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US 4,229,020 AGranted
Safety strap for skis
AssigneeTMC Corporation
InventorJosef Svoboda
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AssigneeTMC Corporation
InventorJosef Svoboda
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A safety strap storage construction wherein a base plate is secured to the ski and a support plate is releasably coupled to the base plate. A ski boot is adapted to be mounted onto the support plate and remains in engagement with the ski boot during a release of the ski boot from engagement with the ski. A safety strap is provided in a cavity between the base plate and the support plate and is secured at one end thereof to the base plate and at the other end thereof to the support plate. A safety strap tensioning construction is mounted on the base plate to keep the safety strap taut while stored in the cavity between the base plate and the support plate. The mechanism for maintaining the safety strap in a taut condition can be a shiftable disk resiliently biassed to maintain the safety strap wound therearound in a taut condition or a plurality of clips or the like can be fixedly attached to the base plate with the safety strap being threaded therearound.
In a safety strap for a ski arranged between a ski-fixed base plate and a ski boot-fixed support plate and maintaining, following a release of a ski boot, a connection between said ski boot and said ski, wherein the improvement comprises releasable connecting means for releasably connecting said base plate and said support plate together, holding elements on one of said base plate and said support plate, said holding elements being spaced from one another both in longitudinal direction of said ski and also laterally thereof, a strap wound around said holding elements along its longitudinal extent, said strap being secured at one of its ends to said support plate and at its other end to said base plate, a part of said strap extending from said holding elements to a fastening point on the other of said base plate and said support plate and holding means for holding said strap normally in a tensioned condition on said holding elements and allowing release of said strap from said holding elements when said boot is released from said ski.
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