Ski brake

A brake for an elongated ski having an upper surface and a pair of sides, said brake comprising:

• a support securable to said surface;
• pivot means on said support defining a horizontal pivot axis generally parallel to said surface and transverse to said ski and an upright pivot axis generally perpendicular to said surface and transverse to said ski;
• an elongated brake element at a respective one of said sides of said ski and having an upper end portion, a lower end, and an intermediate portion, one of said portions being secured to said pivot for pivoting of said element about said horizontal axis between a braking position extending transverse to and downwardly past said ski and a rest position extending generally parallel to and lying above said surface, said element further being pivotal about said upright axis in said rest position between a ready position in which said lower end is spaced laterally relative to the longitudinal direction of said ski from the respective side thereof and a retracted position in which said lower end overlies said surface;
• a pivot spring engaged between said element and said support and urging said element into said braking position;
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• actuating means including a link substantially directly connected to said element and an actuating member connected substantially directly to said link, bearing through said link on one of said portions transversely of said longitudinal direction and generally parallel to said surface, and displaceable generally perpendicularly relative to said surface from an up position extending at an angle to said surface to a down position relatively close to and generally parallel to said surface for displacing said element about said horizontal axis from said braking position into said rest position and about said upright axis from said ready position into said retracted position, said actuating means including a wire having an intermediate portion embedded in said element and having one end lying on said horizontal axis of said pivot means and journaled in said support and another end generally parallel to said one end, pivoted with said member, and formed with a bent over portion bearing against said support, said bent over portion constituting said pivot spring.

A brake for an elongated ski having an upper surface and a pair of sides, said brake comprising:

• a support securable to said surface;
• pivot means on said support defining a horizontal pivot axis generally parallel to said surface and transverse to said ski and an upright pivot axis generally perpendicular to said surface and transverse to said ski;
• an elongated brake element at a respective one of said sides of said ski and having an upper end portion, a lower end, and an intermediate portion, one of said portions being secured to said pivot for pivoting of said element about said horizontal axis between a braking position extending transverse to and downwardly past said ski and a rest position extending generally parallel to and lying above said surface, said element further being pivotal about said upright axis in said rest position between a ready position in which said lower end is spaced laterally relative to the longitudinal direction of said ski from the respective side thereof and a retracted position in which said lower end overlies said surface;
• a pivot spring engaged between said element and said support and urging said element into said braking position;
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• actuating means including a link substantially directly connected to said element and an actuating member connected substantially directly to said link, bearing through said link on one of said portions transversely of said longitudinal direction and generally parallel to said surface, and displaceable generally perpendicularly relative to said surface from an up position extending at an angle to said surface to a down position relatively close to and generally parallel to said surface for displacing said element about said horizontal axis from said braking position into said rest position and about said upright axis from said ready position into said retracted position, said link being a spring urging said member upwardly away from said surface into said up position.

A brake for an elongated ski having an upper surface and a pair of sides, said brake comprising:

• a support securable to said surface;
• pivot means on said support defining a horizontal pivot axis generally parallel to said surface and transverse to said ski and an upright pivot axis generally perpendicular to said surface and transverse to said ski;
• an elongated brake element at a respective one of said sides of said ski and having an upper end portion, a lower end, and an intermediate portion, one of said portions being secured to said pivot for pivoting of said element about said horizontal axis between a braking position extending transverse to and downwardly past said ski and a rest position extending generally parallel to and lying above said surface, said element further being pivotal about said upright axis in said rest position between a ready position in which said lower end is spaced laterally relative to the longitudinal direction of said ski from the respective side thereof and a retracted position in which said lower end overlies said surface;
• a pivot spring engaged between said element and said support and urging said element into said braking position;
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• actuating means including a link substantially directly connected to said element and an actuating member connected substantially directly to said link, bearing through said link on one of said portions transversely of said longitudinal direction and generally parallel to said surface, and displaceable generally perpendicularly relative to said surface from an up position extending at an angle to said surface to a down position relatively close to and generally parallel to said surface for displacing siaid element about said horizontal axis from said braking position into said rest position and about said upright axis from said ready position into said retracted position, said link being a spring urging said member into a position lying at an angle to said element in said braking position and constituting said up position.