EP1739003A1 - Assemblage de plaque de fixation de wakeboard et procédé de l'emploi - Google Patents

Assemblage de plaque de fixation de wakeboard et procédé de l'emploi Download PDF

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EP1739003A1
EP1739003A1 EP06116171A EP06116171A EP1739003A1 EP 1739003 A1 EP1739003 A1 EP 1739003A1 EP 06116171 A EP06116171 A EP 06116171A EP 06116171 A EP06116171 A EP 06116171A EP 1739003 A1 EP1739003 A1 EP 1739003A1
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chassis
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Scott c/o Liquid Force Wakeboards Crumrine
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Motion Water Sports Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B32/00—Water sports boards; Accessories therefor
    • B63B32/40—Twintip boards; Wakeboards; Surfboards; Windsurfing boards; Paddle boards, e.g. SUP boards; Accessories specially adapted therefor
    • B63B32/45—Fixation means for feet of the board user, e.g. footstraps
    • B63B32/47—Bindings, e.g. wakeboard bindings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B32/00—Water sports boards; Accessories therefor
    • B63B32/40—Twintip boards; Wakeboards; Surfboards; Windsurfing boards; Paddle boards, e.g. SUP boards; Accessories specially adapted therefor

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  • the present invention is directed to an improved wakeboard binding plate assembly, and particularly to a wakeboard binding plate assembly that facilitates easy adjustment of the alignment of the feet of a wakeboard user.
  • bindings are used for wakeboards.
  • One desirable feature of these bindings is adjustability so that a user can orient the bindings in a particular direction.
  • boot assemblies which includes the various components necessary to retain a user's feet to the wakeboard.
  • the boot assembly is mounted to a base plate or the like, with the base plate being movable.
  • An example of this type of binding is in United States Patent No. 5,021,017 to Ott .
  • the present day adjustable bindings are often complicated in design or are not easily adjusted.
  • bindings are also employed for snowboards, these bindings are not suited for wakeboards, since the snowboard bindings are designed so that the boot is removable from the binding assembly. In contrast, the boot assembly of the wakeboard stays on the wakeboard, with the user removing his foot from the wakeboard boot.
  • the present invention responds to this need through an improved binding plate assembly that permits easy and quick adjustment of the orientation of the wakeboard binding.
  • the binding plate is designated by the reference numeral 10 and is seen attached to a wakeboard 1 and supporting a boot assembly 3.
  • the boot assembly 3 is exemplary and virtually any type of boot assembly can be used with the binding plate assembly of the invention.
  • the ring is shown as 5 with the disk designated as 7. Teeth 9 on ring 5 are designed to engage teeth 11 on disk 7 to hold the disk 7 in place when the ring 5 is attached to the board 1.
  • the ring has openings 13 to allow for attachment to the wakeboard 1 using fasteners (not shown), with openings 15 allowing the disk to be attached to a chassis of the boot assembly 3.
  • the binding plate assembly of United States Patent No. 6,945,837 is advantageous in that it offers an easy and quick adjustment by merely loosening the ring to allow the disk to rotate to another angular orientation, such an on-the-fly adjustment is not necessarily needed for more experienced riders.
  • the experienced riders generally know the desired angular orientation of their binding plate and do not need a quick adjustment feature, and the features of the plate assembly of United States Patent No. 6,945,837 often go unused by certain riders.
  • a first object of the invention is an improved wakeboard binding plate assembly.
  • Another object of the invention is a wakeboard binding using the inventive binding plate assembly.
  • a further object of the invention is a method of easily establishing the orientation of a wakeboard binding.
  • the invention is an improvement in a wakeboard binding that employs a boot assembly that is attached to a wakeboard through an intermediate component such as a binding plate.
  • the invention comprises the combination of binding chassis and a binding plate, wherein the binding plate is adapted to attach to a wakeboard.
  • the binding plate has at least one irregular surface with the binding chassis having at least one other irregular surface.
  • the irregular surface of the binding plate is adapted to engage the irregular surface of the binding chassis to maintain them in a desired angular configuration.
  • the binding plate includes means for attaching the plate to both the binding chassis and the wakeboard.
  • the irregular surface of the binding chassis is a toothed ring or segments of a toothed ring with the irregular surface of the binding plate being similar in structure.
  • the means for attaching the binding plate to the binding chassis can include a plurality of openings in the binding chassis, a plurality of slots or other openings in the binding plate, and fasteners designed to pass through the slots or openings in the binding plate and be secured to the openings in the binding chassis.
  • the slots or openings in the plate are designed so that the openings in the binding chassis adapted to receive the fasteners are visible in spite of the binding plate being rotated with respect to the binding chassis.
  • the irregular surface can be any type, if teeth are employed, it is preferred to have the teeth configured such that rotation of the binding plate by one tooth results in a known angular change in the angular position of the plate with respect to the binding chassis. This allows a user to know precisely the extent of angulation when moving the binding plate with respect to the binding chassis.
  • the invention also includes the method of securing a binding chassis to a wakeboard by the steps of providing the binding chassis and its irregular surface and the binding plate having its irregular surface on a face thereof. An angulation between the binding chassis and binding plate is determined and the irregular surfaces are mated based on the angulation. Once the angulation is determined, the binding plate is attached to the binding chassis, and the binding plate can then be attached to a wakeboard.
  • the invention is an improvement in wakeboard bindings
  • the invention also includes the combination of the binding plate and binding chassis for use with a wakeboard as well as a wakeboard employing the novel binding plate assembly features.
  • the inventive binding plate for a wakeboard binding offers significant advantages over the prior art binding plates and adjustable mechanisms.
  • a boot assembly using the inventive binding plate assembly is easily configured to a desired angular position with respect to the binding plate.
  • a minimum number of components are required, and the entire assembly is light weight, which is advantageous in wakeboarding.
  • the inventive binding plate is designated by the reference numeral 20 and includes a center portion 21 and ears 23.
  • the center portion 21 includes a center opening 25 and arcuate slots 27.
  • the ears 23 have ribs 29 for strength purposes.
  • the ears 23 also have openings 31 which facilitate attachment of the plate 20 to a wakeboard.
  • Each ear 23 has a number of holes 31, one in each of the ears 23 adapted to receive a fastener to secure the plate to the wakeboard.
  • the plurality of holes 31 allow for further adjustment of the plate 20 with respect to the wakeboard to increase the number of orientations available to the user of the wakeboard. While a number of holes are shown, each ear could have just one hole. These multiple holes also allow heel-to-toe adjustment of the wakeboard binding.
  • the center portion 21 of the plate 20 includes a pair of arcuate and irregular surfaced or toothed segments 33. As explained below, the teeth of the segments 33 assist in angular positioning of the boot assembly 3.
  • Figure 4 shows the boot binding chassis 35.
  • the chassis has a toe portion 37, heel portion 39 and center portion 41.
  • the center portion 41 includes a pair of toothed segments 43 and a set of threaded openings 45 (four in total).
  • the toothed segments 43 can be secured to the binding chassis 35 in any known manner, mechanical attachment, molding, adhesives, combinations thereof, or the like.
  • the plate 20 can be rotated to the desired angle with respect to the binding chassis-containing boot assembly 3, and the teeth 33 of the plate 20 can engage the teeth 43 in the binding chassis 35.
  • the slots 27 in the plate still expose the threaded openings 45 in the boot chassis 35, and fasteners (not shown) can be employed to secure the plate 20 to the binding chassis 35.
  • slots 27 in the plate 20, threaded openings 45 in the binding chassis 35 and fasteners are but one means for attaching the plate 20 to the chassis 35.
  • Other means could be used.
  • other shaped and/or different numbers of slots could be employed.
  • threaded openings are shown to receive fasteners, other types of fasteners could be employed that would not require threading, e.g., press fit, adhesives, clamps, pins, etc.
  • FIGS 5 and 6 The plate and chassis attached together are shown in Figures 5 and 6 and it can be seen that the centerline "X" of the boot chassis 35 and the centerline “Y” of the binding plate 20 are particularly angled, ⁇ with respect to each other. Depending on the user's preference, ⁇ can be altered by rotation of the plate with respect to the chassis.
  • Figure 6 also shows the binding chassis 5 and a portion of the binding upper 44 which is part of the boot assembly 3 for the user from a perspective defined by the axes X and Y.
  • the binding upper is shown schematically, and can be any type of an upper structure which receives the feet of the wakeboard user.
  • the engagement of the teeth of the chassis 35 and plate 20 are shown by reference numeral 46.
  • Fasteners 49 that are employed to attach the plate 20 to the binding chassis 35 are also shown.
  • teeth are employed, virtually irregular surface that would allow plate 20 and chassis 35 to mesh or mate with each other to inhibit relative movement can be employed.
  • arcuate toothed segments are used in the plate 20 and chassis 35, rings could be employed as well as other shaped segments that would allow the angular adjustment when attaching the plate 20 to the chassis 35.
  • the inventive binding assembly offers an improved binding plate design that involves only one piece, and is therefore less costly, and lighter in weight.
  • the inventive binding plate can be made from virtually any material, metal, polymers, composites, and combinations thereof. Polymers, such as nylon or the like are preferred for their strength and resistance to the effects of water. In addition, if the plate is metallic, the manufacturing methods, may involve stamping, machining, etc. Molding techniques such as compression, injection, etc. may be employed when using polymers as materials of construction.
  • the binding chassis is part of the boot assembly that is ultimately attached to the wakeboard.
  • Boot assemblies have components that secure the foot of the user when riding the wakeboard, and include heel and toe pieces, one piece boots, overlays, underlays, laces, footbeds, bases and the like.
  • the boot chassis is essentially the bottom component of the boot assembly that provides the surface of the irregular surface to engage the complementary irregular surface of the binding plate, and can take any of forms providing that it includes the bottom surface for mounting or inclusion of the irregular surface.

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US5021017A (en) * 1990-08-30 1991-06-04 Wellington Leisure Products, Inc. Water sports board with adjustable binder plates
EP0752259A1 (fr) * 1995-07-04 1997-01-08 MISTRAL SPORT GmbH Fixation pour planche à neige rapidement réglable angulairement
US20010038182A1 (en) * 1997-07-28 2001-11-08 Carlson Stephen R. Longitudinally adjustable mount for a snowboard binding
EP1106215A2 (fr) * 1999-12-10 2001-06-13 BENETTON GROUP S.p.A. Dispositif de réglage, notamment pour fixation d'une planche à neige
US6318749B1 (en) * 2000-05-08 2001-11-20 Imants Eglitis Angularly adjustable snowboard binding mount
WO2002053238A2 (fr) * 2000-12-28 2002-07-11 Benetton Group S.P.A. Dispositif de reglage d'angle, en particulier pour une fixation de snowboard
US6945837B2 (en) 2003-08-08 2005-09-20 Motion Water Sports, Inc. Wakeboard binding plate assembly and method of use
US20050051978A1 (en) * 2003-09-09 2005-03-10 Sabol Jeffrey P. Adjustable rotatable sportsboard boot binding

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