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EP4295928A1
EP4295928A1 EP23152645.0A EP23152645A EP4295928A1 EP 4295928 A1 EP4295928 A1 EP 4295928A1 EP 23152645 A EP23152645 A EP 23152645A EP 4295928 A1 EP4295928 A1 EP 4295928A1
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Timothy Robert JACOBI
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63CSKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C10/00Snowboard bindings
    • A63C10/16Systems for adjusting the direction or position of the bindings
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63CSKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C10/00Snowboard bindings
    • A63C10/16Systems for adjusting the direction or position of the bindings
    • A63C10/18Systems for adjusting the direction or position of the bindings about a vertical rotation axis relative to the board
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63CSKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C10/00Snowboard bindings
    • A63C10/16Systems for adjusting the direction or position of the bindings
    • A63C10/20Systems for adjusting the direction or position of the bindings in longitudinal or lateral direction relative to the board
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63CSKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C2203/00Special features of skates, skis, roller-skates, snowboards and courts
    • A63C2203/54Snowboard or ski binding or interface allowing pivoting motion during riding

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  • the present disclosure relates to a binding for holding a boot securely attached to a snowboard as well as to a snowboard suitable for improving fun and entertainment when using said snowboard binding.
  • Snowboarding is an activity and sport enjoyed throughout the world.
  • the equipment used for snowboarding includes a snowboard, snowboard boots and snowboard bindings mounted on the snowboard and used to secure the snowboarding boots worn by a snowboarder.
  • the snowboard bindings create a direct connection to the snowboard and their task is to transfer energy of the rider's body and his/her muscle movements to the snowboard to help the rider to control his/her board.
  • the bindings are a key component of the snowboard and can enhance the riding experience or ruin it if a wrong binding is used. When choosing the bindings, a rider has to consider his riding style and preferences.
  • the most of the known snowboard binding designs provide a stiff connection between the boot and the snowboard thereby making it uncomfortable to ride.
  • the common soft binding is also uncomfortable on the ski lift.
  • US 5,855,390 discloses a laterally flexible snowboard binding system that enables the rider to have good rotation of the body toward the front of the board.
  • the snowboard binding system comprises a snowboard anchor plate, a boot anchor plate, a biasing unit and a locking unit.
  • the snowboard anchor plate is attached on one side to the biasing unit and on the other side to the locking unit.
  • the biasing unit is made up of a hinge and coil spring.
  • the locking unit is releasable by the snowboard rider for maintaining the snowboard anchor plate and the boot anchor plate in a substantially parallel relationship, except when the locking means is released by the snowboard rider.
  • This snowboard binding provides a certain freedom for the rider with respect to the board and allows the rider to adjust the pitch of the binding so that the front and rear legs are more parallel with the snowboard.
  • This known pivoting snowboard binding has the pivot, i.e. the biasing unit, at the level of the top of the board to the side of the foot.
  • the mechanism cannot support weight and also rotate.
  • the existing pivot works in an on/off mode such that the pivot is only active during jumps or on the ski lift. Most of the time it acts like a normal snowboard without any pivoting means. Since the pivot is provided on the side of the foot, the pivot does not provide a natural rotation point thus it is uncomfortable.
  • the pivot of this known snowboard binding allows the rotation of only one foot at a time due to the nature of the hinges on the outside of each foot. Additionally it allows movement of the leg only in one direction off of vertical.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a snowboard binding with a comfortable tilting of the rider's feet that allows the rider to carry out different snowboarding tricks as well as an easy riding in deep powder snow.
  • a snowboard binding with a boot anchor element which is pivotably (rotationally) arranged with respect to the snowboard anchor plate and the body of the snowboard.
  • a snowboard binding comprises a snowboard anchor element, a boot anchor element and at least one pivot mechanism.
  • the boot anchor element is pivotally connected to the snowboard anchor element.
  • the at least one pivot mechanism comprises least one pivot and/or at least one sliding guide.
  • the snowboard binding comprises two pivot mechanisms pivotally coupling both to the snowboard anchor element and the boot anchor element to allow pivoting of the boot anchor element with respect to the snowboard anchor element.
  • the snowboard anchor element and the boot anchor element are pivotally connected at their respective front and/or rear portions by means of the pivot mechanism to suspend the boot anchor element at its front and rear portions with respect to the snowboard anchor element.
  • front portion and rear portion are used herein to indicate portions of the snowboard anchor element and/or of a boot anchor element that in use are in the direction the foot of the user is pointing.
  • front portion is substantially the area where in use the toes of the user are arranged
  • rear portion is substantially the area where in use the heel of the user is arranged.
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  • the pivot or rotation axis can be a real axis or an imaginary axis.
  • the pivot or rotation axis is provided by two pivots (e.g. comprising a shaft or pin and a nut) arranged substantially at both the rear and front portion of the binding.
  • the rotation or pivot axis passes through the at least one pivot.
  • the pivot mechanism comprises one or more sliding guide intended to provide a rotation about a pivot or rotation axis, that in this case is an imaginary pivot or rotation axis, defined for example by the curvature of the sliding guide.
  • the pivot mechanism comprises a pivot (e.g. comprising a shaft or pin and a nut) substantially at the rear portion of the binding thus providing a real pivot or rotation axis, and also comprises a sliding guide intended to provide a rotation about a pivot or rotation axis, that in this case is an imaginary pivot or rotation axis, defined for example by the curvature of the sliding guide.
  • the pivot or rotation axis of the pivot at the rear portion of the binding that is a real pivot or rotation axis
  • the pivot mechanism comprises two sliding guides (without pivot), e.g. the pivot at the rear portion of the embodiment of figures 10 -16 is replaced by another sliding guide, are also possible and fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • the two or more sliding guides provides a pivot or rotation axis that is an imaginary rotation axis.
  • the presence of at least one pivot mechanism preferably at least two pivot mechanisms, allow tilting (rotational) movement of the feet of the rider, preferably above the plane of the snowboard.
  • the snowboard binding of the present invention has two pivot mechanisms at the height of the ankle, or close to the height of the ankle, preferably with a horizontal axis of rotation in the direction of the foot is pointing.
  • each of said front and rear portions of the cage-like shaped or shell-shaped snowboard anchor element has a through-hole for accommodating the pivot mechanism to connect the snowboard anchor element with the boot anchor element.
  • substantially cage-like shape is used in the present disclosure to describe an open work structure, which has a hollow or concave shape.
  • substantially shell-shaped also refers to a hollow and concave shape.
  • the pivot or rotation axis is arranged within the width of the binding, preferably within the width of the rider's foot.
  • this position of the pivot or rotation axis that is not arranged outside the width of the binding (preferably is not arranged outside the width of the rider's foot), allows tilting (rotational) movement of the feet of the rider, preferably above the plane of the snowboard.
  • the pivot axis of the pivot mechanisms is preferably parallel or only slightly inclined with respect to the bottom plate of the snowboard anchor element.
  • the pivot axis of the pivot mechanism passes through the front and rear portions both of the boot anchor element and snowboard anchor element.
  • the two pivot mechanisms comprise two pivots: a pivot that passes through through-holes formed on the respective front portions, i.e., front extremities, of the snowboard anchor element and boot anchor element as well as another pivot passing through holes formed on the respective rear portions, i.e., rear extremities, of the snowboard anchor element and boot anchor element.
  • the snowboard anchor element may comprise one sliding guide substantially at the front portion and another sliding guide at the rear portion of the snowboard anchor element, and, accordingly, two corresponding protruding elements that transversally protrudes from the front portion and rear portion of the outer surface of the bottom plate of the boot anchor element.
  • the snowboard binding comprises a pivot at the rear portion of both the boot anchor element and the snowboard anchor element, and a sliding guide at least at the front portion of the snowboard anchor element.
  • a sliding guide at least at the front portion of the snowboard anchor element.
  • the at least one pivot mechanism comprises a pivot in combination with at least one sliding guide
  • the at least one pivot mechanism comprises a pivot in combination with at least one sliding guide
  • said protruding elements of the boot anchor element have a shape complementary to the shape of the corresponding sliding guide, provided on the snowboard anchor element, in order to allow free rotation of the boot anchor element around the rotation axis of the snowboard binding.
  • the sliding guide has the shape of a channel, i.e., it has a bottom wall and two side walls which form a cavity wherein the protruding element of the boot anchor element can freely slide due to its complementary shape. Thereby the sliding guide controls the direction of the movement of the boot anchor element within the snowboard anchor element.
  • the angle set plate is connected to the snowboard anchor element by means of an elastic element, such as springs or an elastomer.
  • the angle set plate having this element allows a stiff and limited rotation about a vertical axis located in the middle of the foot when the rider is wearing the snowboard binding of the present invention, but it does not allow translation of the set plat relative to the board.
  • a further aspect of the present invention is a snowboard, preferably for attaching a snowboard binding of the present invention.
  • the board has a longitudinal shape with a length and width such to allow the fixing of a pair of said binding on its longitudinal upper surface.
  • the longitudinal upper surface terminates in a tip and a tail.
  • the tip and /or the tail are upwards bent at an angle comprised between 30° and 80° with respect to the upper longitudinal surface of the snowboard.
  • the bent tip and/or tail portions of the board should preferably have a length such to allow the rider to exploit the advantageous of the snowboard binding of the present invention and to do many tricks, which are not implementable by the known snowboard bindings.
  • This length preferably has a flat portion but it may also have a continual curve.
  • the tip or tail may have a handle which the rider may hold when riding the board in the inclined position.
  • each of the bent tip and bent tail is comprised between 50 mm and 800 mm (preferably between 50 mm and 700 mm) determined for the entire length of a snowboard comprised between 1000 mm and 2000 mm.
  • the ratio between the length of each of said bent tip or bent tail with respect to the entire length of the snowboard is comprised between 1/20 and 1/3. This arrangement of the snowboard binding permits the rider to be more comfortable with respect to known bindings and do more interesting tricks.
  • FIGS 1-9 show a possible embodiment of the snowboard binding of the present invention.
  • the illustrated snowboard binding (1) (also referred to herein as the binding) comprises a snowboard anchor element (2), a boot anchor element (3) and two pivots (19, 20).
  • the snowboard anchor element (2) is pivotally connected to the boot anchor element (3) by means of the pivot mechanisms comprising two pivots or pivot (rotational) joints (19, 20).
  • This arrangement of the binding (1) allows pivoting or tilting of the boot anchor element (3) with respect to the snowboard anchor element (2), as for example shown in figures 3 , 4 and 9 .
  • the illustrated snowboard binding (1) comprises a pivot mechanism including two pivots (19, 20).
  • the pivot axis of said mechanism passes through holes in the respective front portions (10, 12) of the snowboard anchor element (2) and boot anchor element (3) as well as through holes in the respective rear portions (11, 13) of the snowboard anchor element (2) and boot anchor element (3).
  • This arrangement of the two pivots (19, 20) in the snowboard binding of the present invention allow suspension of the boot anchor element (3) at two pivot points (19, 20), i.e. at its front (10, 12) and rear portions (11, 13) with respect to the snowboard anchor element (2).
  • the snowboard anchor element (2) comprises a bottom plate (14) and two side walls (15) in the longitudinal direction of the snowboard anchor element (12).
  • the boot anchor element (3) is formed by a bottom plate (7), side walls (6) and a heel holder (6).
  • the bottom plate (14) of the snowboard anchor element (2) has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface refers to the surface that faces toward the bottom plate (7) of the boot anchor element (3), while the outer surface of the bottom plate (14) indicates the surface that faces toward the snowboard once the snowboard binding is attached thereto.
  • the two pivot mechanisms (4) comprising two pivots (19, 20), comprise a pivot axis (X) allowing rotation or tilting of the boot anchor element (3) with respect to the snowboard anchor element (2).
  • the pivot or rotation axis (X) is arranged at a distance from the bottom plate (14) of the snowboard element (2) that allows the tilting/swinging, preferably a free tilting/swinging, of the boot anchor element (3) with respect to the snowboard anchor element (2), preferably above the edge of the side walls (15) of the snowboard anchor plate (2).
  • each pivot mechanism (4) is formed by a pivot comprising a shaft or pin and a nut.
  • Other types of pivots are equally suitable for obtaining the same result.
  • One or more bearing(s), preferably ball bearing(s), can be provided at the pivot.
  • both the snowboard anchor element (2) and the boot anchor element (3) have a substantially cage-like shape or are substantially shell-shaped. Accordingly, the snowboard and boot anchor elements (2, 3) have an open work structure having a hollow or concave shape.
  • the angle set plate (16) is connected to the bottom plate (14) of the snowboard anchor plate (2) by means of elastic elements (18), e.g., by springs.
  • Figures 1-9 show the snowboard binding wherein the angle set plate (16) is accommodated in the plane of the bottom plate (14) of the snowboard anchor element (2).
  • This arrangement of the snowboard binding (1) of the present invention allows a limited rotation of the snowboard binding (1) about a vertical axis passing through the centre point of the angle set plate (16). This kind of rotation of the snowboard binding also contributes to further enhancement of the snowboarder's comfort during riding.
  • Said sliding guides (21a, 21b) are provided transversally on the inner surface of the bottom plate (14) of the snowboard anchor element (2).
  • Each of said sliding guides cooperates with a corresponding element (22a, 22b) transversally protruding from the outer surface of the bottom plate (7) of the boot anchor element (3) in order to allow lateral sliding movement, along a curved surface (thus providing a pivot couplings about the pivot axis X) of the boot anchor element (3) over the snowboard anchor element (2).
  • one of said two guides (22a) is arranged on the rear portion (13) of the inner surface of the bottom wall (14) of the snowboard anchor element (2) and, accordingly, the corresponding element (21a) transversally protruding from the outer surface of the bottom wall (7) of the boot anchor element (3) is located at the rear portion (11) of said boot anchor element (3) in a manner that said transversally protruding element (21a) of the boot anchor element (3) is allowed to slide in said sliding guide (22a) and provide thereby a pivoting movement of the snowboard binding around the pivot axis (X).
  • Each of said protruding elements (21a, 21b) has a shape complementary to the shape of the corresponding sliding guide (22a, 22b).
  • FIGS 10 , 13 , 14 and 16 show the snowboard binding according to said further embodiment, which is equipped with binding straps (23) and rear backing (24).
  • Figures 11 and 12 show a partial top view of the snowboard binding of Figure 10 without binding straps (23) and rear backing (24), wherein the internal surface of the bottom plate of the boot anchor element (3) is exposed.
  • Figures 11 and 12 show that the substantially cage-like shape or substantially shell shape of both the snowboard anchor element (2) and the boot anchor element (3) is open at their front portions (10, 12) where the sliding guide (21b) is located.
  • This "open" shape of the front portion (25, 30) of the bottom plate (7, 14) of both the boot anchor element (3) and the snowboard anchor element (2) allows to adapt the snowboard binding to different sizes of boots.
  • Figures 11 , 12 and 15 show the internal surface of the bottom plate (14) of the snowboard anchor element (2) of the binding according to this further embodiment, wherein the bottom plate (14) of the snowboard anchor element (2) is provided with an angle set plate (16) which is connected to the snowboard anchor element (2) by means of an elastomer material.
  • a further aspect of the present invention is a snowboard (26) which is particularly suitable for the snowboard binding of the present invention in order to further improve fun and entertainment of the rider.
  • the snowboard (26) of the present invention is shown in a perspective view in Figure 17 and has a longitudinal shape with a length and width such to allow the fixing of a pair of said snowboard binding, preferably snowboard binding of the present invention, on its longitudinal upper surface (27).
  • Said longitudinal upper surface (27) of the snowboard (26) terminates in a tip (28) and a tail (29), which are upwards bent at an angle ⁇ comprised between 30° and 80° with respect to said upper longitudinal surface (27) of the snowboard (26).
  • Figure 18 shows the high grade of bending of the tip and tail with respect to the upper surface of the snowboard.
  • the wording "longitudinal upper surface terminates in a tip (28) and/or a tail (29)" is used herein to indicate that the snowboard base comprises a tip and/or a tail that can be made in one piece with the snowboard base or can be a separate portion that is constrained to the snowboard base.
  • the tip or only the tail it is possible for only the tip or only the tail to be bent upwards, while the other side may resemble a traditional snowboard.
  • the rider With the tilting of the binding and the bent sections on the tip and tail of the board, the rider is able to ride stably on the tip or tail of the board while the board is at extreme angles (more than 30°) respect to the ground.
  • Figure 19 shows the binding according to the invention and the snowboard according to the invention in a possible use position wherein the rider is able to ride stably on the tail (29) of the board.
  • Figure 20 shows a rider using the binding according to the invention and the snowboard according to the invention having only a bent tail 29 according to the invention and a standard tip in a possible ride position wherein the rider is able to ride stably on the tail (29) of the board.
  • the snowboard according to the invention preferably combined with the binding according to the invention, allows to reach riding positions that cannot be reach with known snowboard.
  • the bent tip (28) and/or the bent tail (29) has a flat portion but it may also comprise a continual curve and in general a curved surface.
  • the length L1 of the bent tip and/or bent tail portion is measured by a straight line (laying on a longitudinal cross-section plane of the snowboard), the straight line extending between the two extremities of the bent tail and the bent tip, (i.e. extending between the end of the snowboard flat base from which the tail and/or the tip is extending and the end of the bent tail and/or the bent tip).
  • the binding for snowboard according to the present invention has standardised mounting system, therefore, it is compatible with the majority of boards. However, it may also be adapted to attach to boards with other mounting systems. Furthermore, the binding of the present invention does not require specific boots to ride.

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US5855390A (en) 1997-09-17 1999-01-05 Hassell; Christopher S. Laterally flexible snowboard binding system
US20090212513A1 (en) * 2005-10-07 2009-08-27 Dirk Weissenberger Snowboard Fixing Device
WO2011044067A1 (en) * 2009-10-05 2011-04-14 Jacob Bender Foot binding devices
US9044664B1 (en) * 2008-04-10 2015-06-02 Never Summer Industries, Inc. Cambered snowboard

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US5855390A (en) 1997-09-17 1999-01-05 Hassell; Christopher S. Laterally flexible snowboard binding system
US20090212513A1 (en) * 2005-10-07 2009-08-27 Dirk Weissenberger Snowboard Fixing Device
US9044664B1 (en) * 2008-04-10 2015-06-02 Never Summer Industries, Inc. Cambered snowboard
WO2011044067A1 (en) * 2009-10-05 2011-04-14 Jacob Bender Foot binding devices

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