Boardsport Foot-binding Mounting Plate
a foot-binding and mounting plate technology, applied in the field of foot-bindings for boardsports, can solve the problems of inability to adjust without considerable hassle, inability to easily adjust, and inability to effectively fix the foot-binding angle relative to the plane of the board, and achieve the effect of simple and rapid angular adjustmen
Inactive Publication Date: 2015-01-29
REGAN ROBIN JAMES
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The present invention is a device that attaches to a snowboard to hold the boot of the rider in place. It consists of two discs that can be adjusted to different angles easily without using tools. This makes it simple and easy to adjust the position of the boots on the snowboard.
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However, once mounted, the foot-binding angle relative to the plane of the board is essentially fixed, and cannot be easily adjusted.
This means that a rider has to choose a single “stance” (a pair of angles for the right foot and left foot) that the rider cannot adjust without considerable hassle.
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[0012]Referring now to the invention in more detail, in FIG. 1 there is shown two separate discs comprised of a lower disc 1, having a mounting-bolt hole pattern 2 compatible with standard 3 to 4 bolt snowboard foot-bindings; and an upper disc 3, having a large hole in the center 4 which fits snugly but loosely enough to rotate around the central plateau 5 of the lower disc. The central plateau 5 has a diameter of approximately 3.37 inches which appropriately matches the OEM snowboard foot-binding retaining discs that come with most snowboard foot-bindings. The surface of the upper disc 6 is the surface upon which an OEM foot-binding chassis is placed for installation onto a snowboard. The central plateau 5 is the surface upon which an OEM retaining disc is placed and through-bolted to the threaded inserts in a snowboard.
[0013]Referring now to the invention in more detail, in FIG. 2 there is shown a bottoms-up perspective of the lower disc and upper disc which comprise the mounting ...
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The invention is an accessory boardsport foot-binding mounting plate. The invention provides a means for the rapid adjustment of foot-binding mounting angles without the use of tools. The invention is comprised of two concentric discs, which, in isolation from each other, have no moving parts. The invention is to be mounted between a foot-binding and a board. When mounted, the upper disc can be manually rotated over the lower disc, clockwise and counterclockwise, to effect a rotational lock and unlock of the foot-binding. When unlocked, the foot-binding drops approximately 1 / 10th of an inch, disengages from its retaining plate, and can be freely rotated to any desired angle in 360 degrees on the plane of the board. The foot-binding angle can be changed with or without the users foot actively strapped into the foot-binding.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 859,730 filed on Jul. 29, 2013STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not applicableREFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX[0003]Not applicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]The present invention is in the technical field of foot-bindings for boardsports. More particularly, the present invention pertains primarily, but not exclusively, to mounting systems for traditional snowboard foot-bindings that utilize a standard 3-4 inch retaining disc.[0005]The vast majority of snowboard foot-bindings that have been commercially available for decades utilize a 3-4 inch retaining disc to affix the foot-binding to the board with 3 to 4 screws that pass through the retaining disc and into threaded inserts in the board. This basic foot-binding mounting system has proven to be the most commercially...
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CPCA63C10/16A63C10/14A63C10/18
Inventor REGAN, ROBIN JAMES
Owner REGAN ROBIN JAMES