Ski brake

Details Ski brake Ski brake

1978-04-13

1981-06-09

Mitchell, David M.

Land vehicles

Skates

Runner type

280636, A63C 710

Patent

active

042720990

ABSTRACT:
A ski brake for preventing the runaway of a ski following a release of the ski boot from engagement with the ski bindings on the ski. The ski brake includes a spring wire bar having a plurality of bends therein, one of the bends forming a stationary axle about which the entirety of the ski brake pivots. Another portion of the bar has a bend therein defining a movable axle. Both the stationary and the movable axles are mounted on a support plate. The position of the support plate relative to the ski binding component is selectively adjustable by a detent bar. As the ski brake is pivoted from the braking position wherein the braking mandrels project beneath the lower surface of the ski to a retracted position wherein the braking mandrels are located alongside the ski binding component, the movable axle is moved closer to the stationary axle to decrease the force required to hold the ski brake in the retracted position. Since the ski binding component can be mounted for movement along the longitudinal axis of the ski, any such movement will also effect a simultaneous movement of the support plate holding the ski brake because of the detent bar connection therebetween. Guide rails are provided for supporting both the support plate and the ski binding for movement along the longitudinal axis of the ski.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3992030 (1976-11-01), Salomon
patent: 4012057 (1977-03-01), Courvoisier
patent: 4036509 (1977-07-01), Schwarz
patent: 4103916 (1978-08-01), Krob et al.
patent: 4123083 (1978-10-01), Riedel

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