Integral ski binding

A binding for releasably connecting a foot of a skier to a ski comprising in combination:

• a toepiece mounted on said ski having retention means extending laterally of said ski;
• a boot plate having a block portion and semirigid elongated member means extending longitudinally of said ski, said elongated member means having connection means on the forward ends thereof for releasable, pivotal connection to said retention means;
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• a boot having a forward portion and a rearward portion, said forward portion of said boot being connected to said boot plate in such a manner that said boot plate is selectively positionable relative to said boot.

A boot plate binding for releasably connecting a foot of a skier to a ski comprising in combination:

• a toe piece mounted on said ski including retention means extending laterally of said ski;
• a boot plate having a block portion and semirigid elongated members means extending longitudinally of said ski, said elongated member means having connection means on forward ends thereof for releasable pivotable connection to said retention means;
• a boot being conformable to and adapted to retain the foot of said skier, said boot being fixedly positioned relative to said boot plate for movement therewith whereby the boot and boot plate can pivot about a lateral axis of said ski;
• cover means releasably mountable on said boot plate;
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• retention means for retaining said cover means on said boot plate including a detente on one of said boot plate and cover means and a spring loaded ball on the other of said boot plate and cover means, said ball being adapted to be releasably seated in said detente.

A boot plate binding for releasably connecting a foot of a skier to a ski comprising in combination:

• a toe piece mounted on said ski including retention means extending laterally of said ski;
• a boot plate having a block portion and semirigid elongated member means extending longitudinally of said ski, said elongated member means having connection means on forward ends thereof for releasable and pivotable connection to said retention means;
• a boot being conformable to and adapted to retain the foot of said skier, said boot being fixedly positionable with respect to said boot plate for movement therewith whereby the boot and boot plate can pivot about a lateral axis of said ski;
• a spring biased heel fixedly connected to said boot, said heel including a curvilinear band having a curved portion curved forwardly relative to said boot and a flat portion adapted to abut the top surface of said ski;
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• a heel piece rotatably connected to said ski including an elevated portion at one end thereof and a clamp portion at another end thereof, said ends of said heel piece being selectively positionable to three different positions corresponding to three different modes of operation, a first position wherein said clamping portion overlies said flat portion of said curvilinear boot heel and holds the boot against the ski, a second position wherein the elevated portion underlies said flat portion of said curvilinear boot heel and supports said boot heel at an elevated position and a third position wherein said heel piece does not contact said curvilinear boot heel.