Heel grip with pedal operated ski brake for rotary ski binding

Claim 1

A heel grip for a safety ski binding for mounting on a generally planar ski having a longitudinal axis, said heel grip comprising: a retaining plate mountable on the ski; a rotary plate rotatably mounted on said retaining plate for rotation relative to said retaining plate about an axis normal to the ski plane, said retaining plate and said rotary plate having cooperating means for limiting the range of rotation of said rotary plate, said cooperating means including a recess in said retaining plate which receives a nose in said rotary plate; a pedal pivotally mounted on said rotary plate for rotation about an axis transverse to the rotational axis of said rotary plate and parallel to the ski plane between a non-skiing position spaced from said rotary plate and a skiing position adjacent said rotary plate; spring means biassing said pedal away from said rotary plate; a ski brake pivotally mounted on said rotary plate, said ski brake comprising a lever pivotally attached to said rotary plate for rotation about a braking axis parallel to and forward of the axis of said pedal between a braking position and a skiing position, a pair of braking wings pivotally mounted at spaced positions on said lever for rotation with said lever between the braking position wherein said braking wings extend beneath the plane of the ski and the skiing position wherein the braking wings are disposed above the plane of the ski, said braking wings being pivotal about parallel axes transverse to the rotational axis of said lever between positions outboard of the ski and inboard of the ski, and connecting means having free end portions connected respectively to said braking wings for rotating said braking wings about their respective parallel axes, said connecting means being movable in response to movement of said pedal from its non-skiing position towards its skiing position to move said lever from its braking position to its skiing position and said connecting means being further movable in response to the movement of said pedal to its skiing position to rotate said braking wings to the inboard positions, and said connecting means rotating said braking wings to the outboard positions in response to movement of said pedal out of the skiing position.