Quick release ski binding mounting system
OwnerCordell Pearce, Ben Anderson +1inventors
InventorsCordell Pearce, Ben Anderson, Travis Cook
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Abstract
A system of attaching a ski binding to a ski allowing quick interchange of bindings to other skis, and without the use of any hand tools. A first fastener is permanently attached to a ski, while the binding is permanently attached to a binding carrier plate that includes a mating, second fastener. The first and second fasteners are engaged by a quick release mechanism that is longitudinally shorter than a typical direct mounting system for a binding, resulting in reduced scrub area at the mounting to the ski. The binding mounting plate can extend longitudinally beyond the binding to provide mounting area for vibration dampers and camber adjusters.
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A quick release ski binding mounting system, for use with a ski having a top surface and with a ski boot binding having a mounting structure disposed over a preselected length, comprising:
- a two-element mating pair of quick release fastener components mountable between a ski binding and a ski to selectively engage and disengage with respect to each other, thereby enabling the quick attachment or removal of a binding with respect to a ski;
- wherein a first quick release fastener component of said pair of quick release fastener components, in use, attaches at the bottom of the binding, and a second quick release fastener component of said pair of quick release fastener components attaches, in use, to the top surface of a ski;
- wherein said pair of quick release fastener components is of preselected length that is shorter than said preselected length of a binding mounting structure, in use mounting a binding to a ski over a shorter attachment footprint on the ski than the resulting footprint of directly mounting of the binding on the ski, such that the scrub portion of the ski is reduced in length;
- a binding mounting plate of preselected length, having top and bottom faces, in use carrying said ski boot binding on the top face thereof, and carrying said first quick release element on the bottom face thereof;
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- wherein the preselected length of said binding mounting plate is longer than the preselected length of the binding mounting structure, wherein opposite end portions of the binding mounting plate are support zones, in use carrying opposite ends of the binding on the binding mounting plate, and a center zone of the binding mounting plate is a fastening zone located between the two support zones and carrying said first quick release element.
A quick release ski binding mounting system, comprising:
- a ski having a top surface;
- a ski boot binding having a mounting structure disposed over a preselected length;
- a two-element mating pair of first and second quick release fastener components mountable between said ski binding and said ski to selectively engage and disengage with respect to each other, thereby enabling the quick attachment or removal of the binding with respect to the ski;
- a binding mounting plate of preselected length, having top and bottom faces, carrying said ski boot binding on the top face thereof, and carrying said first quick release fastener component on the bottom face thereof;
- wherein the second quick release fastener component is attached to the top surface of a ski;
- wherein said pair of quick release fastener components is of preselected length that is shorter than said preselected length of the binding mounting structure, whereby the quick release fastener components produce a mounting footprint on the ski that is shorter than the footprint of directly mounting the binding on the ski, such that the scrub portion of the ski is reduced in length;
- wherein, the preselected length of said binding mounting plate is longer than the preselected length of the binding mounting structure;
- opposite end portions of the binding mounting plate are support zones, carrying opposite ends of the binding on the binding mounting plate;
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- a center zone of the binding mounting plate is a fastening zone located between the two support zones and carrying said first quick release component.
A quick release ski binding mounting system, for use with a ski having a top surface and with a ski boot binding having a mounting structure disposed over a preselected length, comprising:
- a two-element mating pair of quick release fastener components mountable between a ski binding and a ski to selectively engage and disengage with respect to each other, thereby enabling the quick attachment or removal of a binding with respect to a ski;
- wherein a first quick release fastener component of said pair of quick release fastener components, in use, attaches at the bottom of the binding, and a second quick release fastener component of said pair of quick release fastener components, in use, attaches to the top surface of a ski;
- wherein said pair of quick release fastener components is of preselected length that is shorter than said preselected length of a binding mounting structure, in use mounting a binding to a ski over a shorter attachment footprint on the ski than the resulting footprint of directly mounting of the binding on the ski, such that the scrub portion of the ski is reduced in length;
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- wherein said first quick release fastener component has opposite end portions constituting support zones suited to carry ends of a binding and that are configured to be spaced with increasing separation toward the opposite ends thereof from the top surface of a ski when said ski is unflexed, allowing the ski to flex without interference from the ends of the first quick release fastener component.
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