Ski brake

Claim 1

A brake for a ski automatically operable to prevent free flight thereof upon the release of the ski from a ski boot, said brake comprising: support means on the upper surface of said ski formed with a passage for mounting the brake thereon; a spring-wire actuator having a bent portion received in said passage and swingable on said support means, said actuator being formed with a brake element and a bight, said bight being displaceable from a position lying along said surface into a position upstanding therefrom, said brake element extending transversely to the ski in the upstanding position of said actuator downwardly into the snow; a tread plate swingably mounted on said bight portion and displaceable by said ski boot to press said actuator toward said surface; and a further element connecting said plate to said support means and serving to guide said plate along a predetermined path, while forming a force-storing means tending to swing said actuator into its upstanding position, said further element including a spring wire swingable in another passage on said support means and having a bight pivotally connected to said plate, said support means between said passages forming one side, said tread plate forming an opposite side, said further element forming a third side and said actuator forming a fourth side of a quadrilateral stretching said bight of said actuator away from said support means when said tread plate is pressed toward said surface.