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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237793 | Snowboard binding The invention relates to a snowboard binding for soft boots. The fixing straps can be pivoted by means of a joint from a closed position to an open position close to the opening for entry. The straps are kept in an open position by means of a holding device. The hol... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7159892 | Snowboard binding with suspension heel loop A binding includes a suspension heel loop formed by an upper member pivotally connected to the base of the binding frame. The heel loop flexes or moves in a controlled manner with respect to the binding base at the heel end of the binding. A binding having the suspe... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7086662 | Ski binding The present invention relates to a safety ski binding for a ski or a ski board, which has central attaching means, and is capable of reacting to the friction between the boot and the binding. This is achieved by providing a pair of plates which are moveable one in r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073812 | Assembly for retaining a boot on gliding board An assembly for retaining a boot on a gliding board having a release block with at least one jaw for retaining a member for fastening the boot, the jaw being movable between a closed position in which it retains the fastening member and an open position in which it ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6951347 | Front binding for gliding-sports device The front binding (1) comprises two jaws (5a, 5b) holding a boot vertically and laterally by means of their actions on the sole of the boot and articulated on a carriage (4) that is movable in translation between two extreme... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6050590 | Self-coupling snowboard binding and footwear therefor A booting device allows quick booting-up without any prior adjustment. The booting device includes a substantially oblong foundation (1) to be affixed to the board. The foundation is fitted with two plates (3; 4) vertically fastened to its two large sides... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5967531 | Device for retaining a boot on a board having a journalled dorsal support element A device for retaining a snowboard boot includes a base on which the sole of the boot is adapted to rest, a turned-up heel support portion extending upwardly from the base at the rear of the device, and a dorsal support element. The dorsal support element... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5722679 | Element assembly for retaining shoes or boots on a gliding board The invention relates to an assembly of two retention elements of two boots of a skier on two skis. Each retention element has a retention jaw, a return spring of the jaw, a linkage for transmission of movement between the retention jaw and the spring, an... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5566967 | Front jaw for a safety ski binding A front jaw for a safety binding comprising a housing (2,3), which can be fastened on a ski, the housing having a lower part (3) and an upper part (2), and at least one adjustable release spring (4), with two essentially horizontally swingable sole holder... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5378009 | Ski binding Safety binding for an alpine ski, designed to hold a boot in place on a ski and to release this boot when it exerts excessive stress in the binding. The binding (1) comprises a base (3) , a boot position-retention device (5), a return spring (10), a linka... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5362088 | Safety ski binding having toe and heel forked clamp assemblies A ski binding for a longitudinally extending ski including a forked toe clamp including two fork prongs for holding a front part of the ski boot. The forked toe clamp is rotatable around an axis. The ski binding also includes a forked heel clamp for holdi... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5236218 | Ski binding with a holding mechanism for the front and heel jaws The invention relates to a ski binding (1) with a toe-holding unit (2) and a heel-holding unit (3). Release mechanisms (8) are integrated in the latter and can be set to different releasing forces. Detachably fastened on the ski are longitudinal guidance ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5180183 | Releasable ski binding A releasable ski binding is provided with a boot holder which can be swivelled around a vertical shaft and is pushed into a normal ski boot holding position by a piston. At its end facing the boot holder, the piston is arranged to be slidable into the tra... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5016902 | Safety ski binding A safety ski binding includes two lateral retention wings movable about respective journal axes. Two frontal support elements are also journalled about the journal axis and include rolling rear surfaces which support and roll against the sole of a ski boo... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5015005 | Front-piece for a safety ski-binding A front piece for safety ski bindings having a sole holder adapted to be pivoted sideways against the force of a spring and serving to support the ski boot sole sideways and towards the front, a pedal for actuating a control mechanism which maintains the ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4960289 | Endpiece body for safety ski bindings An endpiece for a safety ski binding attached to a ski, the endpiece comprising an elongated housing for disposition on the ski in the longitudinal direction of the ski; a lever pivotably mounted to the housing, the lever including a first end having a bo... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4913456 | Front-piece for a safety ski-binding A front piece for safety ski bindings having a sole holder adapted to be pivoted sideways against the force of a spring and serving to support the ski boot sole sideways and towards the front, a pedal for actuating a control mechanism which maintains the ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4815754 | Safety binding for ski A safety binding for a ski includes a jaw for holding the sole of a ski boot, the jaw being movable at least transversely with respect to the axis of the ski. The jaw is held in its normal position by an elastic member which returns it into its normal pos... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4603880 | Ski binding Ski safety binding which maintains one end of a ski boot or shoe secured to a ski. The binding includes: (a) a jaw for securing the sole of a shoe or boot to the ski, when the binding is in the locked position; (b) a pivot to be secured to the ski; (c) a rotat... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4589673 | Release mechanism for a ski binding A release mechanism for assisting a binding to resist pivoting about an element fixed to the ski. The mechanism includes an adjustable mechanical release mechanism for producing an initial release retention force, and a hydraulic pneumatic or mechanical a... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4583757 | Safety binding for ski A safety binding for use with a ski including holding, support and intermediate members, and an elastic system. The holding member is adapted to hold one end of a ski boot onto the ski, and the support member is adapted to be attached to the ski. The elas... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4572541 | Safety toe-abutment member for a ski A toe-abutment member providing safety ski boot release in the event of a backward-fall movement combined with a twisting movement of the skier's leg comprises a fixed locking member having an inclined ramp and an abutment body pivotally mounted on a cros... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4494769 | Ski-binding toe abutment member for a ski boot having a truncated sole The toe abutment member of a ski binding is adapted to cooperate with a ski boot provided with a sole having a truncated front end and a toe-cap extension in overhung relation to the truncated front end. The abutment member comprises a feeler element plac... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4480850 | Toe holder for safety ski bindings A toe holder for safety ski bindings having a housing, an axle attached to the housing and perpendicular to the top surface of the ski, a sole engaging unit pivotally mounted to the axle and movable between a skiing and a releasing position, and a spring ... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4457533 | Safety binding for ski A safety binding for use with a ski including holding support and intermediate members, and an elastic system. The holding member is adapted to hold one end of a ski boot onto the ski, and the support member is adapted to be attached to the ski. The elast... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4449730 | Front jaw for a safety ski binding The invention relates to a jaw, in particular a front jaw for safety ski bindings including a support member having at least two bolts therein symmetrically arranged with respect to a longitudinal center plane of the jaw and oriented perpendicularly with ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4405152 | Ski binding jaw A ski binding front jaw has a cylindrical sleeve supported on a ski-fixed housing for axial movement parallel to the longitudinal axis of the ski in response to movement of ski boot engaging sole holders. An adjusting screw has an end portion rotatably an... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4401318 | Toe abutment member for a ski binding Under normal skiing conditions, two lateral arms of a jaw unit cooperate with the toe end of a ski boot in order to maintain the boot in the axis of the ski and are held in position with a force designated as the inherent stiffness of release. When an exc... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4398747 | Toe fitting of safety ski binding This toe-fitting for safety ski binding is of the type intended for operating in conjunction with a boot supporting device and includes a boot supporting plate movable across the ski and adapted, during its movement, to cause through a cam mechanism the t... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4330138 | Combined ski boot and safety binding assembly In this assembly comprising a ski boot and a safety ski binding for the heel end of the ski boot, adapted to cooperate with the heel end by means of a heel clamping member, the rounded rear end of the upper extends beyond the heel end of the sole, and a r... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4314714 | Safety ski binding A safety ski binding having an automatic heel release binding which releases when the skier suffers a frontal fall and a front jaw or front release binding which releases when the skier experiences a torsional fall. The automatic heel release binding is s... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4286801 | Safety toe unit for a ski binding A safety toe unit for a ski binding features a toe clamp 14 attached via a pivot pin 11 to a draw rod 12 which draws the toe clamp under the effects of a bias spring 23 against a binding housing 22. Complementary pairs of abutment features are provided on... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4277084 | Acceleration compensated step-in ski bindings An acceleration compensated step-in type ski binding for releasably securing a ski boot to a ski. The ski binding includes a pivotable body member mounted on a support plate attached to the ski which engages the boot on one side of a pivot and carries a m... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4218071 | Ski safety binding with automatic compensating mechanism A ski safety binding is provided with a mechanism for compensating for undesired variations in vertical retention stress, e.g., friction between the sole of the ski boot and the boot retaining jaw of the binding. The mechanism comprises two members movabl... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4123084 | Ski boot toe binding A metallic main body having a toe holder at one end thereof is rotatably mounted upon a base plate by a pivot means provided at one end portion of the main body adjacent to the toe holder. A cam member, against which a roller located at one end of a pisto... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4095821 | Safety ski binding The safety binding comprises a vertical pivot integral with a base mounted to the ski, a binding rotating upon the pivot and carrying means for retaining the boot, a locking system ensuring that the boot is maintained in a specific position upon the ski, ... | 06/20/1978 |
