Binding mount assembly for an alpine ski
OwnerDavid G. Pineauinventor
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Abstract
A binding mount assembly for an alpine ski includes a mounting system for removably receiving a ski binding carrier. The binding mount assembly is selectively altered by the skier between a fixed mode where the ski beneath the binding mount assembly is inhibited from flexing and a float mode where the same segment of the ski is allowed to assume its natural arc. Sliding and fixed junctions between the mounting system and the binding plate allow pivotal and/or axial movement between these components. Canting or ramping shims are provided and may be quickly and easily installed and removed by the user.
Claims15
A binding mount assembly for mounting a binding over a portion of an alpine ski, said assembly comprising:
- a mounting system which is fixable to the alpine ski;
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- a binding carrier that is mountable to said mounting system so that the binding spans the portion of the ski;
- wherein said mounting system and said binding carrier cooperate when joined together to form a binding mount assembly having a first junction at a first end portion and a second junction at a second end portion that is longitudinally spaced from said first junction, at least one of said first and second junctions being selectively adjustable between a sliding arrangement that permits longitudinal and pivotal movement between said mounting system and said binding carrier and a fixed arrangement which prevents longitudinal movement and only permits pivotal movement therebetween, and wherein the other of said first and second junction is arranged to permit at least pivotal movement between said mounting system and said binding carrier, whereby the alpine ski may be in either a float mode where the portion of the ski beneath the binding is allowed to naturally flex and in a fixed mode where the flexing of the portion of the ski beneath the binding is inhibited.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.