Patents by Inventor Jeffrey E. Caron

Jeffrey E. Caron 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: 6315318
    Abstract: A boot binding system is shown for use especially on skiboards, having a binding plate, boot supports, bails, a lever, a resilient material, and a size adjustment locking mechanism. Boot supports and binding plate are complimentary shaped for slideable affixation to each, without requiring additional fasteners. A simple fastener locks the relative position of the boot support on the binding plate while also immobilizing any boot support motion. In the locked position, the fastener mates with counterbores in the binding plate's surface. The binding plate is rectangular in top view and its longitudinal edges have a chamfer, which complements a chamfer on the boot supports. The binding plate has mounting holes in its central region, which are used to affix the binding to a skiboard. Resilient material exists between the binding plate and the skiboard, thereby allowing the skiboard to flex more freely. The boot supports have slots to retain the bails. The lever also has a slot to accept a bail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Caron Alpine Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Caron, Geoffrey W. Smith
  • Patent number: 6189911
    Abstract: A snowboard binding is shown for mounting a boot to a snowboard. The binding has adjustments for boot size and multiple degrees of freedom which results in many customizable adjustments. The binding is mounted so as not to dampen the flexure of the snowboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Caron Alpine Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Caron, Geoffrey W. Smith
  • Patent number: 5577756
    Abstract: A binding system for a snowboard is presented which allows for flexible bowing of the snowboard while reducing rotational play at the boot-binding interface. It has a toe hold and a heel hold which are slideably connected. The connection is adjustable. Further adjustment and shock absorption is provided by incrementally added spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Caron