Ski binding

Claim 1

A SKI HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND COMPRISING A FIXEDLY SUPPORTED TOE REST, A CLAMPING LEVER PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED FORWARDLY OF SAID TOE REST, A FIXED HEEL REST REARWARDLY OF SAID TOE REST AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE HEEL OF A BOOT WITH THE TOE OF THE LATTER IN CONTACT WITH THE TOE REST, A GUIDING PLATE SUPPORTED FOR FREE LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT REARWARDLY OF SAID HEEL REST, A CLAMPING JAW SUPPORTED ON SAID GUIDING PLATE FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM SAID HEEL REST FOR CONTACTING THE HEEL OF A BOOT SUPPORTED THEREON, SAID CLAMPING JAW HAVING AN INITIAL POSITION INCLINED UPWARDLY AND FORWARDLY ON SAID SKI, A CABLE EXTENDING FROM SAID CLAMPING LEVER TO SAID CLAMPING JAW FOR PIVOTALLY MOVING THE LATTER ND CONCURRENTLY DISPLACING THE GUIDING PLATE UPON PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF THE CLAMPING LEVER, SAID CABLE PASSING UNDER THE TOE REST AND HEEL REST AND THEN PASSING BEYOND THE HEEL REST DIRECTLY TO THE CLAMPING JAW ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LINE, SAID CABLE BEING FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE CLAMPING JAW, AND AN AXIALLY COMPRESSIBLE HOLLOW SPRING BETWEEN THE CLAMPING JAW AND THE HEEL REST, SAID CABLE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SPRING TO EXERT A FORCE ON THE CLAMPING JAW TO DISPLACE THE SAME AGAINST THE ACTION OF THE SPRING WHEN THE CLAMPING LEVER IS PIVOTALLY MOVED.