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US 4,014,563 AGranted
Run-away preventing device for skis
AssigneeGertsch AG
InventorsErwin Weigl, Josef Svoboda
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AssigneeGertsch AG
InventorsErwin Weigl, Josef Svoboda
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Run-away preventing device for skis. A pair of prongs are pivotally mounted at each side of a ski for alternately occupying an inactive position alongside of and parallel with the ski or an active position projecting downwardly from the ski. A generally U-shaped member is connected to said prongs and lies against the upper surface of the ski and under the ski boot when the latter is in position on the ski. Said U-shaped member is so arranged as to be subjected to tension when pressed down against the ski by the ski boot with such tension being relieved when same is permitted by removal of the ski boot to spring up away from the ski and move said prongs into the above-mentioned active position. Said generally U-shaped member and the prongs connected thereto comprise only a single movable part and hence combine a minimum of parts with a maximum of reliability.
In a run-away preventing device for a ski having a bar with brake legs supported on said ski, said bar being movable automatically under spring action into a braking position wherein said brake legs project downwardly from said ski on opposite sides thereof, the improvement comprising a holding plate secured to said ski and a stepping plate pivotally secured to said holding plate, said bar having two extensions extending from each of said brake legs, one of which is pivotally supported on said holding plate and thereafter extends to said stepping plate and the other extension extends directly to said stepping plate.
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