Releasable ski binding

Claim 2

A releasable binding for a ski-boot comprising: a. a sole plate, b. means to rotatably attach the sole plate to the ski, c. means to position the heel of a ski-boot on the sole plate, d. means to position the sides of a ski-boot on the sole plate, e. a tooth on the front end of the sole plate, f. a turret, g. means to rotatably attach the turret to a ski in spaced relation to the sole plate, h. a notch in the turret engagable and disengagable with the tooth of the sole plate, i. a pivotable yoke attached to the turret defining a toe holder for a ski-boot, j. adjustable cam means attached to the yoke normally resisting vertical pivoting of the yoke to release the toe of the skiboot, k. adjustable cam means attached to the turret normally resisting horizontal pivoting of the turret to release the sole plate.

Claim 3

A releasable binding for a Ski-boot comrising: a. The device according to claim 1 in which the pivotable yoke attached to the turret defining a toe holder includes, b. a rotatable cam shaft pivotally mounted on the yoke, c. a lever attached to said rotatable cam shaft, d. a vertical cam follower mounted in said yoke and engaged with the cam shaft, e. a socket in the turret for receiving the cam follower, and f. a compressed wad in the socket, yieldable to the cam follower when driven by the cam shaft.

Claim 4

A releasable binding for a ski-boot comprising: a. the device according to claim 2, and b. a threaded plug engaged with a thread in the socket whereby the wad may be compressed to offer varying degrees of resistance to the vertical cam follower.

Claim 5

A releasable binding for a ski-boot comprising: a. the device according to claim 1 in which the means to rotatably attach the turret to a ski in spaced relation to a sale plate includes, b. a vertical post, c. the turret being rotatably mounted on the post, d. a cleft in the vertical post defining a cam, e. a horizontal cam follower movably mounted in a socket in the turret and movably seated in the cleft, f. a surface of the turret adjacent to the cleft exerting sheer force on the horizontal cam follower, g. a compressible wad in the socket yieldable to the cam follower when it is driven by the cam.

Claim 6

A releasable binding for a ski-boot comprising: a. the device according to claim 4 and b. a threaded plug engaged with a thread in the socket opposite to the horizontal cam follower, whereby the wad may be compressed to offer varying degrees of resistance to the horizontal cam follower. 6. A releasable binding for a ski-boot comprising: a. the device according to claim 1, and b. the means to rotatably attach the sole plate to the ski positioned in close proximity to the rear of the sole plate, with the axis of rotation substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the tibia of the skier.

Claim 7

A releasable binding for a ski-boot comprising: a. a ski, b. a sole plate positioned on the ski, c. an inverted frusto conical passage in the sole plate, d. an inverted frusto conical disc positioned in the passage and rotatably attaching the sole plate to the ski, e. a heel seat for a ski-boot attached to the rear of the sole plate, f. transverse serrated edge, front and back slots in the top of the sole plate, g. L-shaped members having serrated edges attached in the slots and defining means to position the outer sides of the heel and the sole of a ski-boot on the sole plate, h. a rotatable turret mounted on the ski, i. a notch in the rotatable turret, j. a tooth on the sole plate engagable with the notch whereby to maintain the sole plate coaxial with the ski, k. adjustable tension means to release the turret for rotation in response to torsional force exerted on the sole plate, l. pivotable yoke on the turret engagable with the toe of a ski-boot on the sole plate, m. adjustable tension means to release the yoke in response to forward and/or vertical forces exerted upon the yoke, n. means to manually release the pivotable yoke.

Claim 8

A releasable binding for a ski-boot comprising: a. a ski, b. a sole plate positioned on the ski, c. an inverted frusto conical passage in the sole plate, d. an inverted frusto conical disc positioned in the passage and rotatably attaching the sole plate to the ski, e. a heel seat for a ski-boot attached to the rear of the sole plate, f. transverse serrated edge, front and back slots in the top of the sole plate, g. L-shaped members having serrated edges attached in the slots and defining means to position the outer sides of the heel and the sole of a ski-boot on the sole plate, h. a rotatable turret mounted on the ski, i. a notch in the rotatable turret, j. a tooth on the sole plate engagable with the notch whereby to maintain the sole plate coaxial with the ski, k. adjustable tension means to release the turret for rotation in response to torsional force exerted on the sole plate, l. pivotable yoke on the turret engagable with the toe of a ski-boot on the sole plate, m. adjustable tension means to release the yoke in response to forward and/or vertical forces exerted upon the yoke, n. means to manually release the pivotable yoke.