Cross-country skiing assembly
AssigneeSte Look
InventorsJean Bernard, Jean J. A. Beyl, Christian Campillo, Daniel Le Faou
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Abstract
The cross-country skiing assembly comprises a ski shoe and a ski binding for fixing the shoe on a ski. A toe block at the front end of the shoe has a fastening contour which is capable of cooperating with a complementary fastener on a shoe-retaining stirrup of the ski binding. A spring-loaded locking and releasing lever of the ski binding permits automatic positioning of the ski shoe by downward engagement. The shoe-retaining stirrup is pivotally mounted on a cross-pin which is adjacent to the front end face of the toe block.
Claims9
A cross-country skiing assembly comprising a ski shoe and a device for fixing said shoe on a ski, in which the front portion of the ski shoe has a fastening contour when looking from above whilst the ski binding device comprises a shoe-retaining stirrup provided with fastening means of complementary shape, wherein the shoe-retaining stirrup is pivotally mounted on the ski by means of a transverse pivot-pin placed immediately in front of the tip of the ski shoe, and a locking member acted upon by an elastic element and adapted to cooperate with the front portion of the ski shoe in such a manner as to permit automatic positioning of said shoe by downward engagement within the shoe-retaining stirrup and to prevent withdrawal of said shoe under an upwardly directed force, the front portion of the ski shoe having an inclined front face which is capable of thrusting back the locking member during positioning of the shoe and is provided with a top recess for receiving a nose of said locking member by snap-action engagement after positioning of the front end of said shoe within said shoe-retaining stirrup.
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