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US 5,669,622 AGranted
Ski binding
OwnerMichael E. Millerinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a ski binding comprising a toe piece and a cable tensioned around a heel of the boot to a position below a sole of the boot at the toe, providing a rebound force for returning the boot heel to the ski without preventing the boot heel from being lifted off the ski.
Claims19
A binding for mounting a boot to a ski, comprising:
- means for fixedly connecting a toe of the boot to the ski;
- a cable tensioned around a heel of the boot yet permitting the boot heel to be raised off of the ski;
- and
- a cable guide, mountable together with said toe connecting means, for controlling a direction toward which said cable is tensioned, said cable guide for receiving said cable therein at a position below said toe connecting means to generate increasing cable tension, urging the boot heel back down onto the ski as it is raised off the ski.
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A binding for mounting a boot to a ski comprising:
- means for fixedly connecting a toe of the boot to the ski;
- a cable tensioned around a heel of the boot yet permitting the boot heel to be raised off of the ski;
- and
- a cable guide, mountable together with said toe connecting means, for controlling a position toward which said cable is tensioned, said cable guide for receiving said cable therein below said boot sole to generate increasing cable tension, urging the boot heel back down onto the ski as it is raised off the ski.
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A binding for mounting a boot to a ski comprising:
- means for fixedly connecting a toe of the boot to the ski;
- a cable tensioned around a heel of the boot yet permitting the boot heel to be raised off of the ski;
- and
- a cable guide mounted together with said toe connecting means and extending beyond a width of the ski, said cable guide having an edge bent downwardly for receiving said cable thereunder to control a position toward which said cable is tensioned, said cable passing thereunder at a position below said boot sole and passing beneath the boot sole to generate increasing cable tension, urging the boot heel back down onto the ski as it is raised off the ski.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.