.
The removability of the pads facilitates their replacement when they are worn out but hinders the operations of mounting, adjusting or maintaining the devices.
This problem is particularly perceptible by the people whose occupation is to rent gliding boards to users, since these people must frequently handle the retaining devices to adjust and maintain them.
To overcome this problem, the pads are glued in the cavities. It then becomes difficult and tedious to replace them when they are worn out.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is a retaining device on which at least one pad can be removably retained without it being difficult or tedious to change it.
To this end, the invention proposes a device for retaining a boot on a gliding board, the device including a base which has an upper surface provided to receive the boot sole, and a lower surface provided to take support on the board, at least one cavity being provided in the thickness of the base between the upper surface and the lower surface to house a pad, the pad projecting at least partially with respect to the upper surface when it is housed in the cavity.
The device includes a means allowing a removable fastening of the pad on the base in the cavity.
This arrangement makes changing the pad easy and quick. Further, it is also easy to mount, adjust or maintain the device.
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Greenblum & Bernstein P.L.C.
Mar Michael
Phan Hau
Salomon S.A.
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