Ski boot heel binding equipped with ski brake

A ski boot heel binding equipped with a ski brake comprising:

• a base plate adapted to be attached to a ski plate;
• a heel supporting body mounted on said base plate for sliding movement relative thereto in forward and rearward directions, said supporting body having a pair of side walls, an interior chamber, and a forward end supporting a heel engaging jaw;
• a transverse shaft rotatably supported by said side walls of said supporting body and movable therewith;
• a ski brake arm rigidly fixed to said transverse shaft and rotatable therewith between a braking position whereat said arm extends below the bottom of the ski plate and a non-braking position whereat said arm is above the bottom of the ski plate;
• lever means, positioned within said chamber of said supporting body and rigidly fixed to said transverse shaft and connected to a stationary portion of said base plate, for, upon rearward sliding moement of said supporting body when a ski boot is engaged with said jaw, causing said transverse shaft and thereby said arm to rotate to said non-braking position;
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• spring means, positioned within said chamber of said supporting body, for normally urging said supporting body forwardly with respect to said base plate, and for thereby urging said lever means to rotate said transverse shaft and said arm to said braking position, but allowing rearward movement of said supporting body relative to said base plate when the ski boot is engaged with said jaw.