Binding device having a pivotable arm

A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising:

• a base adapted to be supported on the sports article;
• an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article;
• the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm;
• the first of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned longitudinally between the first and second connecting zones for the boot;
• a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot.

A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising:

• a base adapted to be supported on the sports article;
• an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article, the attachment arm including a releasable latching mechanism to join the attachment arm to the boot by latching the second connecting zone of the boot;
• the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm;
• a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot.

A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising:

• a base adapted to be supported on the sports article;
• an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed length;
• the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm;
• a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot, the guiding mechanism of the base comprising a guide for allowing free longitudinal movement of the first connecting zone of the boot relative to the base and for allowing movement of the first connecting zone of the boot relative to the attachment arm during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot, while constraining transverse and vertical movement of the first connecting zone of the boot.

A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, the first connecting zone including a transverse pin fixed in place in a lower portion of a sole of the boot, said device comprising:

• a base adapted to be supported on the sports article;
• an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article;
• the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm;
• a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot;
• the guiding mechanism of the base comprises a guiding slot for guiding the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot along said path during the raising and lowering of the boot
• the guiding slot of the guiding mechanism of the base having an open longitudinal end to allow the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot to be received within the guiding slot as the boot is being connected to the binding.

An assembly of a boot and a binding, said assembly comprising:

• a boot comprising:
• a sole;
• a first connecting zone at a front zone of the boot and a second connecting zone rearward of the first connecting zone, the first and second connecting zones of the boot comprising respective transverse pins fixed in place in the sole of the boot;
• a binding device for binding the boot to a sports article, said binding device comprising:
• a base adapted to be supported on the sports article;
• an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm;
• the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm;
• a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot, while the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot moves relative to the attachment arm during said raising and lowering of the heel of the boot.