DE29605387U1 - Snowboard binding - Google Patents

Description

Wolfgang Garelia

Annex to the application for registration of a utility model

DESCRIPTION Page 1 of 2

Snowboard binding
with simultaneous adjustment of
Bond angle, step size.Canting angle
and heel raiser without tools.

Snowboard bindings of the usual design can only be moved in their position on the longitudinal axis of a snowboard using tools within the scope of the possibilities offered by the so-called "4x4" hole pattern, in basic intervals of 40 mm each, from where the respective fine adjustment can then be made. The binding angle relative to the board can also only be changed using tools after loosening the 4 screws of the "4x4" hole pattern. The canting angle, the inclination of the binding in relation to the vertical axis of the board, is usually fixed by wedges that are screwed to the binding. A heel lift is achieved in the same way. In binding systems from Burton, USA, there is a mechanism that allows the binding bracket to be adjusted without tools to match the sole length of the shoes used.

To adjust all of the functions listed, the shoe must be removed from the binding.

The invention specified in the protection claim is based on the problem that the shapes of modern snowboards allow for a very wide range of uses, which lies between freestyle riding and piste riding (carving). These types of snowboarding require very different binding settings, with freestyle requiring very wide binding spacing (stance) and almost right-angled binding positions to the board's longitudinal axis, and with carving requiring narrow binding spacing with binding angles of approx. 30 to 50 degrees and canting, i.e. angling the binding to the center of the board and raising the heel (lift).

Wolfgang Garella

Annex to the application for registration of a utility model

DESCRIPTION Page 2 of 2

This problem is solved with the features listed in the protection claim.

The invention enables the snowboarder to quickly adjust his binding position to his needs for freestyle, piste skiing or deep snow skiing with the required binding positions, without tools and without having to get out of the binding, which can change over the course of a day of winter sports according to his mood or the conditions in the ski area.

An embodiment of the invention is explained using Figures 1 to 4. They show:

Fig. 1 a top view of the binding without base plate

Fig. 2 a longitudinal section through the binding

Fig. 3 a cross section through the binding

Fig. 4 the representation of the common binding positions

The figures show the binding with binding slides (1), binding base plate (4), guide rails (5), central bolt (2) and locking elements (3).

In the locked state according to Fig. 1 and 2, the binding is fixed by the central bolt (2), which pulls a locking element (3) downwards through a milled recess and presses the binding base plate (4) onto the binding carriage (1) into correspondingly shaped recesses. At the same time, further spherical locking elements (3) are pressed into recesses in the guide rails (5).

Claims (1)

Wolfgang Garella Annex to the application for registration of a utility model PROTECTION CLAIMS Snowboard binding with simultaneous adjustment of binding angle, step width, canting angle and heel height without tools, whereby a binding carriage (1) which accommodates the locking mechanism (2), locking elements (3) and binding base plate (4), is mounted on guide rails (5) so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the board, and a central locking mechanism (2) in the binding carriage (1) presses several locking elements (3) into corresponding recesses in the guide rails (5) and binding base plate (4) and thus fixes them in position or releases the pressure and makes the binding adjustable.