Apparatus for attaching one end of a ski boot having an attaching element to a ski
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorsJosiane Dunand, Paul Arnulf, Denis Gasquet
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Abstract
An apparatus for attaching one end of a boot to a ski. The apparatus includes a support, a movable lock, and a journal. The support is attached to the ski and is adapted to engage the boot. The movable lock pivots around the journal between an inactive, non-retention position in which the boot is free to be attached to and removed from the ski, and an active, retention position in which the boot is locked on the ski. The journal is positioned between the walls of a housing of the apparatus. The journal is spaced from these walls of the housing so as to produce play between the journal and the housing in response to the movable lock pivoting into its active, retention position.
Claims56
An apparatus for connecting one end of a boot to a ski, wherein said end of said boot has an attaching element, and wherein said apparatus comprises:
- (a) a support element for engaging said attaching element of said boot;
- (b) a support adapted to be positioned on an upper surface of said ski, said support element projecting from said support;
- (c) a movable lock for cooperation with said support element and said attaching element for locking said boot to said ski, wherein said movable lock is adapted to pivot with respect to said ski between an inactive, non-retention position in which said boot is free to be connected to and removed from said ski, and an active, retention position in which said boot is locked on said ski;
- (d) means for biasing said movable lock against displacement out of said active, retention position;
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- (e) means for pivotally connecting said movable lock on said support so as to permit said movable lock to be pivotally supported by a portion of said support in said inactive, non-retention position and during movement toward and away from said active, retention position, and for permitting said movable lock to be unsupported by said portion of said support in said active, retention position, wherein said means for pivotally connecting pivots about an axis and is spaced from said support in all directions about said axis in said active, retention position.
An apparatus for connecting one end of a boot to a ski, wherein said apparatus comprises:
- (a) a support element for engaging a portion of said end of said boot;
- (b) a support adapted to be positioned on an upper surface of said ski, said support element projecting from said support;
- (c) a movable lock for cooperation with said support element and said portion of said end of said boot for locking said boot to said ski, wherein said movable lock is pivotable with respect to said ski between an inactive, non-retention position in which said boot is free to be connected to and removed from said ski, and an active, retention position in which said boot is locked on said ski, wherein said movable lock further comprises a housing having walls;
- (d) means for biasing said movable lock against displacement out of said active, retention position;
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- (c) a journal for pivotally connecting said movable lock on said support around an axis transverse to said ski so as to permit said movable lock to be pivotally supported by a portion of said support via said journal in said inactive, non-retention position and as said movable lock pivots toward and away from said active, retention position, wherein said journal is adapted to be spaced from said walls of said housing in all directions about said axis when said movable lock is in said active, retention position, permitting said movable lock to be unsupported by said portion of said support in said active, retention position.
An apparatus for connecting one end of a boot to a ski, wherein said end of said boot has an attaching element, and wherein said apparatus comprises:
- (a) a support element for engaging said attaching element of said boot;
- (b) a support adapted to be attached to said ski, said support element attached to said support;
- (c) a movable lock for cooperation with said support element and said attaching element for locking said boot on said ski, wherein said movable lock is adapted to pivot with respect to said ski between an inactive, non-retention position in which said boot is free to be connected to and removed from said ski, and an active, retention position in which said boot is locked on said ski;
- (d) means for biasing said movable lock against displacement out of said active, retention position;
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- (e) means for pivotally connecting said movable lock on said support so as to permit said movable lock to be pivotally supported by a portion of said support in said inactive, non-retention position and during movement toward and away from said active, retention position, and for permitting said movable lock to be unsupported by said portion of said support in said active, retention position, wherein said means for pivotally connecting pivots about about an axis and is spaced from said support in all directions about said axis in said active, retention position, and wherein said movable lock is maintained in said active, retention position by (1) said means for biasing said movable lock against displacement out of said active, retention position;
- (2) said support element;
- and (3) said attaching element of said boot.
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