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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bill Forrest, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Mountain Safety Research, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36125000 ; 36124 ;
Abstract
A snowshoe binding (304) which provides improved foot stability is disclosed. The binding (304) includes a heel stabilizing extension (308) and a flexible footwrap assembly (310) which cooperate to stabilize the wearer's foot (316). A motion limiter for limiting the range of pivotal movement of the binding (304) with respect to the snowshoe flotation plate (318) is also disclosed. The motion limiter comprises a protrusion (300) which extends from at least one of the snowshoe traction bars (212) to contact a pivot arm (302) of crampon (214) when a limit angle (A) is reached.