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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1996
Jake Burton Carpenter, Stowe, VT (US);
Paul T. Maravetz, Grand Isle, VT (US);
Thomas McGann, Jerico Center, VT (US);
David J. Dodge, Williston, VT (US);
John Gerndt, Burlington, VT (US);
Stefan Reuss, Innsbruck, AT;
The Burton Corporation, Burlington, VT (US);
Abstract
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.