Toe fitting of safety ski binding
AssigneeSte Look
InventorsJean Bernard, Jean J. A. Beyl, Philippe Buzon, Daniel le Faou
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Abstract
This toe-fitting for safety ski binding is of the type intended for operating in conjunction with a boot supporting device and includes a boot supporting plate movable across the ski and adapted, during its movement, to cause through a cam mechanism the translation along the ski axis of a slide controlling the release spring in order to reduce the resistance thereof to the ski boot release movement, the release threshold being thus kept to a substantially constant value notwithstanding the presence of dirt, mud or other unevennesses on the bottom surface of the boot sole.
Claims8
A toe fitting of a safety ski binding comprising:
- a body for fixed securement to an elongated ski;
- a ski boot retaining jaw supported by said body for pivotal movement about a pin perpendicular to the top surface of the ski and against movement transverse to the elongation of the ski;
- resilient means in said body for exerting on said jaw a presettable force against pivotal movement of said jaw;
- supporting means for a toe end portion of the ski boot and including a member movable with respect to both the ski and said jaw in response to transverse movement of the boot;
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- means connecting said member and said resilient means to cause a decrease in the force exerted on said jaw by the resilient means as said member is moved in response to transverse movement of the boot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.