Adjustment system for straps on snowboard bindings

摘要

The invention consist of a tool-less system applied for adjusting the wrist-strap and the toe-strap on snowboard bindings, where such tool-less system is made up with the combination of 3 elements, 1. It is tool-less so the attachment position of the binding strap can be unlocked from one position on the binding frame and locked into another position fairly easily with bare hands 2. It has a stable locking mechanism based on a profiled press-button/pin element fitting into at least one hole with profiled shape provided in the frame of the binding where also at least one hole provided in the strap(s) will fit in and be securely locked in when the button element is put in place 3. The press-button element is put in place from the inside and prevented from popping out during use also by the boot which blocks the only exit direction for the button element, which is inwards. The wrist-strap will further be prevented from popping out by the highback, which during riding covers the button element holding the wrist-strap in place. The toe-strap may further be prevented from popping out by the base-plate.

主权项

1. A binding for a snowboard, the binding comprising a binding frame coupled with a base-plate, one or more binding straps, and a strap adjustment system removably coupling each of the binding straps to the binding frame, the binding frame comprising an inside and an outside, wherein the strap adjustment system comprises:
I. a plurality of attachment points, each attachment point comprising at least one hole extending through the binding frame; II. locking mechanism comprising a press-button element having a head section, an intermediate section, and an outer section, wherein the press-button element is constructed to fit into the at least one hole of the attachment points, wherein the press-button element is constructed to be inserted and removed through the inside of the binding frame and without using tools, and wherein when the press button element is in an inserted position in one of the holes of the plurality of the attachment points, the head section is aligned with the inside of the binding frame and the outer section is aligned with the outside of the binding frame such that the press-button element does not protrude beyond the inside and the outside of the binding frame; and III. at least one hole on each of the one or more binding straps, wherein each of the holes on the one or more binding straps corresponds to a hole on one of the attachment points when an end of one of the binding straps is positioned into the binding frame so that the press-button element mates with the hole on one of the attachment points and the corresponding hole on the binding strap positioned into the binding frame when the holes are aligned, and the binding strap is securely locked in when the press-button element is inserted through the aligned holes from the inside of the binding.