Ski binding with brake
AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.
InventorsAurélien CREMA, Matthieu FRITSCH, Pierre RULLIER, Arnaud MOENNE LOCCOZ
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Abstract
A binding (1) holds a ski boot (2) on a cross-country ski (3). A pair of jaws (5a, 5b) in a retaining position (P1) engage and pivotally retain a front end of the boot and in a liberated position (P2) free the boot from the binding. A ski brake (4) includes braking elements (4a, 4b) which pivot between a braking position (PF) and a retracted position (PE). Inserting the boot into the binding and moving the jaws to the retaining position locks the brake elements in the retracted position. Opening the jaws to the liberated position to release the boot releases the brake elements to assume the braking position.
Claims15
A binding to hold a ski boot to a ski, comprising two lateral jaws disposed substantially face to face laterally, each of the jaws pivotally mounted about a longitudinal axis to have at least two positions, a retaining position to retain the boot and a liberated position, the jaws cooperate with side areas of the boot in the retaining position, in order to define a transverse pivot axis of the boot, a transverse vertical plane passing through the axis defining a front zone, and a rear zone, such that the ski brake is pivotally mounted around a transverse axis to assume the two positions, including a brake position, and a retracted position, the pivot axis of the brake being located in the rear zone.
A ski binding comprising:
- at least one plate;
- two jaws pivotally connected to the plate along first and second longitudinal pivot axes, the jaws pivoting between a retaining position in which the jaws engage and pivotally retain a front portion of a ski boot about a transverse pivot axis and a liberated position in which the ski boot is released;
- at least one braking element pivotally mounted to the plate to pivot around a rearward transverse pivot access between a braking position in which the braking elements extend below a lower surface of a ski to which the binding is attached and a retracted position;
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- a mechanism connected with the plate which locks the braking element in the retracted position in response to the jaws assuming the retaining position and which moves the braking element to the braking position in response to the jaws assuming the liberated position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.