Safety ski binding
AssigneeTMC Corporation
InventorJosef Svoboda
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Abstract
A pedal construction for effecting a closing of a heel safety ski binding in response to a stepping down thereonto by the heel portion of a ski boot. The pedal is pivotally secured to a base plate which is reciprocally mounted for movement between locked positions on the guide rail fixedly secured to the ski. The ski binding is mounted on the base plate and is movable therewith. The free end of the pedal remote from the pivot axle support therefor either slidingly engages a stepping spur on the ski binding or is pivotally connected to the stepping spur through a sliding-type connection.
Claims10
In a safety ski binding having a base plate which can be fastened on a ski, hold-down means for holding a ski boot, said hold-down means having a stepping spur and can be swung about an axis which extends substantially at a right angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the ski between an open position and a closed position holding said ski boot, said hold-down means moving to said open position when sufficient forces are exerted by said ski boot on said ski binding and said stepping spur facilitating movement of said hold-down means to said closed position when stepped down upon by said ski boot, the improvement comprising a U-shaped pedal having a bight portion which is hingedly connected to said base plate and having two legs which straddle said stepping spur, each said leg having a slot therein and including axles which extend outwardly in the direction of the ski edges from opposite sides of said stepping spur, each said axle being slidably received in a respective said slot.
A safety ski binding, comprising:
- a base plate adapted to be mounted on a ski;
- hold-down means mounted on said base plate for holding a ski boot, said hold-down means having a stepping spur fixedly located thereon and can be swung about a first axis which extends substantially at a right angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the ski between an open position and a closed position holding said ski boot, said hold-down means moving to said open position when sufficient forces are exerted by said ski boot on said ski binding and said stepping spur facilitating movement of said hold-down means to said closed position when stepped down upon by said ski boot;
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- elongated pedal means pivotally secured at one end thereof to said base plate about a second axis parallel to said first axis, said second axis being located forwardly of said ski binding and stepping spur and beneath the sole of said ski boot when said ski boot is held thereby in said closed position thereof, the other end of said elongated pedal means projecting rearwardly toward and slidably engaging an upwardly facing part of said stepping spur fixedly secured to said hold-down means so that a stepping down upon said pedal means by said ski boot will effect a simultaneous moving of said hold-down means to said closed position independent of the construction of the sole of said ski boot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.