Ski boot heel binding

Details Ski boot heel binding Ski boot heel binding

1983-08-10

1985-11-05

Peters, Jr., Joseph F.

Land vehicles

Skates

Shoe attaching means

280632, A63C 9084

Patent

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045509298

ABSTRACT:
A heel binding for ski boots cooperates with a boot heel plate for use in either alpine or cross-country skiing and includes a pivot member displaceable between locked and unlocked positions. In the locked position, during alpine skiing a forward shoulder on the pivot member engages the heel plate and resists upward thrust of the boot heel according to a selective biasing force as provided by a yieldable latch member engaging a first detent on a cam section of the pivot member. In the alternate unlocked position, for cross-country skiing, the pivot member is retained clear of the heel plate by engagement of the same latch member within a second detent on the pivot member cam section. The forward portion of the binding is constructed to engage within a mating recess in the heel plate and/or boot heel on each downward motion of the heel so as to guide the skier's foot into proper axial alignment with the ski. As a safety feature, the pivot member also is automatically displaced clear of the heel plate when the selected biasing force exerted by the latch member is overcome, such as during a fall.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3985371 (1976-10-01), Pyzel
patent: 4116462 (1978-09-01), Buel
patent: 4269430 (1981-05-01), Eie
patent: 4417749 (1983-11-01), Naptlin

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