Assembly for binding a boot to a gliding element
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorFrancois Girard
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Abstract
A boot/binding device apparatus assembly for a boot on a gliding member is of the type including an arrangement for binding the front end of the boot, the rear end of the boot being free to be raised with respect to the gliding member. The assembly includes an arrangement for control and continues elastic return of the boot towards the gliding member, located at the rear of the binding device of the front end of the boot. Advantageously, the control and elastic return arrangement is constituted by an anchoring device for the binding device cooperating with anchoring apparatus associated with the boot, at least one of the anchoring device of the boot or of the binding device being provided with an elastic return mechanism.
Claims19
A binding apparatus adapted to be affixed to an upper surface of a gliding element for binding a front portion of a boot to the gliding element, the boot having first and second longitudinally spaced attachment members at the front portion of the boot, a rear portion of the boot being free to be raised with respect to the gliding element, said binding apparatus comprising:
- a forwardmost attachment adapted to releasably connect the first boot attachment member to the gliding element to facilitate pivoting of the boot about an axis fixed with respect to the gliding element;
- a rearward attachment, rearward of said forwardmost attachment, adapted to releasably attach the second boot attachment member to the gliding element, said rearward attachment comprising:
- an anchoring part structurally configured and positioned to engage the second attachment member of the boot;
- an elastic return device continuously applying an elastic return force to said anchoring part to bias the boot in a direction toward the gliding element.
An assembly of a boot and a binding apparatus for connecting a front portion of the boot to an upper surface of a gliding element, said assembly comprising:
- a boot having a front portion, said front portion of the boot including first and second longitudinally spaced attachment members;
- a binding apparatus comprising:
- a forwardmost attachment adapted to releasably connect the first boot attachment member to the gliding element to facilitate pivoting of the boot about an axis fixed with respect to the gliding element, a rear portion of the boot being free to be raised with respect to the gliding element;
- a rearward attachment, rearward of said forwardmost attachment, adapted to releasably attach the second boot attachment member to the gliding element, said rearward attachment comprising an anchoring member adapted to engage the second attachment member of the boot;
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- an elastic return device, affixed to said binding apparatus, continuously applying an elastic return force to said anchoring member of said binding apparatus to bias said rear portion of the boot in a direction toward the gliding element.
An assembly of a boot and a binding apparatus for connecting a front portion of the boot to an upper surface of a gliding element, said assembly comprising:
- a boot having a front portion, said front portion of the boot including first and second longitudinally spaced attachment members;
- means for binding the front portion of the boot to the gliding element, at the first attachment member of the boot, to allow pivotal movement of the boot about the first attachment member of the boot, and for allowing a rear portion of the boot being free to be raised with respect to the gliding element;
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- means for applying a continuous elastic return force at the second attachment member of the boot, rearward of the first attachment member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.