Ski binding incorporating a ski brake
AssigneeVereinigte Baubeschlagfabriken Gretsch & Co. GmbH
InventorRalf Storandt
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Abstract
A ski binding exemplified by a heel binding has an inbuilt brake of the kind which utilizes pivoted brake arms to dig into the snow to stop a lost ski. A resetting lever is provided to pivotally return the brake arms to their inoperative position. The resetting lever is generally in the form of a hoop passing around the back of the binding housing and connected to a shaft passing through the binding housing. Mechanisms including stops are disclosed which allow a skier to reset the brake arms by either pushing or pulling on the lever.
Claims22
A ski binding incorporating a ski brake and comprising a binding housing, at least one brake arm, a shaft passing transversely through the binding housing and pivotally supporting said at least one brake arm for pivotal movement between a deployed brake position in which it extends below the binding housing and an inoperative position substantially alongside the binding housing, a spring means for biasing said at least one brake arm towards said deployed position, a resetting lever pivotally connected to the housing for movement from a rest position to a brake resetting position, and a first cooperating pair of abutment means respectively associated with the resetting lever and the brake arm and shaft, said cooperating abutment means being disposed so as to contact one another to produce resetting movement of said at least one brake arm from said deployed position to said inoperative position on movement of said resetting lever from said rest position to said brake resetting position and to permit relative movement between the resetting lever and said at least one brake arm to permit unhindered return of said resetting lever to said rest position and unhindered deployment of said at least one brake arm from said inoperative position to said deployed position.
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