Interface device for sports apparatus
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorBruno Lancon
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Abstract
A connecting interface device adapted to be fixed on a boot and mounted pivotally on a sports apparatus which procures rear retention when climbing. The device includes a plate to which a boot is fixed, which is pivotally mounted on an axle in relation to the sports apparatus. This device also includes a base plate that is pivotally mounted in relation to the plate about an axis. This base plate is arranged beneath the plate and includes a housing for receiving a climbing wedge that is mounted so as to be inserted between the plate and the base plate. This device finds an application in particular in snowshoes and cross country skis.
Claims14
A connecting interface device adapted to have a boot affixed with respect thereto and mounted pivotally on a sports apparatus which procures rear retention when climbing, said device comprising:
- a plate including a fixing arrangement for the boot, an axle extending transversely to the apparatus, said plate being hingedly mounted on the apparatus by said axle;
- a climbing wedge movable between at least two positions, said two positions including a raised position, which increases an inclination angle of said plate with respect to the apparatus, and a lowered position;
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- a base plate pivotally mounted, in relation to said plate, along an axis transverse to the apparatus, said base plate being arranged beneath said plate.
A sports assembly comprising:
- a sports apparatus;
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- a connecting interface device adapted to have a boot affixed with respect thereto and mounted pivotally on said sports apparatus which procures rear retention when climbing, said device comprising:
- a plate including a fixing arrangement for the boot, an axle extending transversely to the apparatus, said plate being hingedly mounted on the apparatus by said axle;
- a climbing wedge movable between at least two positions, said two positions including a raised position, which increases an inclination angle of said plate with respect to the apparatus, and a lowered position;
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- a base plate pivotally mounted, in relation to said plate, along an axis transverse to the apparatus, said base plate being arranged beneath said plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.