Tension adjustable releasable ski binding and method

Claim 1

A RELEASABLE SKI BINDING FOR RETAINING A BOOT TO A SKI DURING NORMAL SKIING AND RELEASING THE BOOT FROM THE SKI UNDER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, CONCAVE SURFACED RECEIVING MEANS AFFIXED TO THE BOOT AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY THEREOF; FORWARD AND REAR CONVEX SURFACED MEANS; SEPARATE MOUNTING MEANS FOR THE FORWARD AND REAR CONVEX SURFACES MEANS AFFIXED TO THE SKI, IN SPACED APART POSITIONS, FREELY TO ACCOMMODATE THE BOOT AND RECEIVING MEANS; MEANS BIASING THE REAR CONVEX SURFACED MEANS FREELY INTO AND PARTLY THROUGH ITS ASSOCIATED RECEIVING MEANS; MEANS BIASING THE FORWARD CONVEX SURFACED MEANS INTO AND AGAINST ITS ASSOCIATED RECEIVING MEANS; AND BIASING MEANS FOR EACH CONVEX SURFACED MEANS BEING ADJUSTABLE AS TO TENSION; SAID SEPARATE MOUNTING MEANS FOR SAID FORWARD AND REAR CONVEX SURFACED MEANS, COMPRISING ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR BOTH LONGITUDINAL AND VERTICAL DIRECTION ADJUSTMENT RELATIVE TO THE SKI TO POSITION SAID REAR MOUNTING MEANS FOR SAID REAR CONVEX SURFACED MEANS IN POSITION TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST A PART OF SAID CONCAVE SURFACED REAR RECEIVING MEANS FLUSH AGAISNT SAID REAR MOUNTING MEANS FOR SAID REAR CONVEX SURFACED MEANS; SAID LONGITUDINAL AND VERTICAL ADJUSTABILITY MEANS ESTABLISHING A GAP BETWEEN SAID FRONT CONCAVE SURFACED RECEIVING MEANS AND SAID FORWARD MOUNTING MEANS FOR SAID FORWARD CONVEX SURFACED MEANS WITH SAID FORWARD CONVEX SURFACED MEANS MAINTAINED IN CONTACT WITH SAID FORWARD CONCAVE SURFACED RECEIVING MEANS.