Ski brake

In a ski brake supported for movement between a skiing position and a braking position and having a base plate adapted to be fastened on a ski or a ski binding, at least a pair of braking levers each having a braking arm and an operating arm, said braking levers being arranged on said base plate symmetrically with respect to a central longitudinal plane and are pivotal about an axis extending essentially transversely with respect to the ski, a connecting piece pivotally connected to said base plate and being supported for movement between an upright position corresponding to said braking position and a retracted position corresponding to said skiing position, a stepping plate pivotally connected to said connecting piece on a side of said connecting piece remote from said base plate, and at least one operating spring supported on said base plate and being separate from said braking levers for continually urging said connecting piece, and said stepping plate connected thereto, to said upright position, guide means on said stepping plate, said operating arms of each said braking levers being supported on said guide means, said braking arms being pivotal in the skiing position toward said central longitudinal plane in response to a movement of said stepping plate toward said ski and an operative engagement of said guide means thereon with said operating arms, the improvement wherein means defining a guide path is provided on said stepping plate, wherein said operating spring includes at least one extension arm which extends between said base plate and said guide path on said stepping plate so as to apply a continuous spring force to said stepping plate to cause said continual urging of said connecting piece, and said stepping plate connected thereto, to said upright position, said operating spring slidingly engaging said guide path at a variable point of engagement therealong and in a longitudinal direction during a pivoting movement of said braking levers.