Land vehicles – Skates – Runner type
Patent
1977-10-11
1979-02-06
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles
Skates
Runner type
A63C 710
Patent
active
041381386
ABSTRACT:
A snow ski brake becomes effective to stop a ski, after a skier falls and his or her boot is released and cleared from a ski binding, otherwise unintentionally starting a ski on a free runaway downhill run. The free run of the ski however, doesn't occur, because a plow like braking arm, originally held upright over the ski and at a right angle to the ski top, adjacent the ski boot heel plate, under spring force, immediately pivots through 180.degree. in a transverse plane about a horizontal axis, thereby projecting downwardly at a right angle to the ski bottom and becoming an excellent snow plow to stop the ski within a reasonably short distance. In one embodiment, the plow like braking arm is first held in its inactive position by having its transverse or lateral latching bar, which is secured to it at ninety degrees, held transversely adjacent the ski top by a spring biased catch. Then when a skier steps into his or her binding the plow like braking arm is then held in its inactive position only by the skier's boot for the boot upon entering the binding also depresses and releases the spring biased catch. Thereafter the snow ski brake is ready for immediate release, if the ski boot is released and cleared from the binding. In another embodiment, movements of a ski binding are utilized to perform the function of the spring biased catch.
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patent: 4066276 (1978-01-01), Salomon
Church Gene A.
Mattern Jr. Roy E.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
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