Land vehicles – Skates – Runner type
Patent
1992-09-25
1995-01-31
Camby, Richard M.
Land vehicles
Skates
Runner type
280611, 280633, A63C 900
Patent
active
053853644
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a ski with a ski binding, wherein provided in front of and/or behind the binding fixing region are raised portions which stick up with respect to the boot support surface and which are preferably integrated with the body of the ski, and a ski binding member is connected at least to one of said raised portions.
It has already been proposed that attachment bodies he arranged on the surface of a ski in front of the front binding or behind the rear binding, for the purposes of aerodynamically cladding the ski binding. In this connection, the suggestion has also already been put forward that the attachment bodies should be in the form of integrated components of the body of the ski and the ski binding should be connected to the attachment bodies directly or indirectly with the interposition of adaptors (French patent specification No. 1 528 773). With such a design configuration, the ski manufacturer can manufacture and sell or market a ski with a binding already integrated therein.
In the case of a ski with an integrated binding of the general kind set forth in the opening part of this specification, one difficulty is that the spacing between the raised portions in front of and behind the binding fixing region, if they are integrated with the remainder of the body of the ski, cannot be adjusted to different boot sizes.
Therefore the object of the present invention is that of providing a ski with a ski binding of the general kind set forth in the opening part of this specification, which avoids the disadvantages of the known proposals and which in particular permits adjustment of the ski binding to different boot sizes.
In accordance with the invention, that is achieved in that a component of the ski binding is guided longitudinally movably and in such a way as to be secured against lifting off, by guide surfaces which are provided in the raised portion and which are disposed at least partially over the boot support surface and which extend parallel to the longitudinal direction of the ski.
By virtue of the invention, even in the case of raised portions which are integrated with the body of the ski, it is possible to provide for adaptation to different boot sizes, for example by virtue of adjusting means for coarse and/or fine adjustment in the longitudinal direction of the ski, of the component of the ski binding which is guided in the raised portion. Apart from that, in some cases, the component of the ski binding, which is guided in the raised portion, when starting from a given longitudinal position, may perform a limited free longitudinal movement against the action of a force, for example a resilient buffer or another spring element, which is advantageous for the purposes of compensating for stresses caused by flexing of the ski which occurs in use, and for the purposes of damping the transmission of oscillations of the ski to the ski boot.
In regard to the usual trimming of a ski, it is desirable if the side guide surfaces for the component of the ski binding, which is guided in the raised portion of the body of the ski, are arranged displaced towards the centre line of the ski at a spacing from the side surfaces of the ski, and if that spacing is preferably larger than the width of the ski side plate portion beneath the raised portion. The guide surfaces for the component of the binding my form an upwardly open groove in the raised portion of the body of the ski. In that case, in order to prevent the penetration of snow into the upwardly open groove, it is advantageous if a sealing means for sealing relative to the exterior, which is variable in respect of its length, for example a bellows member, is disposed between the end of the groove which is remote from the binding fixing region and the corresponding end of the component of the binding which is guided in the groove. In general, such sealing means between the end, which is remote from the ski binding fixing region, of the component of the binding which is guided in the raised portion, and the raised portion, can be a sealin
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patent: 5114173 (1992-05-01), Goud et al.
Camby Richard M.
Kastle Aktiengesellschaft
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