Adjustment of ski bindings

Claim 2

Apparatus to enable adjustment of the effort required to safely release adjustable safety ski bindings in at least one direction, comprising means for measuring the muscular strength of a skier in at least one direction corresponding to release of a binding, said measuring means including support means for at least one ski boot, means for allowing angular displacement of said boot about a chosen axis of rotation, at least one stop member displaceable upon angular displacement of said boot in at least one direction, and means actuatable by said stop member for measuring the torsional effort supplied by the skieR to angularly displace the boot.

Claim 3

Apparatus according to claim 1, in which said measuring means further includes an elastically deformable element, said element cooperating with said stop member so that angular displacement of the boot is opposed by elastic deformation of said element, and means for measuring the elastic deformation of the element.

Claim 4

Apparatus according to claim 2, in which said support means comprises a plate, said axis of rotation is vertical and said element cooperates with first and second stop members between which the boot can be placed.

Claim 5

Apparatus according to claim 3, including first and second parts connected to opposite sides of said elastically deformable element, said first and second stop members fixed to said first and second parts, means for allowing displacement of said first stop member and first part in a first direction in relation to said support plate to cause elastic deformation of said element while holding said second part and second stop member fixed in relation to said support plate, and means for allowing displacement of said second stop member and second part in a second direction opposite the first direction in relation to said support plate to cause elastic deformation of said element while holding said first part and said first stop member fixed in relation to said support plate.

Claim 6

Apparatus according to claim 4, including first and second axles connecting said first and second stop members to said first and second parts, said support plate having first and second openings therein, first and second axles engaging with play in said first and second openings so that angular displacement of the boot in a first direction causes said first stop member to elastically deform said element by displacement of said first axle in said first opening while said second stop member is positionally held by bearing of said second axle against an edge of said second opening, and angular displacement of the boot in a second direction opposite the first direction causes said second stop member to elastically deform said element by displacement of said second axle in said second opening while said first stop member is positionally held by bearing of said first axle against an edge of said first opening.