Safety mechanism for use with snow sport boot and binding system

A charged-induced ski binding release system, comprising:

• a ski;
• a ski boot;
• a ski binding that releasably secures the ski boot onto the ski;
• an explosive material mounted on or in the ski, the ski boot, and/or the ski binding;
• a battery;
• one or more sensors;
• an electrical circuit extending from the explosive material to the battery, the electrical circuit including a switch having a connected state in which the battery and the explosive material are electrically connected through the switch and a disconnected state in which the battery and the explosive material are electrically disconnected;
• a processor electrically coupled to the switch, the processor configured to generate an output signal that transitions the switch from the disconnected state to the connected state to activate the explosive material in response to an input signal from the one or more sensors;
• a cylinder having a moveable internal wall that defines first and second chambers, the explosive material disposed in the first chamber;
• and
• a rod or wire having a first end attached to the moveable internal wall and a second end attached to the ski,
• wherein:
• activation of the explosive material generates a gas that increases a pressure in the first chamber,
• an increase in the pressure in the first chamber causes the moveable internal wall to move towards the second chamber, thereby causing the first end of the rod or wire to move towards the second chamber,
• the rod or wire passes over a pulley that translates a movement of the first end of the wire in a first direction to a movement of the second end of the wire in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and
• the movement of the second end of the rod or wire causes the ski boot to lift out of a ski binding.

A processor-controlled snow sport safety system, comprising:

• a boot binding assembly having one or more mechanical engagement points at which a snow sport boot is mechanically secured by said boot binding assembly during use in a snow sport;
• a chemical energy storage reservoir containing an explosive material which when exploded releases stored energy from said explosive material, in an exothermic reaction, into said chemical energy storage reservoir;
• a processor circuit electrically coupled to and receiving one or more input signals from respective one or more sensors, and providing an output signal in response to the one or more input signals, the output signal triggering an explosion of said explosive material within said chemical energy storage reservoir;
• an actuator assembly coupled to said chemical energy storage reservoir, the actuator assembly comprising a moveable member that moves into a release position within the actuator assembly in response to and proportionally to a force delivered by said exothermic reaction;
• and
• a boot release member, mechanically coupled to said moveable member, which releases said boot from said boot binding from said one or more mechanical engagement points when the moveable member is moved into said release position, the boot release member including a cable connected at a first end to the moveable member of the actuator assembly and at a second end to the boot such that a movement of said moveable member of the actuator assembly causes a corresponding force on said cable, the cable passing over a pulley that translates a movement of the first end of the cable in a first direction to a movement of the second end of the cable in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the movement of the second end of the cable causing the boot to lift out of the boot binding assembly.