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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100314854 | SKI BINDING AND SKI THEREFOR The invention relates to a ski binding that includes an elastic buffer adapted to exert a return force on a boot when the boot heel is raised from the upper surface of the ski. The elastic buffer has a support surface adapted to come into abutment against the bottom of ... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100289251 | BINDING, E.G. SKI BINDING Binding for fastening a boot (10) into in exercise appliance, such as into a ski (1), which binding comprises at least a support part (4), a tip part (7) installed in the support part, and a heel loop (8), of which the position of at l... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20090295126 | SPRING CARTRIDGE FOR SKI BINDING The present invention relates to a spring cartridge for a ski binding, wherein the ski binding has a rotatable front binding part for attachment of a ski boot, and is in particular a telemark ski binding. In the binding the spring cartridge provides tension to a biasing... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20080272577 | Arrangement Consisting of a Ski Binding and a Ski Boot A configuration contains a ski binding and a ski boot, whereby a sole of the boot is connected to the ski binding by a maintaining element and performs a rolling off movement when the heel is lifted. The maintaining element contains at least three fixed points, whereby ... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080211205 | Device for retaining a boot on a snowshoe A device for laterally retaining a boot on a snowshoe (1), comprises a retaining plate (3) with a plane of general symmetry (P), on which are mounted front retaining means (4) made up of an assembly of retaining walls (4a, 4b... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080185820 | Ski binding, especially telemark binding Ski binding (10) for fixing a ski shoe that comprises an upper and a sole (11), having a front retaining element (12) associated with the front end of the sole, a rear retaining element (13) arranged to engage at the foresole or at the heel o... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080150256 | ARTICLE INCLUDING A BUTTON WHICH IS MOVABLE BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO POSITIONS An article, such as an alpine or cross-country binding, provided to be associated with a sports apparatus, such as a ski, the article including a control mechanism movable between at least two positions. The control mechanism includes an arrangement for attracting an ac... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080100035 | Hydroplaning skis for use on wet ground surfaces A pair of hydroplaning skis having a front end with a camber and or rocker, and a flat back portion, and a width wider than a foot of a user and a length greater than the width. The bottom surface area supports the weight of the user on the ski and distributes the weigh... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080042401 | IMPROVED BINDING SYSTEM The present invention relates to a ski binding that retains a boot to a ski in at least two independent operational states. One embodiment of a ski binding includes a toe receiving member and a releasable system. The toe receiving member is configured to engage the toe ... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20070235984 | SOLE FOR A CROSS-COUNTRY SKI BOOT INCLUDING CONNECTORS FIXED TO THE SOLE, AND A BOOT PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SOLE A flexible sole for a cross-country ski boot and a cross-country ski boot having such sole. The sole includes at least two members for connecting the boot to a binding device, the connecting members including portions anchored in the sole, the connecting members being f... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070228695 | CROSS-COUNTRY SKI ASSEMBLY AND CROSS-COUNTRY SKI BINDING An assembly of a ski and a device for binding a boot to the ski, the assembly including a ski having an upper surface adapted to receive the binding device. The assembly includes an anchoring device that includes a slide and a binding device that includes a base, the ba... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070138765 | Cross-country ski assembly and cross-country ski binding A binding device for a ski or other sports apparatus. The ski or sports apparatus provides an upper service adapted to receive a binding device for retaining a boot, the binding device including an anchoring mechanism to anchor the binding device to the ski, the anchori... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070126204 | Ski binding Ski binding (1; 1′; 1″), in particular touring, telemark or cross-country binding, with a front retaining element associated with the front sole end (7a) of a ski boot (5), a back retaining element (21) so constructed that it engag... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070126203 | Telemark binding with releasable riser plate assembly A releasable riser plate assembly is provided for use with a telemark binding. The assembly is mounted to a ski. The assembly includes a base plate interconnecting a front and rear housing, and a release plate mounted over the base plate. Force transmitting members are ... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070114762 | Device for fastening a sports boot to a board for gliding A device for fastening a sports boot to a board for gliding, comprising a first element (1) for connecting to a boot, comprising a first jaw (2) capable of fastening a first front part (31) of the boot and a second element (11) for linking to... | 05/24/2007 |
| 20070108735 | Binding system The present invention relates to a ski binding that retains a boot to a ski in at least two independent operational states. One embodiment of a ski binding includes a toe receiving member and a releasable system. The toe receiving member is configured to engage the toe ... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20060273551 | BINDING DEVICE HAVING A PIVOTABLE ARM A device for binding a boot to a sports article allowing the heel of the boot to be raised with respect to the sports article, of the type in which the boot has a first connecting zone positioned at the front of the boot, and a second connecting zone positioned rearward... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060255563 | Vehicle leveling device Vehicle leveling device having a stand which, in use, is positioned on the ground next to a wheel of a vehicle, a lever beam which extends laterally from the stand and beneath the wheel with a proximal end portion of the lever beam being mounted on the stand for movemen... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060012152 | Device for binding a boot to a sports article A device for binding a boot to a cross-country ski, the device fixing the front of the boot to the ski while allowing the rear of the boot to move relative to the ski between a low position and a high position. The device includes an elastic return system for applying a... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060012151 | Device for binding a boot to a sports article having a separate elastic return system A device for binding a boot to a sports article, of the type including a retaining system through which the boot is fixed to the sports article with a possibility to move relative to the sports article, between a low position and a high position, of the type including a... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050167949 | Ski binding, in particular for cross-country skiing A ski binding, in particular for cross-country skiing, comprising a sliding element (142) displaceable in the running direction, as well as at least two spring-loaded pins (101) movable in transverse direction for latching engagement in corresponding fitti... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050051996 | Flexible connection between sports device and shoe The invention describes a pivotable binding system (1) for mounting between a sports device (2) and a tread surface (5) for a user's foot, in which the tread surface (5) is pivotable about an axis extending more or less parallel with the ankl... | 03/10/2005 |