Device for supporting a boot on a sports article

Abstract

A device for supporting a foot or a boot on a sports apparatus, such as a snowboard binding. The device includes a base plate associated with a rear support element, which extends transversely between a lateral edge and a medial edge. The device includes at least one wing adapted to cover the foot or the boot, the wing extending longitudinally in the area of the lateral edge or of the medial edge of the rear support element, on the one hand, and substantially in the area of the lower portion of the rear support element, on the other hand.

1 . A device for supporting a user's foot or a boot on a sports apparatus, said device comprising: 
 base plate adapted to support the user's foot or the boot;    a rear support element extending upwardly from the base plate, said rear support element adapted to support a rear of the user's lower leg;    the rear support element extending transversely between a lateral edge and a medial edge and extending upwardly from a lower fastening end to a free upper end, said rear support element including a forward-facing support surface;    at least one wing extending longitudinally forwardly from the lateral edge or from the medial edge of the rear support element; and    said at least one wing extending substantially in a lower portion of the rear support element.    
   
   
       2 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said at least one wing is adapted to cover in part at least the ankle and/or the flexion crease of the foot or of the boot.    
   
   
       3 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said at least one wing comprises both a lateral wing and a medial wing.    
   
   
       4 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said rear support element comprises a forwardly facing concave plate, said at least one wing being affixed to said concave plate.    
   
   
       5 . A device according to  claim 4 , wherein: 
 said at least one wing extends along upwardly along the rear support element from a fastening end zone of the rear support element toward the free upper end of the rear support element, said wing extending away from the forward-facing support surface of the rear support element.    
   
   
       6 . A device according to  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 a bridge connecting the lateral wing to the medial wing.    
   
   
       7 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the base plate comprises a lateral flange and a medial flange;    said wing is affixed to the lateral flange or to the medial flange, the wing extending substantially parallel to said lateral or medial flange.    
   
   
       8 . A device according to  claim 7 , further comprising: 
 at least one linkage adapted to extend over the foot or boot supported on the base plate;    said wing extends in part beneath said linkage.    
   
   
       9 . A device according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a cushion on the side of the forward-facing support surface of the rear support element.    
   
   
       10 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the base plate includes a bottom bordered by a lateral flange and a medial flange.    
   
   
       11 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said wing is made of a material capable of reversible elastic deformation.    
   
   
       12 . An assembly comprising: 
 a boot; and    a device for supporting the boot on a sports apparatus, said device comprising: 
 base plate adapted to support the boot;  
 a rear support element extending upwardly from the base plate, said rear support element adapted to support a rear of a user's lower leg;  
 the rear support element extending transversely between a lateral edge and a medial edge and extending upwardly from a lower fastening end to a free upper end, said rear support element including a forward-facing support surface;  
 at least one wing extending longitudinally forwardly from the lateral edge or from the medial edge of the rear support element; and  
 said at least one wing extending substantially in a lower portion of the rear support element.