Safety knock-off devices for ski binders

Claim 1

A SAFETY KNOCK-OFF DEVICE FOR SKI BINDING COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A JAW MEMBER SHAPED TO HOLD THE TOE END OF A SKI BOOT AGAINST MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID SKI TOP SURFACE AND NORMALLY DISPOSED IN OPERATION ON A SKI HOLDING SAID SKI BOOT ALIGNED LONGITUDINALLY WITH SAID SKI TOP SURFACE, SUPPORT MEANS FOR SAID JAW MEMBER CONNECTED THERETO COMPRISING MEANS SECURABLE TO THE TOP SURFACE OF A SKI, MEANS CONNECTING SAID JAW MEMBER WITH SAID SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING GUIDE MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND AT LEAST ONE PIVOT PIN RECEIVED IN SAID GUIDE MEANS, SAID GUIDE MEANS HAVING A CONFIGURATION TO INSURE AN INITIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID JAW MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID SKI TOP SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSE TO SAID SKI SURFACE IN EITHER DIRECTION AND AFTER WHICH SAID JAW MEMBER MAY ROTATE ABOUT SAID PIVOT PIN, SAID PIVOT PIN THEN BEING SITUATED LATERALLY OF THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID JAW MEMBER IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT OF SAID INITIAL MOVEMENT, AND A RELEASABLE DETENT-POSITIONING DEVICE OPERABLE TO PREVENT SAID INITIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID JAW MEMBER UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS OF OPERATION, AND HAVING MEANS TO PERMIT SAID INITIAL MOVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO APPLICATION OF A FORCE TRANSVERSE TO SAID SKI TOP SURFACE OF A GIVEN SUFFICIENT VALUE TO OVERCOME RESISTANCE OF SAID DETENT-POSITIONING DEVICE.