Device for mounting a boot on a downhill ski
AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.
InventorRoger Abondance
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Abstract
A device used to mount bindings on a ski has a plate made of viscoelastic material, one of whose faces is joined with the upper surface of the ski and the other of whose faces is joined with a rigid plate on which the bindings can be mounted. The plate of viscoelastic material is not attached in a potion of its surface to the upper surface of the ski and/or the lower surface of the rigid plate. Plates may be provided which have in a central area at least one predeformation oriented in a direction opposite the ski.
Claims28
A ski having a device for mounting a boot on the ski positioned in a central zone of the ski and extending over a length substantially equal to a length needed for mounting heel and toe bindings and a boot, said device comprising:
- a first viscoelastic plate comprising at least one section of viscoelastic material having an upper face and a lower face, the lower face of the first viscoelastic plate being joined with an upper surface of the ski;
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- a first rigid constraining plate over which bindings can be mounted, the first rigid constraining plate having an upper face and a lower face, the upper face of the first viscoelastic plate being joined with the lower face of the first rigid constraining plate,
- wherein the first viscoelastic plate comprises a heel area corresponding to an area over which a heel binding can be mounted, a toe area corresponding to an area over which a toe binding can be mounted, and a central area between the heel area and the toe area, and wherein the first viscoelastic plate is attached to at least one of (a) the lower surface of the first rigid constraining plate over at least part of but less than an entire length of a face of the heel area, the toe area and the central area of the first viscoelastic plate and (b) the upper surface of the ski only in the central area or only in the heel and toe areas.
A ski having a device for mounting a boot on the ski positioned in a central zone of the ski and extending over a length substantially equal to a length needed for mounting bindings and a boot, said device comprising:
- a first viscoelastic plate comprising at least one section of viscoelastic material having an upper face and a lower face, the lower face of the first viscoelastic plate being joined with an upper surface of the ski;
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- a first rigid constraining plate over which bindings can be mounted, the first rigid constraining plate having an upper face and a lower face, the upper face of the first viscoelastic plate being joined with the lower face of the first rigid constraining plate,
- wherein the first viscoelastic plate is attached over at least part of but less than an entire length of a face of the first viscoelastic plate to at least one of the upper surface of the ski and the lower surface of the first rigid constraining plate,
- wherein the first viscoelastic plate has a central area that is not attached to at least one of the upper surface of the ski and the lower face of the first rigid constraining plate, and the first rigid constraining plate has a central area with at least one predeformation oriented away from the ski.
A device for mounting bindings on a ski, comprising:
- a first viscoelastic plate comprising at least one section and having an upper face and a lower face, the lower face being exposed and joinable with a ski;
- a first rigid constraining plate having an upper face and a lower face, the upper face of the first viscoelastic plate being joined with the lower face of the first rigid constraining plate;
- a second viscoelastic plate comprising at least one section and being joined with the upper face of the first rigid constraining plate;
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- a second rigid constraining plate being joined with the second viscoelastic plate;
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- wherein at least one of the first and second viscoelastic plates is attached over less than an entire face to at least one of the first rigid constraining plate and the second rigid constraining plate.
A device for mounting bindings on a ski, comprising:
- a viscoelastic plate having a longitudinal axis and comprising at least one section and having an upper face and a lower face, the lower face being exposed and joinable with a ski;
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- a rigid constraining plate over which bindings can be mounted, the upper face of the viscoelastic plate being joined with the rigid constraining plate;
- wherein a longitudinal length of the viscoelastic plate is greater than a corresponding length of the rigid constraining plate.
A device for mounting bindings on a ski, comprising:
- a viscoelastic plate comprising at least one section and having an upper face and a lower face, the lower face having exposed planar sections that are joinable with a ski;
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- a rigid constraining plate over which bindings can be mounted, the upper face of the viscoelastic plate being joined with the rigid constraining plate;
- wherein the viscoelastic plate and the rigid constraining plate have at least one predeformation that extends in a direction away from said lower face of the viscoelastic plate.
A device for mounting bindings on a ski, comprising:
- a viscoelastic plate comprising at least one section and having an upper face and a lower face, the lower face being exposed and joinable with a ski;
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- a rigid constraining plate over which bindings can be mounted, the upper face of the viscoelastic plate being joined with the rigid constraining plate,
- wherein the viscoelastic plate is attached over at least part of but less than an entire length of said upper face to the first rigid constraining plate.
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