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Assembly for holding a foot on a sports itemRelated Patent Categories: Buoys, Rafts, And Aquatic Devices, Water Skimming Or Walking Device, SurfboardAssembly for holding a foot on a sports item description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070032149, Assembly for holding a foot on a sports item. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of assemblies for retaining a foot on a sport item, and concerns more particularly an assembly for articulated and adjustable retention which permits introducing and withdrawing his foot or feet instantaneously, for reasons of safety and practice relative to each sport. [0002] Such assemblies are adapted to be used on roller boards, surfboards and snowboards, and other sport items. The practitioners of these sports constantly seek to execute new aerial maneuvers, whose limiting factors are the amplitude of the leap and the difficulty of keeping the sport item beneath the feet. It is a question in this approach, of enjoying the sensations and capabilities of execution of aerial maneuvers known for surf and snow, the feet of the practitioner being fixed to the board. [0003] Existing holding systems are limitative and have not proven themselves in practice on all sport items, on roller boards for example. [0004] The closure system constituted by two straps hooking to each other by means of their textile fibers, of the "Velcro" type, of which one is fixed below the shoe and other on the board, prevent the user from being able to reposition his feet to correct a change of bearing, and the disengagement of the board during poor reception is uncertain, this system is thus dangerous. Moreover, this material has a rapid deterioration, the adhesion of the practitioner to his board becoming rapidly too weak to permit carrying out aerial figures. [0005] The "foot-straps" used on sailboards, have been tried on other sport items, but the practitioner must raise his feet and then lower them one by one in the straps, often with difficulty. Thus, this tricky operation requires great vigilance of the practitioner, sufficiently concentrated on acrobatics that he wishes to accomplish. The disengagement of the feet is also very uncertain. [0006] In other devices, foot chocks are disposed on the outside of the feet but cover only a small region of the shoes, and have been tried without success, the user having to exert force on his feet [0007] by spacing his legs, so that the board remains held. This exerted force troubles the practitioner and prevents the performance of acrobatics. [0008] The invention has for its object in the first instance, permitting a lateral intrusion which is easy and instantaneous, of the foot into the retention assembly, such that the practitioner remains in contact with the sport item without loss of equilibrium. The devices must perform good holding of the feet, without the user having performed a control action of the holding of his board which can upset the execution of his aerial maneuver, whilst keeping easy disengagement of the feet, during increases of speed by successive pressing of a leg or during a likely fall so as to maintain his safety. [0009] The invention has particularly for its object to adjust itself on the feet of different practitioners, in the position that they wish to adopt on their sport item, by means of various adjustments. [0010] According to the invention, this object is achieved, the holding assembly comprises according to a first characteristic a so-called shell having an ergonomic circular curve, having the shape of the top of a foot, which comprises an upper raised end. The so-called tongues of said shell come into connection and pivot about the ensleeved axis in the bore of said plate. Two torsion springs mounted on opposite sides of the axle, a foot lodged in said shell, the other foot immobilized in rotation against said plate, permit holding an adjustable pressure of said shell on the introduced foot of the practitioner. The upper raised end of said shell and the set of tensioning of the torsion springs, permit said shell to rise when the user desires to introduce or withdraw his feet from the devices. [0011] According to a second characteristic, the holding assembly is comprised by four members adjustable relative to each other, which permit the user to adjust said shells on his feet, by manipulation of the associated pins to the different possible adjustments. Said plate comprises a notched surface which mates in the notched region of said upper disc and permits an adjustment in translation of said shell relative to said base. [0012] Said upper disc arranged between said plate and said base, comprises on its other surface a circular notched ring which engages with the circular notched ring of the upper portion of said base and permits adjustment in rotation of said shell relative to said base. Said lower disc mounted on the lower portion of said base is fixed to the board of the practitioner and comprises a circular notched ring which engages with the circular notched ring of the lower portion of the base which permits adjustment in rotation of the device relative to the board. [0013] The retaining assembly designed according to the invention has a certain number of advantages. The upper raised end of said shell and the tensioning provided by the torsion springs permits to said shell to rise, as well as a lateral intrusion of the foot into the device being thus possible, as the sole means of avoiding any loss of balance of the user. The ergonomic curve which said shell has and the pressure which it exerts on the top of the foot introduced into the assembly, thanks to the energy of rotation transmitted by the torsion springs, gives rise to efficacious holding of the sport item on the user. The practitioner is thus free in his movements without having to give care to exert a counterforce on the feet, so as to remain held in the retention assemblies. The adjustability intention of the torsion springs also permits said shells to rise when the practitioner desires to withdraw his feet from the devices, during increase of speed by pressing successively a leg or during probable falling so as to maintain his safety. [0014] The positioning of the feet of the torsion springs on said plate, permits the user to adjust the initial position of said shell and hence to regulate the force exerted by said shells on his feet, according to his level and his comfort. The openings of the upper portion of said plate and the tongues of said shell, permit changing the torsion springs easily. [0015] The lower portion of the device on which said shell rests, is constituted by four notched members, adjustable relative to each other, and hence this device offers the user a large number of possible adjustments of said shell on his foot, in a simple and rapid manner by manipulation of the associated pins. [0016] An adjustment in rotation of the device relative to the item, by means of the notched circular rings of the lower disc of the lower portion of the base, will permit the practitioner to position the angle of opening of his feet as is comfortable. [0017] An adjustment in rotation of said shell relative to said base, by means of the circular notched rings of said upper disc and the upper portion of said base, will permit the user to adjust said shell as a function of the angle of his foot, according to the type of shoe which he uses. [0018] An adjustment in translation of said shell relative to said base, by means of the notched surfaces of the upper disc and of said plate, permit the user to adjust the height of said shell to the size and type of the shoe which he uses. [0019] The accompanying drawings show the invention: [0020] FIGS. 1 and 2 show two perspective views of each surface of said base of the device of the invention. [0021] FIG. 3 is a left side view of said shell of the device of the invention. [0022] FIG. 4 is a top perspective view of said shell of the device of the invention. [0023] FIGS. 5 and 6 are two perspective views of each surface of said plate of the device of the invention. [0024] FIGS. 7 and 8 are two perspective views of each surface of said upper disc of the device of the invention. Continue reading about Assembly for holding a foot on a sports item... 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