Safety ski binding

Abstract

Abstract A SAFETY SKI BINDING IN WHICH PAIRS OF RELEASABLE MEMBERS ARE ARRANGED AT EITHER OR BOTH OF THE TOE AND HEEL OF A SKI SHOE, ONE PART OF SIAD LOCKING MEMBERS BEING ARRANGED ON THE SKI AND THE OTHER PART BEING ARRANGED ON, OR AS A PART OF, THE SKI SHOE. ONE PREFERRED FORM CONTEMPLATES THE LOCATION OF TENSIONED RELEASABLE MEANS WITHIN THE SOLE OF THE SKI SHOE AND THE PART AGAINST WHICH SAID TENSIONED MEANS OPERATE BEING MOUNTED ON THE SKI. ALTERNATIVELY, THE TENSIONED RELEASABLE MEANS MAY BE MOUNTED PRIMARILY WITHIN THE SKI WITH A SOLE GRIPPING PORTION PROJECTING THEREFROM AND ARRANGED FOR ENGAGING THE SOLE OF THE SKI SHOE. IN THE FIRST-NAMED FORM, RECESS MEANS ARE MOUNTED FIXEDLY, OR LONGITUDINALLY ADJUSTABLY AS DESIRED, ONTO THE SKI AND PROJECTING MEANS ARE MOUNTED AT LEAST PARTIALLY WITHIN THE SKI SHOE AND PROJECTING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM FOR ENGAGING SAID RECESS MEANS, SAID PROJECTING MEANS BEING RESILIENTLY URGED ONTO ENGAGING POSITION BUT RETRACTIBLE IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE APPLIED THERETO. WHERE SAID TENSIONED RELEASABLE MEANS ARE PROVIDED AT BOTH ENDS OF THE SKI SHOE, SAME MAY BE INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE OR COMMON MEANS MAY BE PROVIDED FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ADJUSTING THE TENSION ON BOTH OF SAID TENSIONED RELEASABLE MEANS. SIMILARLY, CONNECTING MEANS MAY BE PROVIDED BETWEEN TENSIONED RELEASABLE MEANS AT BOTH THE TOE AND HEEL OF THE SKI SHOE WHEREBY THE RELEASE EFFECTED AT EITHER THEREOF WILL MECHANICALLY AND POSITIVELY RELEASE THE OTHER.

Inventors

• 👤 Thomas G Smolka
• 👤 Johann Zelinka

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