초록 ▼

A device for temporarily gripping the booted foot of a snowboard user to provide the user with steering control of the snowboard. The temporary foot gripping device of the present invention does not replace the traditional bindings on snowboards, rather it supplements the bindings to give the snowbo

A device for temporarily gripping the booted foot of a snowboard user to provide the user with steering control of the snowboard. The temporary foot gripping device of the present invention does not replace the traditional bindings on snowboards, rather it supplements the bindings to give the snowboard user a means of temporarily securing the foot yet providing for quick and easy release so the foot may be used to push off against the ground. The device is designed to be securely fastened to a snowboard. The device is most useful to snowboard users when they are traveling over level ground in a “push and glide”sequence of motions, when the snowboard user is queueing for and mounting a ski lift, and riding the ski lift.

대표청구항 ▼

A foot-gripping device for temporarily securing a person\s shod foot to a snowboard, comprising: (a) a planar plate adapted to be fastened to said snowboard; (b) spaced-apart upright arm portions integral with the upper surface of said plate; (c) clamp members respectively overlying each said uprigh

A foot-gripping device for temporarily securing a person\s shod foot to a snowboard, comprising: (a) a planar plate adapted to be fastened to said snowboard; (b) spaced-apart upright arm portions integral with the upper surface of said plate; (c) clamp members respectively overlying each said upright arm portion; and (d) resilient means, located between respective said arm portions and said clamp members, for frictionally gripping and retaining the sides of a user\s foot that is forcibly inserted onto said plate between said arm portions, said resilient means having a serrated, inwardly-extending edge.