Ski safety binding

Claim 1

A safety ski binding comprising: a binding plate for supporting the sole of a ski boot; pivot bearing means for non-detachable fixing of said binding plate to a ski with an upper surface of said binding plate parallel to an upper surface of the ski, said binding plate being rotatable about said pivot bearing means between a normal skiing position and a laterally pivoted position in the event of a torsional fall of the skier, means for releasably holding said binding plate in said normal skiing position; first binding means for holding the heel of the ski boot mounted on said binding plate at the rear end of said binding plate; second binding means for holding the sole of the ski boot mounted on said binding plate at the forward end of said binding plate; one of said first and second binding means comprising two separate holder elements for holding the ski boot at opposite sides of the lengthwise axis of the binding plate, each of said holder elements being mounted on the binding plate for rotation about an axis extending substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the binding plate; and means for locking each holder element in a holding position, when the binding plate is in its normal skiing position and for releasing the respective holder element for rotation when said binding plate has rotated laterally out of its normal skiing position beyond a predetermined minimum angle.