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Updated: 11/26/2013 - Police say an 18-year-old man has been rushed to UK Hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot while working inside a store.
Updated: 11/26/2013 - Police say an 18-year-old man has been rushed to UK Hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot while working inside a store.
Updated: 11/29/2013 - It used to be shoppers would wait until the day after Thanksgiving to hit the stores. Now, they won't even wait around to clear the table.
Updated: 11/25/2013 - University of Kentucky leaders revealed plans Monday afternoon for renovations to Commonwealth Stadium.
Updated: 11/25/2013 - The $110,000,000 project is part of UK's overall improvement plan.
Updated: 11/25/2013 - Louisville and Lexington are putting aside their long-running rivalry to promote the region's economy.
Posted: 11/25/2013 - Get Air Lex, Lexington's first indoor trampoline park, is opening in December in the former Spirits Liquor/Party Store at 400 E. Brannon Road.
Updated: 12/10/2013 - It was a record-breaking week for Kentucky and Tennessee, but Cat fans pulled off the win for the fourth year in a row in the 26th annual Big Blue Crush, 3,601 to 3,458.
Updated: 11/24/2013 - Lexington homeless shelter gets crowded as temperature drops.
Updated: 11/24/2013 - Talk about a close call! A Lexington store almost caught fire when two cars parked in front of it went up in flames
Updated: 11/25/2013 - Despite money being set aside for a commission to tackle homelessness, more than 1,400 people live in shelters, transitional housing, or on Lexington's streets.
Updated: 11/23/2013 - Dozens of young girls braved the cold for a run Saturday morning.
Updated: 11/23/2013 - Some store clerks in Lexington are on alert after three businesses were robbed on Friday alone.
Updated: 11/22/2013 - When he visited Lexington, a month before the presidential election on October 8, 1960, he was Senator John Kennedy.
Updated: 11/22/2013 - Lexington Police are on the scene of a robbery on the city's east side.
Updated: 11/22/2013 - Police say it started as a robbery, but ended with the would be thief in the hospital.
Updated: 12/10/2013 - Tennessee out donated Kentucky again Thursday and now trails by only nine in the 26th annual Big Blue Crush. Kentucky leads 2,732 to 2,723.
Updated: 11/21/2013 - He comes from a well-known Kentucky family, and was a lawmaker at one time. Admitted killer Steve Nunn filed court documents in Fayette County asking to be declared a pauper.
Updated: 11/21/2013 - For many people, it's a convenient way to shop. But thieves could be trying to take away holiday cheer from people having Christmas gifts delivered to their homes.
Updated: 11/21/2013 - Two people accused of housing, employing, and transporting illegal aliens are expected to appear in federal court Thursday afternoon.
Updated: 12/10/2013 - More Tennessee donors gave blood on Wednesday, but Kentucky is still ahead, 2,079 to 2,007.
Posted: 11/20/2013 - A Kentucky family made the move to Colorado just to get their son a type of drug that's illegal in the Bluegrass State: medical marijuana. They say it's making a big difference.
Updated: 11/21/2013 - UK Police issued a crime bulletin after a student was robbed on campus.
Updated: 11/20/2013 - Someone mailed a letter to WKYT News claiming responsibility for a decade-old murder of a priest saying the wrong person was convicted.
Updated: 11/21/2013 - Lexington Police are holding a news conference Thursday afternoon to release new information in a recent murder at a strip club.
Posted: 11/20/2013 - WKYT had the only camera rolling as Henry Stacy appeared in person for the first time in court for the charges he faces.

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1.) Will being at daycare four days a week affect EC training? I don't think they have time to rush LO to the potty constantly. I haven't talked to them about it yet, but that's one of the worries that has kept me from starting. I don't want to try really hard at home just to have him forget it all the next day in daycare.
2.) How do you get the diaper off in time? There have been a few times where I know he's got to poo, but I don't know if it'll already be halfway out by the time I get the diaper off. I'm scared to even try. I guess I just don't know how long of a wait there is between when he shows signs of having to go vs. when he starts going.
3.) Which is the best place for LO to go potty - a separate toddler potty or a special seat in our toilet? We got a toddler potty as a shower gift. Should we start using that or just dive into (not literally) the grown up potty? I know there's a seat that has a smaller insert in it or something...is that more practical?
4.) How do you reward LO when they've successfully used the potty?
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All 2013 rose' wines 20% off Friday, Feb. 27 - Saturday, Feb. 28 are 20% off. Multiple bottles will be open for you to sample during the course of each day. Oregon, Washington, French and Italian wines will be opened and offered for sale before the 2014 rose' wines REALLY start rolling in!
Besides the rain that rolled in today has put a wee damper on the early onset of rose wine drinking, but it'll be short lived and perfect pink wines are on call for this weekend!
From Washington, Gilbert Cellars, 100% Mourvedre ($15) that drinks not at like it is from our good neighbors up north; dry and crisp with a mineral back bone. From my good pal, Chris Berg up inMcMinneville and his winery Roots , Washington's Scorched Earth AVA, Grenache rose' ($18). Brigadoon, Willamette Valley Rose of Pinot Noir ($18.50), Patton Valley Vineyard, Pinot Noir Rose ($19) and speaking of delish Willamette Valley wines there's my wine making buddy, Joe's Wright, from Left Coast Cellars, Rose of Pinot Noir ($20) . If you are looking for something a bit more foreign there is the all-to-easy-to-drink Gris de Gris from Domaine St. Nabor (Grenache Gris, Grenache Noir, Carignan, Cinsault and Mourvèdre,) which for $10 is like boom-boom out go the lights! Another Frenchy dynamo Gris-de-gris ($17)is Domaine de Fontsaine's Corbieres. Also French but oh so out of this world is Domaine Tempier's Bandol Rose ($43). From the Bieler Pere et Fils of the Cote D'Aix-En-Provence ($10) is yet another wine so easy to get to know that it is ridiculous! In getting ready for some Italian tastings, in March, we have the Rosa del Rosa from Proprieta Sperino ($18) as well as the Langhe Rosato ($14) from Corsini. And, while the only vintage that is available, is the 2013, During Saturday we will be tasting a vertical of 2011, 2012 and 2013 Chateau de Trinquevedel, Taval!! Normally this $20 is a mind-twister and to try a vertical and to get a discount on the 2013 is pure madness! Rose' madness!!
Remember that the prices in the ($) are regular. Friday and Saturday Feb. 27th and 28th all non-2014 rose wines are a blow-out 20% off! Limited to stock hand.


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A snowboard binding system comprising at least one movable engaging member that, when engaged, secures a snowboarder's boot from vertical or horizontal movement is disclosed. In one embodiment, a binding system having two active sides is disclosed, allowing a snowboarder to engage the binding by stepping downwardly onto the binding mechanism, thus reversibly forcing tensioned engaging members between an extended and a retracted position and back to an extended position, thereby securing the snowboarder's boot to the upper surface of a snowboard. A preferred embodiment utilizes positioning keys that properly orientate a snowboarder's boot into binding engagement. Other embodiments include snowboard boots having active binding mechanisms positioned on the boot itself, such mechanisms engageable with static members secured to the surface of a snowboard. A snowboard boot having a calf support member and a reversibly mounted high-back element is also disclosed, as well as a canting system for adjusting angular orientation of a snowboarder's foot position.
1. A step-in snowboard binding designed to hold a boot by its sides, comprising a baseplate having first and second sides and carrying at least one engagement member on each of its first and second sides, said engagement members pivoting about a horizontal axis as the boot is introduced into the binding, and a retaining element cooperating with a locking element that is urged in a locking direction by an elastic means, the locking element adapted to maintain the at least one engagement member in a locked position, and wherein said base plate includes a relatively uniform horizontal plane for a boot sole.
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13. A step-in snowboard binding designed to hold a boot by its sides, comprising a baseplate having a middle portion and first and second sides and carrying at least one engagement member on each of its first and second sides, said engagement members pivoting towards said middle portion of said base plate as a boot is introduced into the binding, and a retaining element cooperating with a locking element that is urged in a locking direction by an elastic means, the locking element adapted to maintain the at least one engagement member in a locked position.
This application is a continuation application of Ser. No. 09/920,269, filed Jul. 31, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,802,524 which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/863,946, filed May 22, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,302,427, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/820,432, filed Mar. 29, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,290,250, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/691,329, filed Oct. 17, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,308,980, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/570,887, filed May 15, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,343,809, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/737,627, filed Apr. 25, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,113,127, which claims priority from PCT Application No. PCT/US96/07348, filed May 20, 1996, which claims priority from Ser. No. 08/505,578, filed Jul. 21, 1995, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,690,351. The entire disclosure of the prior applications are considered to be part of the disclosure of the accompanying application and are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention is directed to a snowboard binding system, and more particularly to a side engaging binding having at least one movable engaging member that secures a snowboarder's boot from moving in a vertical or horizontal position once engaged.
With the ever increasing popularity of the sport of snowboarding, a need exists for a user-friendly binding system that enables a novice snowboarder to readily adopt the sport without having extensive knowledge of boots and bindings and how they interrelate. An effective binding system must enable a snowboarder to quickly and easily engage and disengage his/her boot from a snowboard. A release mechanism is required that is convenient to operate so that a snowboarder can disengage his/her boot while mounting a chair lift or, in the event of a fall, release as necessary on a snowboard run, such as where the snowboarder requires release from the snowboard in deep snow. A snowboard binding system should be relatively lightweight, sturdy, adaptable to different size boots, rugged, capable of working under conditions where snow and ice may accumulate and must be operable by individuals with gloved hands.
Numerous patents have issued disclosing various types of snowboard bindings, such bindings capable of being categorized as being either toe-to-heel bindings, underfoot attachment bindings or side mounted bindings. Existing designs for toe-to-heel bindings fail to provide the side-to-side support desired by snowboarders, especially given the preferred positioning of a snowboarder's feet along a transverse angle from the longitudinal axis of the snowboard. The �board feel� experienced by snowboarders using a side mounted binding is believed to be superior to that experienced using a toe-to-heel binding. By gripping a snowboarder's boot along the lateral edges of a boot sole, rather than from the toe and heel of a boot, a reduction in the mechanical stresses on the snowboarder's anatomy is achieved since the lateral edges of a snowboarder's boot receive a greater amount of mechanical stress than those encountered at the toe and heel.
Several patents have issued relating to side boot-mounted bindings. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,035,443 to Kincheloe discloses a binding in which a boot slides into engagement with a socket member that engages a boot plate underneath the boot sole. The necessity of slidably engaging a boot to a binding, however, presents difficulties in situations where a snowboarder is unable to readily move his/her boot in a manner allowing the boot to slide out of engagement.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,973,073 to Raines et al. describes a binding that relies upon a spring-loaded, cam operated latch on one side of a snowboard binding to secure a boot to a snowboard. Specially designed ridges on each side of a boot are gripped by a pair of opposed mating sockets on the surface of the snowboard, one of such sockets having a spring biased hooking lip rotatably mounted via downwardly projecting portions. The rotational motion of the hooking lip latches one of the ridge portions of the boot binding. A snowboarder is required to first insert a first binding ridge into a longitudinal socket defined by a first ridge entrapping member, and once seated in the socket, the snowboard rider angularly lowers the other side of the boot to allow a second binding ridge to slip downward past the rotating hooking lip. Raines et al.'s design thus requires the angular positioning of a snowboarder's boot to engage the binding and relies upon the rotational interaction of a boot ridge with a pivoting hooking lip.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,299,823 to Glaser describes the use of a boot plate engageable by a fixed jaw and an opposite slide jaw assembly. The slide jaw assembly engages edge portions of a boot plate and has three operating modes, adjusted by moving a cammed lever into either an engaging, locking or intermediate position. A rider first engages the fixed jaw side of the binding and then, with the cammed lever in a proper position, angularly engages the slide jaw so as to cause rotation about a center axis of a locking arm. A rotational force is exerted on the locking arm until a final locking position is achieved whereby the slide jaw housing snaps back to a position to engage the boot plate.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,352,508 to Spademan discloses a ski binding in which opposing pivotally mounted lever members are operated by depressing a heel-receiving member with the tip of a ski pole. By stepping into the bindings, the heel member opens a levered clamping mechanism until the ski boot is placed in the skiing position, at which time the clamping members are allowed to move to a closed position under a biased action of the levered clamping members.
Despite these prior designs, however, a need still exists for a relatively inexpensive, rugged and simple binding system that affords the user-friendliness demanded by novice snowboarders, as well as the ease of operation and superlative board-feel desired by experienced snowboarders. There is also a need for a boot that cooperates with a binding system in such a manner as to facilitate the increasingly demanding safety and performance characteristics desired by today's snowboarders.
Conventional snowboard boots have been generally of a soft shell design and snowboarders often utilize insulated boots such as Sorels�. The mechanical stresses encountered by a snowboarder in manipulating a snowboard, however, require certain aspects of a boot to be more rigid to provide support of various desired ankle and leg configurations. There is, therefore, a need for a snowboarding boot that is designed to cooperate with a side-mounted binding in such a way as to afford a snowboarder maximum support for safety reasons, as well as to enhance desired board-feel.
The present invention is directed to a snowboard binding system that comprises a side engaging boot binding having at least one active side that permits easy step-in engagement by a snowboarder and that facilitates securement of a snowboarder's boot without undesired vertical and horizontal movements. The present invention provides a system whereby vertical pressure by a snowboarder's boot toward the surface of the snowboard moves an engaging member from a first extended position to a second retracted position, and finally back to the first extended position, thereby securing the boot to the boot binding. A lever is operably attached to the engaging member and is movable between first and second positions which moves the engaging member between extended and retracted positions, thereby providing for easy disengagement of a boot from the binding. The engaging member of the present invention is reversibly movable in a substantially horizontal direction away from and toward a rider's boot and the tensional force exerted by the engaging member is preferably adjustable.
In one embodiment, the engaging member is received in a receptacle formed in the lateral side of the sole of a boot, such receptacle either being formed as an integral part of the sole or formed in a boot plate that is attachable to a sole. The engaging mechanism of the present invention provides for the securing of a rider's boot so that neither horizontal nor vertical movement of the boot is possible after engagement. Preferably the restriction of both vertical and horizontal movement are achieved by the movable engaging member, however, static elements can be used to prevent horizontal movement while the engaging member can be solely relied upon to restrict vertical movement of a boot from a snowboard's surface.
The engaging member of the present invention can be formed from one solid piece of material, or can be of a toothed design. The engaging member's housing can be of an open construction to permit the evacuation of undesired snow or ice from the path of the engaging member. More than one tensioned engaging member can be utilized on one side of a boot to facilitate different torsional control of a binding along the lateral length of a rider's boot.
In one particular embodiment of the present invention, two engaging members are utilized on each opposing side of a rider's boot, thereby alleviating any need for angular positioning of a rider's boot into a fixed binding mount.
Another embodiment of the present invention involves a duo-active sided binding system whereby both engaging members are operable by adjusting a single lever positioned on one or the other side of the binding.
A separate aspect of the present invention is directed to a boot designed to operate effectively with a side engaging and/or duo-active side engaging binding system. A calf support member is operatively attached to a vertically adjustable high-back element. The calf support member is designed so as to permit lateral movement of a snowboarder's leg, thereby permitting slidable lateral movement while still maintaining desired support characteristics of the boot. The high-back element is reversibly engageable with a nub on the boot itself, thus allowing the detachment of the high-back element to afford a natural walking motion by a snowboarder when not engaged in snowboarding.
In one embodiment of the present invention, positioning keys and positioning contours (guidance ramps and complementary structures) are provided on the binding system so that a snowboarder's boot is guided into operative proper engagement. The positioning keys naturally guide the snowboarder's in the proper position with the binding system and also act as an impediment to horizontal movement of a snowboarder's boot.
The engaging members of the present invention can be either active or static and can be located on a boot sole or, alternatively, as part of the binding system itself. Preferably, the engaging member is of a 3.5″ length to hold the boot in a stable position when engaged with the binding system, preferably a length that extends between about 10% to about 100% of the length of a snowboarder's boot, and preferably at least about 15% of a snowboarder's boot. The engaging member can be of any suitable depth or width, but is preferably at least about � inch so as to facilitate proper engagement with a corresponding receptacle or lateral engaging ledge.
In one embodiment, engaging members can be locked into an open position, whereby engaging members are maintained in a retracted state, thus facilitating chair lift boarding and propulsion using a free foot by a snowboarder.
In yet another embodiment to the present invention, engaging members are connected to springs located substantially underneath a snowboarder's foot, thus reducing the amount of hardware on the surface of the snowboard surrounding a snowboarder's engaged boot.
Yet another embodiment of the present invention includes warming means to facilitate the melting of ice or snow on the binding system, and additionally warms the feet of a snowboarder.
Other aspects and embodiments of the present invention can be further understood by referring to the drawings below as well as to the detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention.
The present invention is, at least in part, directed to a snowboard binding system 20 (e.g.,
In a preferred embodiment, there is an audible �click� indicating to the snowboarder that engagement of the boot into the binding system 20 has been achieved. In addition, and as described below, various other visual indicators can be used to indicate to the snowboarder that the boot and binding are in a secured arrangement, for example different colored segments of the engaging member which appear or disappear depending upon whether engagement is achieved. Electronic signals of a audible or visual nature can also be utilized to indicate whether the snowboarder's boot is properly engaged with the binding.
Additionally, note that the engaging member 34 can also have a more angularly shaped top surface 52 that, like the curved, rounded or slanted shape described above, also facilitates the movement of the engaging member 34 into the housing 36 when a snowboarder's boot 24 is pressed downward onto the snowboard. In other words, a slanted top surface of the engaging member 34 facilitates the movement of the engaging member 34 in a manner that permits the boot 24 to move downwardly into an engaging position. Illustrations of such a slanted top surface 52 are shown in
Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to engaging members that have a square shape but that interact with rounded, curved or slanted portions of a boot, thereby facilitating the movement of the engaging member 34 into a retracted position.
In at least one embodiment, engaging members 34 are positioned a predetermined distance above a snowboard surface so that any snow and ice buildup on the snowboard does not interfere with the operation of the engaging member.
In fact, one embodiment of the combination snowboard binding system 20 and the boot 24 of the present invention provides for engagement of a snowboarder's boot 24 to the binding system so that the distance between the human flesh of the snowboarder's foot is less than about 1 �″, more preferably less than about 1″, and most preferably less than about �″ cm from the top surface of a snowboard 28 when a snowboarder's boot is engaged with the binding system. A primary advantage of this aspect of the invention is that being physically close to the surface of a snowboard 28 provides better �board feel� (i.e., snowboard control, stability and responsiveness) desired by both beginners and experts alike.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, engaging members can be positioned on a snowboard surface so that each engaging mechanism 32 is separately mounted on the surface on respective sides of a snowboarder's boot 24. In this manner, the snowboarder's boot can be in direct contact with the snowboard surface.
Note that an engaging member 34 of the present invention, although preferably an elongated member that affords desired support along the length of a snowboarder's foot, may in some embodiments also comprise one or more pin-like structures that can either be retractable (e.g., spring biased) or can be fixably attached to a boot 24. Accordingly, when there is contact between such a pin-like structure and the binding system 20, the movement of an engaging member 34 is facilitated in a manner to secure the boot 24 to the binding system 20. Note that the pin-like structures should preferably have either a slanted or rounded surface to facilitate movement into an interlocking relationship with the binding system.
Note, in one embodiment, the connecting unit includes a boot plate 56 attached to the sole of the boot (e.g.,
Alternative embodiments for securing the boot plate 56 and boot binding system 20 are shown in various groups of Figures. In particular, one alternative embodiment is shown in
Note that the alignment means of the mating positioning contours 63 and keys 64 can be of substantially any shape wherein the snowboarder's boot 24 naturally glides into proper position with the binding system 20. In one embodiment, such alignment means can be positioned on the interior side of each engagement housing 36 and can be of various heights above the snowboard 28, preferably just high enough to properly guide the boot 24 into proper engaging position with the binding system 20 and more particularly the engaging mechanism(s) 32.
Also note that such mating of the positioning contours 63 and the positioning keys 64 may be used not only for properly aligning the boot 24 when entering the binding system 20 but also for assisting in maintaining proper horizontal alignment between the boot and the binding system. Accordingly, such mating of boot and binding system also acts as an impediment to horizontal movement of a snowboarder's boot 24 once secured into the binding system 20. As such, the engaging member 34 itself is not necessarily required to restrain both vertical and horizontal movement, but can be utilized solely to engage a 25 snowboarder's boot into the binding system for preventing vertical movement, while the positioning contour and key structures prevent horizontal movement. Thus, such mating acts to inhibit undesirable movement of a snowboarder's boot 24 during turns and also help facilitate the �board feel� desired by snowboarders.
Additionally, each receptacle 60 may also have opposing side walls 68 (
In one aspect of the present invention, the mating of the boot 24 (more particularly, boot plate 56) with the binding system 20 provides for the engaging member 34 and its corresponding receptacle 60 to be of any one of various lengths as measured along the axis corresponding to the length of a snowboarder's boot when connected by the binding system 20. However, the engaging member(s) 34 on each side of the boot 24 should preferably be of a sufficient length and position appropriately along the side of the boot 24 to hold the boot in a stable position when engaged by the snowboard binding system 20. Preferably, this length extends between about 10% to about 100% of the length of a snowboarder's boot, more preferably between about 10% to about 75% of the length of the snowboarder's boot, and most preferably at least about 15% of a snowboarder's boot. Given possible configurations of the mating combination of the receptacle 60 and the engaging member 34 (e.g., a lock and key configuration, or a configuration having interlocking projections such as teeth or pins), it is within the scope of the present invention to have more than one engaging member 34 on a side along the length of a snowboarder's boot. Furthermore, it is also within the scope of the invention that one or more active or movable portions for engaging the boot 24 to the binding system 20 may be on the boot itself. In one embodiment, such active sites may be both on the boot 24 and as part of the binding system 20. For example, on a side of a boot 24 there may be three locations for engaging the boot and the binding system 20, one such location having the active site in the binding system, a second having the active site on the boot and a third location having active sites on both the boot and the binding system.
Any suitable means can be utilized to accomplish retraction of a reversibly horizontally movable engaging member 34 when the boot 24 is locked to the binding system 20. Such means can include, for example, levers operatively associated with engaging members to pull such members out of an engaging position (as will be discussed hereinafter). Other means of retraction can include string or wire devices that allow the user to pull on the string in order to disengage one's boot from a binding. Push button and electronic means can also be utilized to achieve disengagement of a boot from a binding.
In one embodiment (e.g.,
To prevent undesired upward movement of the lever 72 during snowboarding, any suitable locking means can be utilized. Preferably, two opposite forces are required to disengage the locking means, for example pushing down first on finger lever 85 and then pulling up on lever 72. For example, a suitable locking means includes �finger locking� mechanism 84 (
Additionally, in some embodiments the lever 72 may be locked in an �open� position whereby the engaging member 34 is maintained in a retracted state. For example,
In one particular embodiment, shown in
Still referring to the duo-active site binding embodiment of
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a spring 130 is positioned under the boot positioning plate 38, in contrast to the embodiment shown in, e.g.,
The accommodation of the spring 130 underneath the boot positioning plate 38 provides for a binding system 20 that may be less cumbersome and bulky.
In a separate embodiment of the present invention (
In operation, a snowboarder using a duo-active site sole can simply step into a static snowboard binding (e.g., static binding 142) attached to a snowboard 28 and the downward force of the snowboarder's weight will cause the curved surface 52 c of the engaging members 34 c to interact with the upper edge of two opposed static bindings on the snowboard, thereby moving the engaging members 34 c from a first extended position to a second retracted position. Further downward pressure will cause the engaging members to move back into said first extended position after passing downwardly to a point where the engaging members 34 c can extend into the receptacles or openings 60 c of the two opposed static bindings.
In the present embodiment, the pair of receptacles 60 c into which the engaging members 34 c extend are not much further apart than the width of the snowboarder's boot. In other embodiments, however, in particular where duo-active engaging mechanisms are laterally spaced and affixed to the snowboard 28 (as in
Further note that the present binding system also permits visual verification of positive engagement of a boot 28 with the binding system, unlike numerous binding systems available on the market that are difficult to determine whether a boot is adequately secured to a snowboard. Clear windows (plastic) can be placed in top 40 of the housing 36 (also in top of 40 b) through which colored portions of engaging members 34 a and 34 b will be visible. For example, red would be visible when not fully engaged and green visible when fully engaged.
As with the invention embodiment having engaging members 34 attached to the snowboard 28, the lever 72 c which operates the reversible engagement of the engaging member(s) 34 c, a locking mechanism (not shown) can also be provided so that unintentional disengagement of the engaging member(s) is precluded. Such a locking mechanism can comprise, for instance, a finger slidable member, preferably retractably tensioned with a circular spring that contacts a housing adjacent the pivotable mount of the lever 72 c, thereby preventing the lever from an upward movement which would act to disengage the engaging member from a boot receptacle 60 c.
Note that, regardless of where the engaging member(s) are located, such embodiments may utilize an open frame housing construction so as to provide for easy removal of snow and ice that may interfere with the operation of the engaging member(s).
It is also within the scope of the present invention to utilize different types of active engaging members 34 with a retro-fittable sole attachment and/or as an integral part of a snowboarder's boot sole so that a given snowboard boot 24 may be used with a variety of active engaging members 34. For example, pivotable binding structures such as those described in Raines, U.S. Pat. No. 4,973,073 or Glaser, U.S. Pat. No. 5,299,823, can be used instead of the horizontally moving engaging member 34 c described herein. Although a snowboard boot sole preferably has such active bindings positioned on each lateral side, it is also within the scope of the present invention to have active binding mechanisms positioned at other lateral sole positions (e.g., such as at a heel or toe position) or any combination of toe, heel or side sites. By having active bindings formed integral with a snowboarder's boot, the weight of a snowboard is greatly reduced by eliminating the typically heavy binding mechanisms that are conventionally attached to the snowboard 28 itself. Snowboards can also merely be fitted with static structures that engage with active binding sites of a snowboarder's boot sole. Moreover, in one embodiment wherein the preferred positioning of the active binding is in the mid-side portions of a boot sole, normal walking action by a snowboarder is not impeded given that the mid-portion of a boot typically does not require flexibility. Side mounted bindings integral with a boot sole are preferably made of lightweight metal or hard plastic material and can also be retractable by movement of a lever 72 c for positioning engaging members 34 c entirely within the confines of the boot sole perimeter or, alternately, allowing the engaging members to extend.
Yet another aspect of the present invention involves the proper contact of a snowboarder's sole with the surface of the snowboard 28. Given the lateral engaging mechanisms and/or the connecting units such as the retro-fittable binding plates 300 described herein (
The lateral engaging bindings of the present invention can also be adjustable about the conventionally circular securing plate 134 (e.g.,
Connecting units can also be designed to be retro-fittable with various existing boot designs, thereby accommodating a snowboarder's boot preference. Desired stability and ruggedness is achieved by utilizing metal or hardened plastic for such plates. Attachment of such plates to the sole of a desired boot can be by screws, adhesives, etc. In one preferred embodiment shown in
Referring now to
Referring now to
Alternatively, retro-fittable binding plates can be attachable to existing snowboard boots by means of adjustable straps. Thus, instead of having the connecting unit integral with the boot 24 as with the boot plate 56, the connecting unit may be separate from the boot, but retro-fittable to various boots. One such embodiment of a connecting unit is shown in
Alternatively, boots can be manufactured having a connecting unit integrally molded into the sole, the connecting unit being made of hardened plastic, metal, or any other suitable material capable of withstanding the stresses encountered in snowboarding.
Yet another aspect of the present invention involves the design and operation of a snowboard boot suitable for use with binding system 20 to provide desired safety and performance characteristics. Referring to
An alternative embodiment of an inner structure of a boot 24 compatible with the present invention is illustrated in
Note that the boot inner structure 500 provides a relatively large ankle cut-out 516 (
Alternative embodiments of the plastic boot support 512 are shown in
Additional alternative embodiments of the combination of the binding system 20 and the boot 24 are also within the scope of the present invention. In particular, mating engaging members and receptacles may be positioned at various positions relative to a snowboarder's boot, including not only either or both sides of a snowboarder's boot, but also either on the toe area and/or heel area of a snowboarder's boot 24. Indeed, in a particular embodiment, the heel portion of a snowboarder's boot may be provided with one or more engaging members 34 (either active or static) that are engageable with one or more active (i.e., movable) heel receptacles 60 of the binding system 20 whereby such an engaging member 34 may be forced into the receptacle 60 by a snowboarder transferring his/her weight from the front of the foot to the heel.
Another embodiment of the binding system 20 and the boot 24 is shown in
Yet another embodiment is shown in
In another embodiment to the present invention, the combination snowboard binding system 20 and boot 24 may further include a warming means capable of producing sufficient heat to do one of several things: melt snow/ice from around the surface of the binding plate, thereby eliminating interference of snow and ice from binding engagement and provide warmth to the snowboard rider's feet when connected to the snowboard binding system, etc.
With reference to
While various embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it is apparent that modifications and adaptations of those embodiments will occur to those skilled in the art. However, it is to be expressly understood that such modifications and adaptations are within the scope of the present invention, as set forth in the following claims.
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Restoring French garden gate
I posted in antiques too, but since I'd like opinions as to what would look best when this project is finished, thought I should try here as well.
I recently bought an antique wrought iron French garden gate at an antique store. The plan is to use it as a focal point in my front yard; and perhaps grow morning glories on it. It has a very unusual design in how several of the elements are forged. For a solid hard metal object, it just seems to have so much life and movement. It still bears a lot of the original blue green paint, but there is a considerable amount of rust, especially on the back. Part of the reason why I was attracted to it is that the color would go really well with the trim on my house. Another friend told me that that color blue is very typical on fences in France, which supports its supposed origin. The friend who talked me into buying it promised to help me remove the rust. I know my husband will not understand buying, much less displaying, anything that is rusty; so I need to get it fixed up before I bring it home. We are working on it at my friend's house.
My friend ground all the loose rust off with a rotary wire brush. But that does not mean bare metal is exposed: the surface is still rusty but now none of it is loose. We have been applying naval jelly to it in stages to remove the remaining rust. I have used this before, and though it seems to remove rust, it leaves the surface black. Therefore it will still need some kind of coating (paint, sealer, lacquer), but hopefully the rusting process will be stopped and it will not penetrate through to the surface again.
From a design perspective, and a functional one, where should I go?
1 ) Match the paint and paint the whole thing a solid color?
2 ) Seal the formerly rusted areas and leave them black?
3) Match the paint, touch up just the formerly rusted areas, and then clear coat the whole thing to retain some of the "antique" effect that a little rust gives it?
Here are some "before" pictures:
Overall view of the whole thing from the back, showing more rust:
A detail of the front, with how much rust shows there:
A small detail from the front, with the rust highlighting some of the detail:
Thanks for your help!
I'd paint it. Only because I have a black wrought iron trellis with Morning Glories on it and the trellis just blends into the background. MG's will completely cover your gate though, so you might think of planting something else.
I accidentally discovered how to age something but I'm not sure if it would work with your gate.
I had some large black candle holders and I decided to spray paint them red. When I put the first coat of paint on them, the black showed through and they were gorgeous! I didn't dare put more red on them. lol
If that was my gate I'd paint it, then put a small grouping of flowers in front so the gate won't be hidden.
There is plenty of rust, I probably instinctively chose the shots that did not focus on it. :) ï The back is almost all rusted except for the finials. IâÂÂm guessing it was against some bushes for years and no one could get behind to paint that side.
Any idea of what clear spray I should look for? I know there are a lot of clear spays, but donâÂÂt know of one that is especially effective at sealing off rust. I also would not want it to be shinyâ¦matte or satin.
There is a specific clear spray paint specifically for rust. Ask in the store. An Ace is always great about stocking the unusual needs. The link is from Amazon. Local hardware stores would save on shipping.
Here is a link that might be useful: Clear rust preventative spray paint
I bought an old wrought iron gate at an antique/junk store several years ago. Here it is at my previous home...in my country phase. :) I'll post another photo in the next post showing what it looks like at my current home. It's covered 9 months out of the year. I have never done a thing to it and it still looks the same as it did the day I bought it. ;)
I would take it too a powder coating company to preserve the wrought iron and prevent it from deteriorating anymore. The rust will be removed in the process and the powder coating will preserve any of paint color you choose. It's worth the money.
You can have things powder coated - I've had it done. Whatever you do, you'll need to remove all the rust because rust is like a cancer in the metal and if you just ignore it or cover it up it will continue to eat away at your lovely gate. If you want to treat it yourself, I'd take it to your local trusted paint store and show it to them. They can give you the best advice. Or, yeah, have it powder coated.
YOU don't need to remove the rust. Like I said in my previous post, it's part of the powder coating process. My DD worked for a powder coating company in San Diego, and had customers bring in everything from cabinet hardware to fencing. Some metals may not be able to sustain the heat.


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In the first quarter, the reduced cost base helped Office Depot beat low expectations and raise guidance. Earnings came in at four cents per share above consensus estimates of three cents. Analysts expect Office Depot to earn about $86 million, or 16 cents a share, this year, on $16.3 billion in revenue, compared with a loss of $36 million, or 11 cents a share, on $11.2 billion in revenue in 2013.
THE GAINS PROMPTED KEYBANC Capital Markets analyst Bradley Thomas to call the retailer of everything from computers to paper and pencils to office furniture "one of the most attractive value stocks" in the market. He's boosted his 2015 per-share earnings estimate to 31 cents a share on revenue of $15.4 billion. The company is capable of doubling its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Ebitda) from $400 million to more than $800 million by 2016, Thomas says, thanks to cost cuts and synergies. KeyBanc reckons more than 75% of Office Depot's store leases come up for renewal within five years, offering big savings. Another analyst estimates the merged company has 300 stores located within two miles of another. By year end, Office Depot expects to realize an additional $360 million from synergies unrelated to its restructured retail footprint.
Turnaround specialist Roland Smith's toughest task will be figuring out the best ways to deliver office supplies in a rapidly shifting marketplace. Photo: Courtesy of Office Depot
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Smith has emphasized the need to quickly finish the integration of the two companies. "In the first 100 days of my tenure," he tells Barron's, "we established an executive committee and leadership team, redesigned the entire corporate organization, and determined the critical priorities for 2014." Still to be worked out is exactly how Office Depot will distinguish itself from rivals.
Office Depot sales fell from a peak of $15.5 billion in 2007 to $10.7 billion prior to the merger in 2013. Staples, which generated $22.5 billion in sales last year, recently said it would close as many as 225 stores and cut the size of its cavernous outlets, as it adapts to a smaller marketplace in which distribution methods are shifting.
Oversized retail outlets account for roughly 6% of the $230 billion-plus office-supply market, with consumer-focused e-commerce sales at about 9%, according to one estimate. Nearly half the market's sales come from other sorts of retailers—everything from mom-and-pop stationery stores to mass merchants and other commercial players. A sizable chunk of the market, estimated at 36%, is done via delivery, usually on a contract basis to businesses.
SMITH WANTS TO NARROW focus, eliminating low-volume items. The idea, he says, is to keep Office Depot from doing "too many things." A detailed retailing plan should be ready by the third quarter. It's much needed. The North American stores deliver 41% of revenue, but only 9% of profit.
Expect more emphasis on North American business services, in which Office Depot contracts to provide supplies to companies and schools. This unit has a high renewal rate and produces 69% of Office Depot's operating profit, even though it generates just 32% of revenue.
The Bottom Line
Office Depot shares could jump 50% or more as the magnitude of the company's cost savings becomes clearer to investors, and its sales decline shows signs of easing.
"When expectations are this low, it's very easy to hit the mark in a turnaround," says Robert Medway, co-founder of New York-based hedge fund Royal Capital Management. He's a value buyer who sees the stock as a potential double. "The CEO is perfect for the task ahead: basic blocking and tackling," says Medway.
David Strasser, an analyst with Janney Capital Markets, says the stock is getting more attractive as the size of the savings become more defined. He has an $8 target on the shares, which trade at just 2.8 times expected 2016 Ebitda of $950 million.
And there's always the possibility of a sale to Staples. The FTC included online competition in its total market assessment when it blessed the merger of Office Depot and OfficeMax. With online rivals like Newegg keeping the competitive pressure on, the door's open to a merger of the superstores. The government blocked a similar deal in 1997, before the world of office supplies changed.
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Wow that's great. I have never used one. What is it like? Does it help recoil? What sort of taxes and stamps are you referring to? Sorry for all the questions but I am really curious. I don't even know the law in Mississippi.
First, they are suppressors. Second, very few mfrs make 1911's with a threaded barrel. I don't see the need for one, but I don't care if cans are used or not. I would assume that if made legal by your state, then they must see a benefit to them. A registry perhaps? Tax dollars?
i also dont see any real use for them other than a cool toy. if you want one and dont mind the price go for it. but they sound nothing like they do in the movies.
used to have an acquantance in texas that had some home made supressors and some manufactured legal ones couldnt tell the diff in sound from one to the other. he eventually got nailed selling the not so legal ones. him and his mom went to the pokey.
if you want one as a toy go for it. just make sure your doing it the legal way.
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Okay to buy - illegal to actually use. WTF over?!
I think it's about time. Here's a link to a news release regarding a bill that recently passed the WA house. I suspect however that Gov. Christina will veto this if it gets to her desk. Now to find a threaded barrel for my 1911. House approves bill allowing use of legally-registered firearm noise suppressors : Washington House Republicans
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In advance of his performance in Zankel Hall on Monday, March 9, pianist Kirill Gerstein discusses what inspired his program of Liszt's complete Transcendental Etudes, Bach's Three-Part Inventions, and selections from Bartók's Mikrokosmos.
Kirill Gerstein's new myrios classics CD featuring Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev due to be released on February 9January 21st, 2015
Kirill's new myrios classics disc, featuring the world première recording of the 1879 version ofTchaikovsky's first Piano Concerto alongside Prokofiev's second Piano Concerto, is now available to pre-order on www.amazon.co.uk. The CD is due to be released on Monday 9 February. Find a link and further information below, and watch this space for release dates in other countries.
"Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto is one of the most famous pieces in classical music. Surprisingly, the edited version of the concerto that has prevailed in the last hundred years of performances is one that Tchaikovsky neither approved nor conducted himself."
Kirill Gerstein, October 2014
Kirill Gerstein's first orchestral recording, to be released by myrios classics in February 2015, marks the world première recording of the 1879 version of Tchaikovsky's first Piano Concerto. Based on Tchaikovsky's own conducting score from his last public concert, the new critical Urtext edition will be published in 2015 by the Tchaikovsky Museum in Klin, tying in with Tchaikovsky's 175th anniversary and marking 140 years since the concerto's world première in Boston, in 1875. For the recording, Kirill was granted special pre-publication access to the new Urtext edition.
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23 exists in three versions. Despite negative criticism from pianist Nikolai Rubinstein, Tchaikovsky had the first version of the concerto published in 1875. The second version, which has been recorded here, incorporated small practical adjustments to the piano part made by Tchaikovsky. It was published in 1879 and used by him in subsequent performances including in 1893 at the last concert he conducted when he paired the Piano Concerto with the world première of his Pathétique Symphony.
Tchaikovsky died within days of the performance, and the third version of the Concerto was published a year after his death. According to Kirill it "contains a number of editorial changes that differ from the text of Tchaikovsky's own score, were not authorized by him and made posthumously."
Illustrating some of the most noticeable differences, Kirill describes the familiar chords of the piano's first entrance as they appear in the second version: "every second and third beat is arpeggiated, thus giving the melody a more differentiated and flexible metric impulse which alters the way the orchestra plays the theme of the introduction." As Kirill explains there are many examples of different dynamics and articulations in Tchaikovsky's own version that point to "a more lyrical and Schumannesque conception of the piece." In his recording, Kirill restores a cut in the middle of the third movement which destabilized the structural balance of the movement in the third version. "In summary, the editorial changes made to the third version added a flavour of superficial brilliance to the piece which at the same time took away from its genuine musical character. The new edition allows us to turn back to Tchaikovsky's original intentions."
For this world première recording, on which Tchaikovsky's first Piano Concerto is paired with Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16, Kirill is joined by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by James Gaffigan. The chequered history of Prokofiev's second Piano Concerto also resulted in a second version. As Kirill explains, "composed in 1913, Prokofiev left the original manuscript of the second Concerto in Russia and during one of the cold winters during the tumultuous period of the Russian revolution the score was used by his neighbours for heating the stove. He reconstructed and revised the composition premièring the second version of the concerto in Paris in 1924."
'Imaginary Pictures' included in New York Times Top Music Recordings of 2014December 19th, 2014
Kirill's latest album, Imaginary Pictures is a classical critics' pick of "Top Music Recordings of 2014″ in The New York Times.
Live Broadcast of Kirill Gerstein's concert with the Vienna PhilharmonicNovember 26th, 2014
Kirill had rave reviews for his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov over the weekend. To listen again to his account of Shostakovich's 2nd piano concerto on the ORF's website click here.
Glowing reviews in the Austrian Press for Kirill Gerstein's performance with the Vienna PhilharmonicNovember 26th, 2014
'Kirill Gerstein shone with brilliantly agile pianistic ease', Die Presse, 24 November 2014
'With Kirill Gerstein everything just worked. Seemingly endless sparkling runs, magical nuances (delicate Andante!). The apparent lightness with which pianist Gerstein countered the ensemble was admirable. It was a truly humorous interpretation', Wiener Zeitung, 25 November 2014
'Gerstein served the music entirely, shaping the fast rhythmic passages with the same attention to details as the lyrical, tender melodies', Kurier, 24 November 2014
BBC Music Magazine Review on Kirill Gerstein's performance on 12 November 2014November 21st, 2014
Great review from BBC Music Magazine for Kirill's performance with BBC Symphony Orchestra under James Gaffigan at London's Barbican Centre on 12 November 2014:
"I doubt [Schoenberg] could have resisted this crackling performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, in Ferde Grofé's spartan 1926 orchestration, with just five strings. The long, sleazy clarinet slide still has the power to provoke in a concert hall, while sizzling muted trumpet and trombone solos raised the temperature to match Gerstein's fiery delivery."


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The Panthers weren't finished, as Kollmorgen threw to David Johnson for a 55-yard catch-and-run for a touchdown to cut the lead to 26-14. Then they scored again when Kollmorgen found Johnson wide open down the sideline for a 31-yard touchdown, cutting the lead to 26-21 with 7:24 left.
Northern Iowa forced a punt and Wisconsin needed a big play from defensive lineman Ethan Hemer, who batted down a pass on fourth-and-1 in Badgers territory, to preserve the win.
"Without the batted ball, we might still be playing," Farley said. "A guy got a hand up, so credit him."
Montee Ball rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown for Wisconsin.
O'Brien completed 19 of 23 passes for 219 yards and a pair of touchdowns to Abbrederis.
O'Brien is a transfer who was eligible to play for the Badgers right away because he already had graduated from Maryland, the same rule Russell Wilson took advantage of to play for the Badgers last year.