Shoe/binding assembly for snow gliding board
AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.
InventorsRodolphe Bossin, Jean Bauvois
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Abstract
A shoe/binding assembly for a gliding board allowing the user's foot to be secured temporarily to said board at a plurality of contact points which, on the binding, consist of attachment means intended to interact with complementary attachment means which are located on the shoe at the front and rear of the sole, wherein at least one of the contact points has a plurality of positions for locking of the attachment means of the shoe by those of the binding, intended to prohibit any movement of the shoe upward and to make it possible to change automatically from one locking position to the next in the downward direction of the shoe, under the effect of the user's weight.
Claims29
A shoe/binding assembly for a snow gliding board, said assembly comprising:
- at least one attachment means fixed to the binding for interacting with at least one complementary attachment means fixed on the shoe at front and rear portions thereof;
- an attachment point between the attachment means of the shoe and the attachment means of the binding having a plurality of locking positions for locking the attachment means of the shoe to the attachment means of the binding, thereby prohibiting any movement of the shoe upward;
- said attachment means on the binding comprising a first locking lever, and the complementary attachment means on the shoe comprising a notched region into which said first locking lever locks, said first locking lever associated with a return element which presses it directly into contact with said notched region,
- wherein said assembly is automatically adjusted from one locking position to the next in the downward direction of the shoe when subjected to a downward force.
A shoe/binding assembly for a snow gliding board, said assembly comprising:
- at least one attachment means fixed to the binding for interacting with at least one complementary attachment means fixed on the shoe at front and rear portions thereof;
- an attachment point between the attachment means of the shoe and the attachment means of the binding having a plurality of locking positions for locking the attachment means of the shoe to the attachment means of the binding, thereby prohibiting any movement of the shoe upward;
- said attachment means on the binding comprising a first locking lever having a notched region, and said complementary attachment means on the shoe comprising a pin into which said first locking lever locks, said first locking lever being associated with a return element which presses it directly into contact with said pin,
- wherein said assembly is automatically adjusted from one locking position to the next in the downward direction of the shoe when subjected to a downward force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.