One aspect of the invention is a removable strap for a snowboard boot to preventing the rider's foot from lifting in the boot. The ankle strap enables a soft boot to be used with both a strap-less step-in binding system, and a strap binding system. Another aspect is a snowboard binding including a strap adapted to releasably secure the snowboard boot and constructed and arranged to avoid creation of a pressure point at an instep bone of the rider. A further aspect is an apparatus comprising a snowboard boot and a strap attached thereto. The strap is arranged to prevent the rider's heel from lifting in the snowboard boot, and is constructed and arranged to avoid creation of a pressure point at an instep bone of the rider.
申请公布号
EP0891141(A2)
申请公布日期
1999.01.20
申请号
EP19970917520
申请日期
1997.03.12
申请人
THE BURTON CORPORATION
发明人
CARPENTER, JAKE, BURTON;MARAVETZ, PAUL, T.;MCGANN, THOMAS;DODGE, DAVID, J.;GERNDT, JOHN;REUSS, STEFAN