Land vehicles – Skates – Shoe attaching means
Patent
1997-07-24
1999-04-20
Johnson, Brian L.
Land vehicles
Skates
Shoe attaching means
280 142, 280607, A63C 900
Patent
active
058950680
ABSTRACT:
The binding features a riser 9 as shown in FIGS. 3, 4A and 4B. A thickness of riser 9 is of a measurement which will elevate base plate 2 above snowboard 4 sufficient to permit snowboard 4 to flex beneath and about base plate 2 without snowboard 4 top surface 6 contacting base plate 2 while a rider is maneuvering snowboard 4. Accordingly, the riser 9 of the binding minimizes, if not eliminates, the flattened apex of the flex arc of a snowboard which occurs with standard bindings, and, therefore, permits a rider to achieve a smoother ride and the more precise carves and turns which occur when the snowboard flexes along its complete and natural flex arc.
Bail 53 of the binding as shown in FIG. 7 is a rod which is "U" shaped. The "U" bends 41 at about a forty-five degree angle at a midpoint of each of a stem of the "U", as more clearly shown in side view in FIG. 7. The stems of bail 53 are, preferably, threaded to threadingly engage with threads of threaded hole 66 of lug 51. With such a bail 53 and lug 51 configuration, the stresses incurred during use of a snowboard are absorbed, dampened and withstood by a strong stress point of a lug 51 and bail 53 assembly of the binding.
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Johnson Brian L.
Speer Brenda L.
Vanaman Frank
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