Boot & binding rotation apparatus

Abstract

A boot and binding rotation apparatus, which is compatible for use in sky, ground, water, ice, and ski board sports and related “extreme” sports. The apparatus is preferably used with boards, skis, and comparable items including, for example, water and snow skis and boards, wakeboards, skateboards, surfboards, and sailboards, and skateboard-type devices adapted for use on ice surfaces. The boot and binding rotation device includes a base plate that has a stance adjust key assemblage and a ring mount flange. The base plate preferably receives a hole pattern for mounting to the sporting device. A retainer ring is mounted about or to the base plate and is formed with a retainer race surface about an interior circumference. The retainer ring rotatably captures a rotator disk. The disk is preferably formed with a stance adjuster receiver and a rotator race surface. The race surface is adapted to cooperate with the retainer race surface to form a circumfluent raceway, which can be a scarf or half lap butt splice joint. The rotator disk is further sized and adapted to substantially cover and protect the base plate from the elements and to receive a footgear mounting hole pattern, which mounts the binding or footgear worn by the user. Preferably, the receiver releasably captures a stance adjuster, which can be a quick-release-type pin, that is adapted to engage the stance adjust key assemblage to relatively and adjustably fix the rotator disk relative to the base plate.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A boot and binding rotation device, comprising: 
 a base plate configured with a stance adjust key assemblage and adapted to receive a board mount hole pattern;    a retainer ring formed with a retainer race surface about an interior circumference and mounted about the base plate; and    a rotator disk rotatably captured by the retainer ring and including a stance adjuster receiver and formed with a rotator race surface that is adapted to cooperate with the retainer race surface to form a circumfluent raceway, the rotator disk being further configured to substantially cover and protect the base plate and being adapted to receive a footgear mounting hole pattern.    
     
     
         2 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a stance adjuster releasably captured by the receiver and adapted to engage the stance adjust key assemblage to adjustably fix the rotator disk about and relative to the base plate.    
     
     
         3 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 2 , wherein the stance adjuster is a quick release pin and the stance adjust key assemblage is a hole pattern of holes sized to receive the pin.  
     
     
         4 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 an actuator lanyard attached to the stance adjuster and operable to actuate the stance adjuster.    
     
     
         5 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 at least one rotator post carried from the rotator disk; and    at least one rotator stop mounted to the retainer ring to limit the range of rotation of the disk by engaging the at least one rotator post.    
     
     
         6 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 at least one rotator stop mounted to the retainer ring to limit the range of rotation of the disk by being adapted to engage an item selected from the group including the stance adjuster and a portion of footgear mounted to the boot and binding rotation device.    
     
     
         7 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 1 , wherein the retainer and rotator race surfaces are configured to form a scarf splice joint.  
     
     
         8 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 1 , wherein the retainer and rotator race surfaces are configured to form a half lap butt splice joint.  
     
     
         9 . A boot and binding rotation device, comprising: 
 a base plate configured with a stance adjust key assemblage and a ring mount flange, and to receive a board mount hole pattern;    a retainer ring formed with a retainer race surface about an interior circumference and mounted about the base plate about the flange;    a rotator disk rotatably captured by the retainer ring and formed with a rotator race surface that is adapted to cooperate with the retainer race surface to form a circumfluent raceway, the rotator disk being further configured to substantially cover and protect the base plate and to receive a footgear mounting hole pattern; and    a stance adjuster being received in the rotator disk and configured to releasably engage the stance adjust key assemblage to adjustably fix the position of the rotator disk relative to the base plate.    
     
     
         10 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 9 , wherein the stance adjuster is a quick release pin and the stance adjust key assemblage is a hole pattern of holes sized to receive the pin.  
     
     
         11 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 9 , further comprising: 
 an actuator lanyard attached to the stance adjuster and operable to actuate the stance adjuster.    
     
     
         12 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 9 , further comprising: 
 at least one rotator post carried from the rotator disk; and    at least one rotator stop mounted to the retainer ring to limit the range of rotation of the disk by engaging the at least one rotator post.    
     
     
         13 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 9 , further comprising: 
 at least one rotator stop mounted to the retainer ring to limit the range of rotation of the disk by being adapted to engage an item selected from the group including the stance adjuster and a portion of footgear mounted to the boot and binding rotation device.    
     
     
         14 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 9 , wherein the retainer and rotator race surfaces are configured to form a scarf splice joint.  
     
     
         15 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 9 , wherein the retainer and rotator race surfaces are configured to form a half lap butt splice joint.  
     
     
         16 . A boot and binding rotation device, comprising: 
 a base plate configured with a stance adjust key hole pattern and to receive a board mount hole pattern;    a retainer ring formed with a retainer race surface about an interior circumference and mounted about the base plate;    a rotator disk formed with a rotator race surface that is adapted to cooperate with the retainer race surface to form a half lap butt splice joint, the disk being thereby rotatably captured by the retainer ring, the rotator disk being further configured with at least one rotator post and to substantially cover and protect the base plate and to receive a footgear mounting hole pattern;    a stance adjuster being received in the rotator disk and configured to releasably engage the stance adjust key assemblage to adjustably fix the position of the rotator disk relative to the base plate; and    a rotator stop mounted to the retainer ring to limit the range of rotation of the disk by engaging the at least one rotator post.    
     
     
         17 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 16 , wherein the stance adjuster is a quick release pin and the stance adjust key assemblage is a hole pattern of holes sized to receive the pin.  
     
     
         18 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 16 , further comprising: 
 an actuator lanyard attached to the stance adjuster and operable to actuate the stance adjuster.    
     
     
         19 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 16 , wherein the retainer and rotator race surfaces are configured to form a scarf splice joint.  
     
     
         20 . The boot and binding rotation device according to  claim 16 , wherein the retainer and rotator race surfaces are configured to form a half lap butt splice joint.