Land vehicles – Skates – Shoe attaching means
Patent
1998-06-15
2000-07-25
Swann, J. J.
Land vehicles
Skates
Shoe attaching means
280634, A63C 908
Patent
active
060928301
ABSTRACT:
A release binding (20) is shown for releasably attaching a ski boot to a telemark or cross-country ski (22). A load spool (50) having a circumferential groove (56) is attached perpendicular to the bottom of a standard toe plate (24) used to secure the toe of the boot. A release plate (40) having a planar load spring (44) inside is attached to the ski. The load spring has two sides (62, 64) attached together at both ends forming an elongated aperture. To assemble the boot on the ski, the skier orients the load spool through a hole (48) in the top of the release plate into the elongated aperture of the spring and pushes down. A pilot surface (60) on the load spool pushes the two sides of the spring apart until the groove is reached whereupon the two spring sides snap into the groove retaining the toe plate on the ski.
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Swann J. J.
Tyson Timothy Thut
Vanaman F. B.
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