Patents by Inventor Fritz Metzger

Fritz Metzger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5577755
    Abstract: A rotatable binding for a snowboard comprises a base plate on the snowboard and a binding plate rotatably mounted on top of the base plate and including a foot binding and a locking assembly for selectively locking, at a desired angle of rotation, the binding plate to the base plate. In a preferred embodiment, the top of the base plate includes an indexing platform including a multiplicity of bores arranged in a circular arc about a central axis and the bottom of the base plate includes a pedestal, having a width about the width of a human foot, traversing the snowboard and supporting the indexing platform above top surface of the snowboard. The locking assembly includes a pin selectively moveable from a raised position, not restricting rotation of the binding plate relative to the base plate to a lowered position engaging an indexing bore such that the binding plate may not rotate relative to the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Kuusport Manufacturing Limited
    Inventors: Fritz Metzger, Ted F. Metzger, Michael E. Metzger