Patents by Inventor Jacob A. Blattner

Jacob A. Blattner 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: 5417443
    Abstract: A snowboard binding may be mounted to a pair of mounting holes provided in a snowboard in a position and at an angle preferred by the rider. The binding is attached to the snowboard at a pair of base parts that are not interposed between the rider's foot and the snowboard. The base parts each include an opening therethrough and a pair of securable posts, with one post being fixed to either side of the opening. A pair of locking plates, slidably securable to the base parts, are adjustably mountable. Each locking plate includes a pair of collinear slots slidably engagable on the posts of the base parts and a third slot located between and substantially perpendicular to the collinear slots and situated such that, when the locking plates are slidably secured to the base, each locking plate may be removably fastened to the snowboard by passing a fastener through the third slot and through the opening into one of the mounting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Inventors: Jacob A. Blattner, David R. Hubatch