Binding mounting system and method of rapidly mounting front and heel jaws of a ski binding

Abstract

A binding mounting system for rapidly mounting a slidable front jaw and a slidable heel jaw of a ski binding onto a ski having a top face, comprises a plate-shaped base element having a bearing surface and mounted on the top face of the ski, front rear longitudinal guide mechanisms on the base element, the guide mechanisms preventing vertical and transverse displacements of the front jaw and the rear jaw to be mounted on the base element relative to the bearing surface thereof, and a positioning and locking device immobile relative to the base element and mounted thereon between the front and rear longitudinal guide mechanisms at a distance therefrom. The positioning and locking device has a top face remote from the base element and at least one rigid raised portion with steep flanks on the top face. At least one bar-shaped linking member extends towards a respective one of the guide mechanisms and has an end linked to a respective one of the jaws, the linking member having several recesses in an end opposite to the end linked to the one jaw, the recesses matching the raised portion to provide a positive fit between the raised portion and one of the recesses.

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