Touring heel binding having a dynamic sliding region
AssigneeFritschi AG - Swiss Bindings
InventorAndreas Fritschi
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Abstract
A heel piece for a ski binding, particularly a touring ski binding, comprises a base element for installing the heel piece on the ski upper face and a slide mounted on the base element, on which slide is arranged a heel holder having at least one retaining means for retaining the heel of a ski boot. Said heel piece has a downhill position, in which the retaining means locks the ski boot in a lowered position. Said heel piece also has at least one uphill position, in which the heel region of the ski boot retained in the ski binding is released. In the downhill position, the slide can be moved together with the heel holder relative to the base element in the longitudinal direction of the ski.
Claims16
An automatic heel unit for a ski binding, in particular a ski-touring binding, with a base element for mounting the automatic heel unit on the upper side of a ski and a carriage which is mounted on the base element and on which there is arranged a heel holder with two holding means for holding a ski boot in a heel region of the ski boot, wherein the two holding means are pins, which are aligned substantially in the longitudinal direction of the ski and as a result can engage in at least one corresponding opening in the heel region of the ski boot
- a) wherein the automatic heel unit has a downhill position, in which the at least one holding means can interact with the heel region of the ski boot held in the ski binding in such a way that the ski boot is arrested in a lowered position,
- b) and the automatic heel unit has at least one climbing position, in which the heel region of the ski boot held in the ski binding is released,
- characterized in that, in the downhill position, the carriage with the heel holder is movable with respect to the base element in the longitudinal direction of the ski along a dynamic region and is acted upon by an elastic element with a forwardly directed force and is pressed in the direction of a front end of the dynamic region.
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