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A boot retaining device for use with a snowboard includes a plate equipped with straps for retaining an associated boot. A pivot body is located at a central region of the plate. The pivot body retains the plate on the board and includes a central screw or central nut. A support base is attached to

A boot retaining device for use with a snowboard includes a plate equipped with straps for retaining an associated boot. A pivot body is located at a central region of the plate. The pivot body retains the plate on the board and includes a central screw or central nut. A support base is attached to the board. The support base includes threading configured for threadably engaging the central screw or nut of the pivot body. The pivot body includes a downwardly open housing which receives the support base. The threaded stem of the central screw or the threaded portion of the central nut projects downward into the housing. A length of the threaded stem of the central screw or the threaded portion of the central nut is less than or equal to a depth of the housing.

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1. A retention device for retaining a boot on a sliding board comprising:a plate equipped with retention means for retaining the boot and having a central hole; a pivot body secured in the central hole of the plate to retain the plate at least vertically; a support base attached to the sliding board

1. A retention device for retaining a boot on a sliding board comprising:a plate equipped with retention means for retaining the boot and having a central hole; a pivot body secured in the central hole of the plate to retain the plate at least vertically; a support base attached to the sliding board; a single screw and nut combination centrally connecting the pivot body and the support base, the single screw and nut combination being a sole interconnection between the pivot body and the support base; the pivot body including a central encasement housing, open toward the bottom, in which is engaged the support base; and one of a threaded stem of a screw portion or a threaded nut portion of the single screw and nut combination projecting downward from the pivot body into the central encasement housing, the length of the threaded stem of the screw or nut portion being equal to or less than the depth of the encasement housing. 2. A retention device for retaining a boot on a sliding board comprising:a plate including a central hole, said central hole comprising, in addition, a peripheral edge, whose transverse surface turned in upward direction comprises a circular set of teeth formed by a succession of radial projections and recesses; a pivot body accented in and cooperating with the central hole of the plate, said pivot body including a succession of radial projections and recesses, on a lower transverse surface of a peripheral edge for cooperating with the circular set of teeth, and one of a central screw and a central nut; a support base attached to the sliding board, the support base including threading intended to cooperate with a threaded stem of the central screw or nut of the pivot body; the pivot body including a central well, open toward the bottom, which receives the support base; and the threaded stem of the central screw or the threaded portion of the central nut projecting downward in the central well, the length of the threaded stem being equal or less than the depth of the well. 3. The retention device according to claim 1, wherein one of the screw portion and the nut portion is captively retained by the pivot body.4. The retention device according to claim 3, wherein the screw portion is captively retained by the pivot body by an elastic retention piece.5. The retention device according to claim 1, wherein the support base has a thickness of more than 5 mm.6. The retention device according to claim 5, wherein the support base has a thickness of more than half of the thickness of the pivot body.7. The retention device according to claim 1, wherein the support base has a generally square shape, each of its corners presenting a projection extending diagonally, while the encasement housing has a complementary shape, preventing the pivot body from displacement during translation and rotation.8. The retention device according to claim 7, wherein each of the diagonal projections includes a hole intended to receive a sliding-board retention screw.9. The retention device according to claim 8, wherein the sliding-board retention screws are positioned in holes.10. A sliding-board intended to be equipped with retention devices for a boot according to claim 1, comprising two support bases.11. A snowboard comprising:a sliding board for sliding on snow; a plate equipped with retention means for retaining an associated boot; a pivot body located in a central hole of the plate, which retains the plate on the board, said pivot body including: a downwardly open housing, and one of a single central screw and a single central nut; a support base attached to the sliding board, the support base including a threaded configuration for engaging with a threaded portion of the central screw or the central nut of the pivot body, the support base being non-rotatably retained within the downwardly open housing of the pivot body, the pivot body and the support base being connected solely by the single central screw or nut and the threaded portion, such that the plate is retained on the board by the single screw or nut. 12. The snowboard of claim 11, wherein the threaded stem of the central screw or nut projects downward in the housing, a length of the threaded stem of the central screw or nut being no more than a depth of the downwardly open housing.