Emergency release device for winter sports equipment
AssigneeTechnische Universitat Munich
InventorsVeit Senner, Wolfgang Schott
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Abstract
The invention relates to an emergency release system for one or more pieces of winter sports equipment, such as skis, ski poles, snowboards, bindings and/or boots for skis or snowboards. It is equipped with a connection mechanism for detachably connecting at least two elements of one or more pieces of winter sports equipment, wherein the connection mechanism is supported substantially radially in or on one of the two elements, and a drive mechanism, which can be activated from outside and is suited for cancelling the radial support of the connection mechanism, accordingly causing the two elements to separate. The invention also relates to a release method and a manufacturing process for such an emergency release system.
Claims24
An emergency release system for one or more pieces of winter sports equipment, comprising:
- (a) a connection mechanism for detachably connecting at least two elements of one or more pieces of winter sports equipment,
- (b) wherein the connection mechanism is supported substantially radially in or on one of the two elements,
- (c) and a drive mechanism comprising pyrotechnical material, which can be activated from outside and is suited for cancelling the radial support of the connection mechanism, to separate the two elements.
A ski pole comprising an emergency release system according to respective preceding claims, wherein the emergency release system is adapted to separate a hand loop or a grip from at least one essential remaining part of the ski pole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.