Ski brake

A ski brake for a ski of the type having a top surface and a longitudinal central axis, a bottom contact surface and a ski boot binding on the top surface, the brake comprising the combination of

• a brake arm;
• a pivot pin fixedly attached to said brake arm and extending transversely relative to said ski;
• bracket means mounted on the top surface of the ski for rotatably supporting said pivot pin,
• said pin being rotatable between a first position in which said brake arm is substantially parallel with and above the bottom contact surface of said ski and a second braking position in which said brake arm extends downwardly beyond said bottom surface;
• resilient laterally deformable spring means connected to said pivot pin laterally relative to the central longitudinal axis of the ski, said spring means having a lever arm portion contactable by a ski boot in the binding, said lever arm portion being adjacent the top surface of the ski when said pivot pin is in said first position and which extends upwardly from said top surface when said pin is in said braking position;
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• means on said bracket means defining a cam surface having a slope relative to the axis of rotation of said pin for contacting said spring means to laterally deform said spring means when said pin and said brake arm are rotated toward said first position when a ski boot depresses said lever arm and to permit the lateral urging of said spring means to rotate said pin and arm toward said braking position when said lever arm is released.