Ski brake

Claim 1

A brake for a ski, comprising: a pair of laterally spaced wire levers, each wire lever being of predetermined diameter and comprising a pivot shaft intermediate a lower arm and an upper arm, said lever being rotatable between a braking position in which said lower arm extends below the ski and outboard from the ski and a non-braking position in which said lower arm does not extend below the ski; a coil spring disposed between said wire levers for biasing said lower arms outboard from the ski, said coil spring having a diameter no larger than the diameter of either of said levers; actuating means for urging each lever into said braking position; a generally circular pedal being rotatable about an axis perpendicular to said pedal and having a thickness about equal to the predetermined diameter of said wire levers, said pedal further having a downwardly facing recess containing the coil spring and receiving the upper arms of each of said wire levers, said pedal receiving pressure from the sole of a ski boot, said pedal being movable by the pressure of the ski boot from a non-skiing position to a skiing position, said levers being rotated into said non-braking position when said pedal means is moved into said skiing position; and positioning means for holding each of said lower arms in an inboard position against the bias of said coil spring when said levers are in said non-braking position, said positioning means comprising a guide surface on said pedal for engaging and urging inward said upper arms when said pedal is in said skiing position.