Safety ski binding
OwnerErich Eckartinventor
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Abstract
A safety binding for attachment of a ski to the boot of a skier in which is provided a plate coextensive with the length of the boot pivotally attached to the ski at the center or rotation of the leg of said skier and a heel holding element having resilient securing means for holding the heel under torsional and tensile loads. A single system is provided for release of the securing means which operable in response only to a pulling force resulting from a tensile load on the leg and a coupling system for converting the rotation of the plate in response to a torsional movement of said leg into a pulling force.
Claims13
A safety binding for attachement of a ski to the boot of a skier comprising in combination a plate coextensive with the length of the boot means for unseparably connecting said plate to said ski for pivitol movement relative to the ski at the center of rotation of the leg of said skier, to freely rotate relative to said ski, a heel holding element mounted on said plate for rotation therewith, said heel holding element having resilient securing means for releasably holding said heel under torsional and tensile loads on said plate and means for the release of said resilient securing means operable in response only to a pulling force resulting from a tensile load on said leg and a coupling system interconnecting said ski and said heel holding element for converting the rotation of said plate relative to said ski in response to a torsional movement of said leg into a pulling force to releasing said resilient securing means
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