Patents by Inventor Jean-François Gonthier

Jean-François Gonthier 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).

  • Device for retaining a boot on a gliding board adapted to snowboarding
    Publication number: 20010010418
    Abstract: A device for retaining a boot on a gliding board adapted to snowboarding. The device includes a base, an arrangement to retain the boot on the base, and a rear support element, the latter having at least one lateral lug. The device has at least one friction plate that projects at least partially with respect to an inner surface of the lug, the friction plate having a friction structure provided to oppose the separation of the upper with respect to a front surface of the rear support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Gonthier
  • Device for retaining a boot on a gliding board
    Publication number: 20010003394
    Abstract: A device for retaining a boot on a gliding board, such as a snowboard. The device includes a base and a rear support element, the latter being journalled on the base along a substantially transverse Y-Y′ axis of the device. An abutment limits a rotation of the rear support element along the Y-Y′ axis in a front-to-rear direction. An elastic mechanism is provided to bias the rear support element in a rear-to-front direction, over a short range, from the rear position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: June 14, 2001
    Applicant: SALOMON S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Francois Gonthier