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US 4,505,493 AGranted
Slalom ski binding
AssigneeAktiebolaget S K F
InventorJack G. Gustavsson
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AssigneeAktiebolaget S K F
InventorJack G. Gustavsson
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In one version a safety binding (1) for downhill skiing comprises a toe connection means (5, 24) and a heel connection means (6) for co-operation with corresponding parts of a ski boot (3'), in which the toe connection means comprising a rotatable roller (5) having a support web portion (16) and from the said web portion an upwardly diverging conical portion (17), which roller (5) and its shaft (12) are spring biased and movable in the longitudinal direction of the ski (2). The heel connection means (6) comprises an U-formed clamp (26, 27) which is rotatably mounted about a vertical fixed pin (25) of the binding and which is formed with two parallel upright lock clamps (27) having recesses facing the front part of the binding and co-operating with side rollers (33) of the boot. The toe connection means (5, 24) and the heel connection means is fixed to the ski as shown in one version, or movably mounted thereto as shown in version two.
Safety binding for downhill skiing comprising a toe connection means and a heel connection means for cooperation with corresponding parts of a ski boot, a base plate (4) adapted for attachment to longitudinally spaced locations of a downhill ski, said toe connection means comprising a single biconic roller member (5) having a lower support web portion (16) and from the said web portion an upwardly diverging annular surface portion (17) for engagement by a boot toe, which member (5) is movable in the longitudinal direction of the ski, and biasing means urging said member (5) toward said heel connection means, at least one of said toe and heel connection means provided on said base plate.
A ski binding for a ski boot (3) having portions (35) projecting laterally outwardly adjacent the boot's heel and a concave toe portion (24) said binding comprising a longitudinally extending plate (4) adapted to be permanently attached to a ski (2), toe connection means including a member (5) mounted for limited movement longitudinally of said plate (4), a convexly contoured boot contacting portion (17) of said toe connection means for engaging the boot's concave toe portion (24), a heel connection means including a U-shaped member (6) having upwardly projecting legs (27) with forwardly open recesses (30) for engaging said ski boot projecting portions (35), said U-shaped member (6) pivotally mounted for movement on a vertical axis defined in said plate (4), and means (22) biasing said movable member (5) rearwardly in said plate (4) toward said vertical pivot axis of said U-shaped member (6).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.