Safety binding lever for ski bindings

Claim 1

A SAFETY CLAMP FOR SKI BINDINGS INCLUDING A TENSIONING CABLE, COMPRISING A BASE PLATE INCLUDING A FLAT PORTION ADAPTED TO BE ANCHORED TO A SKI AND AN UPSTANDING LUG PORTION WITH AN OPENING THEREIN, A CARRIAGE MOVABLE ON SAID BASE PLATE, A SPRING BOLT SECURED TO SAID CARRIAGE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID UPSTANDING LUG PORTION OPENING AND HAVING A SPRING RETAINER ADJACENT ITS OPPOSITE END, AN ANGLE LEVER PIVOTED ON SAID UPSTANDING LUG PORTION AND INCLUDING A LONG ARM PORTION EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID SPRING RETAINER AND A SHORT ARM PORTION WITH AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH SAID BOLT EXTENDS, A COIL SPRING AROUND SAID BOLT ABUTTING SAID SPRING RETAINER AT ONE END AND SAID ANGLE LEVER SHORT ARM PORTION AT ITS OPPOSITE END, SAID SPRING URGING SAID LEVER TO ROTATE ABOUT SAID UPSTANDING LUG PORTION TO MOVE SAID LONG ARM PORTION OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BASE PLATE, AND A CLAMP LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE ADAPTED TO BE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE TENSIONING CABLE AND ADAPTED TO OVERLIE SAID ANGLE LEVER IN A CLAMPED POSITION, SAID CLAMP LEVER AND SAID ANGLE LEVER DEFINING LOCKING MEANS PREVENTING ROTATION OF SAID ANGLE LEVER AND RELEASE OF SAID BINDING WHEN THE TENSIONING CABLE IS NORMALLY STRESSED AS WHEN A BOOT IS POSITIONED IN THE BINDING, SAID LOCKING MEANS INCLUDING A MEMBER DISPLACEABLE WITH SAID CLAMP LEVER AND THE TENSIONING CABLE WHEN THE TENSIONING CABLE IS OVERSTRESSED TO RELEASE SAID ANGLE LEVER.