Patent ID: 9289675
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A63C

Claim Text:
1. A ski binding for a cross country or touring ski that advances in a forward direction, the ski binding comprising: a flexor having a slot that has spaced apart forward and rearward walls for receiving therebetween a rotation pin of a ski boot, wherein the forward wall is configured to engage a front surface of the ski boot when the ski boot is attached to the ski binding and the rotation pin is received within the slot; and a shoe attachment device for removeable attachment of the ski boot, wherein the shoe attachment device is provided with a pin receiving section for receiving and holding the rotation pin of the ski boot such that a hinge action of the ski binding is provided in an interface between the binding and the ski boot; and wherein the ski binding is further structured so as to hold the flexor in a position such that the slot of the flexor is coaxially aligned with the pin receiving section such that when the rotation pin of the ski boot is held in the pin receiving section the rotation pin is also within the slot of the flexor for holding the flexor in the ski binding thereby to prevent the flexor from being lost.