| US 7,566,062 B2 | ||
| Highback formed of multiple materials | ||
| Stefan Reuss, Rum (Austria); David J. Dodge, Williston, Vt. (US); Ryan Coulter, Stowe, Vt. (US); Markus Koller, Innsbruck (Austria); James D. Laughlin, Burlington, Vt. (US); and Brian West, Burlington, Vt. (US) | ||
| Assigned to The Burton Corporation, Burlington, Vt. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 08, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/650,816. | ||
| Application 11/650816 is a continuation of application No. 10/406873, filed on Apr. 04, 2003, granted, now 7,204,495. | ||
| Application 10/406873 is a continuation of application No. 09/677910, filed on Oct. 03, 2000, granted, now 6,543,793. | ||
| Application 09/677910 is a continuation of application No. 09/478776, filed on Jan. 06, 2000, abandoned. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0114763 A1, May 24, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A63C 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—11.36 | 12 Claims |
| 1. A snowboard binding for securing a snowboard boot to a snowboard, the snowboard binding comprising:
a base that is mountable to the snowboard, the base including a heel end; and
a highback supported at the heel end of the base, the highback comprising;
a lower portion including a heel cup and a pair of mounting locations disposed on opposing sides of the heel cup, the lower
portion being mounted to the base at the mounting locations;
an upper portion, supported by the lower portion, adapted to support a rear portion of a rider's leg above the rider's ankle,
the upper portion including an upper margin and a pair of side margins extending from the upper margin to the lower portion,
the upper portion further comprising a middle region disposed below the upper margin and between the side margins, at least
a portion of the middle region being comprised of a first material that has a first stiffness and extends to a mounting region
of the upper portion, at least a portion of the upper margin being comprised of a second material, the second material having
a second stiffness that is different from the first stiffness, at least a portion of the lower portion that includes the mounting
locations being comprised of the second material; and
a forward lean adjuster disposed at the mounting region on the upper portion.
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