Abstract: A system is provided for mounting a boot to an article for gliding, for example a snowboard. The system includes a boot having a binding engagement assembly with at least one aperture, and a locking component supported by a binding. The aperture and the locking component are disposed at an angle relative to each other, with the angle being variable so as to adjust the size of the aperture relative to the locking component. In a first, non-secured position, the angle between the locking component and the aperture is such that the size of the aperture relative to the locking component is sufficient to allow the locking component to be slidably received within the aperture. In a second, engaged position the angle between the locking component and the aperture is such that the size of the aperture relative to the locking component produces a fit therebetween sufficient to secure the locking component to the binding engagement assembly.

Abstract: A boot is provided for engagement with a binding mounted to an article for gliding on snow. The boot includes a boot body having a toe portion, a heel portion and a lower region, and has a length extending in a toe-to-heel direction. A first member is supported by the boot body and is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. In the extended position, the first member includes a contact portion extending beyond the boot body for releasably engaging a portion of the binding. The length of the boot with the first member in the extended position is greater than the length of the boot with the first member in the retracted position. The first member may extend beyond the toe portion of the boot body in the extended position, or may extend beyond the heel portion. In the extended position, the first member may be engageable with a bail portion of the binding.

Abstract: A depigmenting cosmetic or dermatological composition containing, as active ingredient, at least one di- or tri-caffeoylquinic acid corresponding to general formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 represent a hydrogen atom or the CAF radical corresponding to the formula: ##STR2## provided that at least two, and at most three, of the R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 radicals represent the CAF radical, but excluding R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 as representing the CAF radical and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 as representing a hydrogen atom, or a mixture of said caffeoylquinic acids.

Abstract: A depigmenting cosmetic or dermatological composition containing, as active ingredient, at least one di- or tri-caffeoylquinic acid corresponding to general formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 represent a hydrogen atom or the CAF radical corresponding to the formula: ##STR2## provided that at least two, and at most three, of the R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 radicals represent the CAF radical, but excluding R.sub.1 and R.sub.4 as representing the CAF radical and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 as representing a hydrogen atom, or a mixture of said caffeoylquinic acids.