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US 4,021,056 AGranted
Ski boot with sole cavity binding
AssigneesGilbert B. Oakes, James R. Branch, Roger A. Peabody
InventorGilbert B. Oakes
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Abstract
A ski boot with a central longitudinal cavity in the sole is disclosed in combination with a block designed to mate with the cavity. The block is securable to a ski and laterally-acting detent devices are provided to releasably capture the boot to the block.
Claims10
A cavity-sole ski boot and mating ski-attachable block comprising:
- a. a ski boot;
- b. a sole with a central longitudinal cavity attached to said ski boot;
- c. a block mating with said cavity and attachable to a ski, said block comprising:
- 1. a central rectangular portion;
- 2. a longitudinally extending forward end having left and right sides and a blunt termination;
- 3. a longitudinally extending after end having left and right sides and a rear blunt termination;
- 4. two vertical half-round grooves proximate the juncture of said central rectangular portion with each of said forward end and said after end, one groove being on the left side and one on the right side of the respective end;
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- 5. a longitudinal half-round groove along each of the left and right sides of each of said forward end and said after end, each groove containing a detent stop;
- d. four detents, two of which are located near the forward end of said sole and operate laterally into said cavity and two of which are located toward the after end of said sole and operate laterally into said cavity, whereby said ski boot may be locked to said block by detent action.
7 more elements
In skiing apparatus comprising a ski boot having a sole cavity, a ski, a block attached to the top of said ski and mating with said cavity, the combination for securing said boot to said ski comprising:
- a. a first pair of detents entering said cavity laterally at the forward portion of said boot;
- b. a second pair of detents entering said cavity laterally at the rear portion of said boot;
- c. grooves in said block for vertical entry and fore-and-aft locking movement of said first and second pair of detents;
- and,
- d. a levering device secured to said ski and operative to bear against said boot so as to move said boot in a fore-and-aft direction relative to said ski in order to move said detents into detent stops.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.