Safety ski binding

Claim 2

A safety ski binding, characterized in that a boot is clamped to a ski exclusively within an area intermediate its toe and heel portions, comprising a sole plate adapted to be mounted on the ski boot intermediate its sole and heel and provided with lateral projections, a ski plate mounted on the ski, lever means pivotally mounted along the sides of the ski plate and provided along the forward ends with pawl meAns, abutment means mounted forwardly of the forward ends of the pawl means along the sides of the ski plate at a distance from the forward surface of the pawl means corresponding substantially to the dimension of a projection, and means for spring-loading said lever means.

Claim 3

A safety ski binding according to claim 1, characterized in that the spring-loading means includes connecting means interconnecting the rear ends of the lever means and means for holding the lever means in the engaged spring-loaded position.

Claim 4

A safety binding according to claim 2, characterized in that the abutment means are pivotally mounted roller means.

Claim 5

A safety binding according to claim 3, characterized in that the projections are provided with sloping surfaces adapted to engage with the roller means.

Claim 6

A safety binding according to claim 4, characterized in that the connecting means includes a connecting portion pivotally connected with the rear ends of the lever means and receiving toggle-lever means having an engaging portion for engagement with the surface of the ski plate.

Claim 7

A safety binding according to claim 5, characterized in that the toggle lever means is threadably received in the connecting portion to permit adjustment of the spring load of the lever means.

Claim 8

A safety binding according to claim 6, characterized by locking means for locking the toggle lever means in its adjusted position.

Claim 9

A safety binding according to claim 7, characterized in that the lever means have rearwardly upwardly extending portions pivotally connected with said connecting portion.

Claim 10

A safety binding according to claim 8, characterized in that the lever means including the pawl means are of such shape and configuration that the pawl means normally lie below the surface of the ski plate with a released boot and the toggle lever means in its position tightening the binding.

Claim 11

A safety binding according to claim 2, characterized in that the connecting means includes a connecting portion pivotally connected with the rear ends of the lever means and receiving toggle-lever means having an engaging portion for engagement with the surface of the ski plate.

Claim 12

A safety binding according to claim 10, characterized in that the toggle-lever means is threadably received in the connecting portion to permit adjustment of the spring load of the lever means.

Claim 13

A safety binding according to claim 11, characterized by locking means for locking the toggle-lever means in its adjusted position.

Claim 14

A safety binding according to claim 10, characterized in that the lever means have rearwardly upwardly extending portions pivotally connected with said connecting portion.

Claim 15

A safety binding according to claim 10, characterized in that the lever means including the pawl means are of such shape and configuration that the pawl means normally lie below the surface of the ski plate with a released boot and the toggle-lever means in its position tightening the binding.

Claim 16

A safety ski binding, characterized in that a boot is clamped to a ski within an area intermediate its toe and heel portions, comprising first means adapted to be mounted on the ski boot including lateral projecting means disposed substantially intermediate its sole and heel, second means including lever means pivotally mounted relative to the ski and provided along the forward end with clamping means operable to cooperate with said first means, abutment means fixedly secured relative to said ski and operable to cooperate with said lateral projecting means, and actuating means for spring-loading said first means in such a manner that said lever means clampingly holds the boot against said abutment means.

Claim 17

A safety ski binding, characterized in that a boot is clamped to a ski within an area intermediate its toe and heel portions, comprising first means adapted to be mounted on the ski boot including lateral projecting means disposed substantially intermediate its sole and heel, second means including lever means pivotally mounted relative to the ski and provided along the forward end with clamping means operable to cooperate with said first means, abutment means fixedly secured relative to said ski and operable to cooperate with said lateral projecting means, and actuating means for spring-loading said first means in such a manner that said lever means clampingly holds the boot against said abutment means.

Claim 18

A safety ski binding according to claim 15, characterized in that said boot is clamped to said ski exclusively within the area intermediate its toe and heel portions.

Claim 19

A safety ski binding, characterized by first means secured to the sides of the ski and forming lateral abutments, second means adApted to be secured to a ski boot to provide lateral projections for cooperation with said abutments when the boot is in the normal, clamped position on the ski, and third means for clampingly holding said ski boot on the ski by cooperation with said second means including pivotally mounted lever means adapted to be spring-loaded and applying onto said second means a clamping force directed toward the ski and means for spring-loading said lever means.

Claim 20

A safety ski binding, characterized by first means secured to the sides of the ski and forming lateral abutments, second means adApted to be secured to a ski boot to provide lateral projections for cooperation with said abutments when the boot is in the normal, clamped position on the ski, and third means for clampingly holding said ski boot on the ski by cooperation with said second means including pivotally mounted lever means adapted to be spring-loaded and applying onto said second means a clamping force directed toward the ski and means for spring-loading said lever means.

Claim 21

A safety ski binding according to claim 17, characterized in that said lateral abutments are formed by rollers against which correspondingly shaped forwardly disposed surface portions of the lateral projections are clampingly held by said lever means.

Claim 22

A safety ski binding according to claim 18, characterized by a ski plate mounted on the ski, said rollers being mounted laterally of said ski plate.

Claim 23

A safety ski binding according to claim 19, characterized in that said lever means is of such length and is so pivotally mounted that upon release of the safety ski binding with the lever means spring-loaded, the part of the lever means extending forwardly of the pivotal mounting thereof is completely disposed below the bottom surface of the ski boot.

Claim 24

A safety ski binding according to claim 17, characterized in said said lever means, in the spring-loaded condition and upon release of the safety ski binding will be disposed with its lever portion extending forwardly of the pivotal mounting thereof completely below the bottom surface of the ski boot so that no obstruction exists impairing the lateral release of the boot.

Claim 25

A safety ski binding, characterized in that a boot is clamped to a ski within an area intermediate its toe and heel portions, essentially consisting of fixed abutments providing forwardly upwardly inclined abutment surfaces mounted to the sides of the ski, means providing lateral projections adapted to be mounted on the ski boot intermediate its sole and heel and provided with forwardly disposed surface portions for cooperation with the surfaces of said abutments, and clamping means adapted to be spring-loaded including lever means cooperating with said first-mentioned means to clamp the ski boot down onto the ski with the surface portions of the lateral projections in engagement with the abutment surfaces, said lever means being so pivotally mounted that in the spring-loaded condition thereof, upon release of the safety binding, no part thereof disposed forwardly of the pivotal mounting extends into the path of a lateral movement of the ski boot.

Claim 26

A safety ski binding, characterized in that a boot is clamped to a ski within an area intermediate its toe and heel portions, essentially consisting of fixed abutments providing forwardly upwardly inclined abutment surfaces mounted to the sides of the ski, means providing lateral projections adapted to be mounted on the ski boot intermediate its sole and heel and provided with forwardly disposed surface portions for cooperation with the surfaces of said abutments, and clamping means adapted to be spring-loaded including lever means cooperating with said first-mentioned means to clamp the ski boot down onto the ski with the surface portions of the lateral projections in engagement with the abutment surfaces, said lever means being so pivotally mounted that in the spring-loaded condition thereof, upon release of the safety binding, no part thereof disposed forwardly of the pivotal mounting extends into the path of a lateral movement of the ski boot.