Patents by Inventor Paul Flannery

Paul Flannery 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).

  • Step-in snowboard binding
    Patent number: 10561926
    Abstract: There is provided herein and improved step in binding having a body and a footplate pivotally coupled therein at the front. A levered high back exposes load arms which are interfaced to the pivotable footplate by way of linkages. When the footplate is depressed, the linkages transition horizontally, thereby increasing rearward force and therefore leverage on the backplate, until substantially horizontally engaged. At this orientation, the linkages experiences little or no vertical vector component thereby preventing inadvertent unbinding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventor: Paul Flannery
  • STEP-IN SNOWBOARD BINDING
    Publication number: 20190290995
    Abstract: There is provided herein and improved step in binding having a body and a footplate pivotally coupled therein at the front. A levered high back exposes load arms which are interfaced to the pivotable footplate by way of linkages. When the footplate is depressed, the linkages transition horizontally, thereby increasing rearward force and therefore leverage on the backplate, until substantially horizontally engaged. At this orientation, the linkages experiences little or no vertical vector component thereby preventing inadvertent unbinding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Paul Flannery