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Binding with quick boot locking action particularly for snowboards

  • US 6,116,636 A
  • Filed: 10/16/1997
  • Issued: 09/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A binding with quick locking action, for securing a boot with a sole on a snowboard, the binding comprising:

  • a base plate with a circular opening;

    a disk for fixing to a snowboard engageable in said circular opening;

    a counterplate which is fixable to the boot sole;

    a quick coupling means comprising a locking pawl, a support having a base and side walls and a quick coupling actuation lever having sides, wherein said quick coupling actuation lever sides have elongated slots for engaging a pin which is supported in a median portion of the locking pawl, said locking pawl being pivoted to said side walls of said support and having a pawl shaped tooth being insertable above said counterplate in a region delimited by a protection flap protruding at a lateral edge of said counterplate from a plane formed by said counterplate;

    an abutment arranged laterally on said base plate for releasably engaging a first side of said counterplate;

    said quick coupling actuation lever pivotally arranged laterally on said base plate diametrically opposite said abutment with respect to said circular opening of said base plate for releasably engaging a second side of said counterplate;

    a pair of mutually distally arranged frustum-shaped centering protrusions of said abutment each having a pair of sides which converge in a direction extending towards the inside of said base plate and parallel to said diametrically opposite direction;

    a first pair of mutually distally arranged frustum-shaped centering seats formed at said first side of said counterplate and shaped correspondingly to said pair of frustum-shaped centering protrusions;

    a pair of mutually distally arranged frustum-shaped insertion ends of said quick coupling actuation lever each having a pair of sides which converge in a direction extending towards the inside of said base plate and parallel to said diametrically opposite direction;

    a second pair of mutually distally arranged frustum-shaped centering seats formed at said second side of said counterplate and shaped correspondingly to said pair of frustum-shaped insertion ends;

    whereby in a locking position of the binding said pair of centering protrusions engage in said first pair of centering seats, and said pair of insertion ends engage in said second pair of centering seats, for generating lateral compression on said counterplate for eliminating coupling plays.

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