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Apparatus for retaining a boot on a glide board

US6017042A · kind A · utility

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40Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 4, 1997
Grant dateJan 25, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63C10/106
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for retaining a boot on a glide plate especially adapted for snowboarding, the boot including an upper affixed to a sole adapted to cooperate with the board. The apparatus includes a longitudinal positioning and retention device for the boot thereupon, such device being obtained in a complementary manner in a front lateral zone and a rear lateral zone and in the corresponding zones of the sole. Also, the transverse axes of the front and rear retention devices are spaced apart by a distance that is common to at least two boot sizes, enabling the length of the boot to be released and allowing the front and rear ends of the boot to be freed of all retention elements with respect to the board, such elements extending exclusively in a lateral direction with respect to the sole.

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