Patent ID: 7510207
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A ski binding, with guide elements which can be mounted or pre-fitted on a ski in the binding longitudinal direction, for a front and a rear jaw body, which jaw bodies are designed to retain the front and rear end portions, respectively, of a sports shoe, comprising a first coupling element connected to the front jaw body and a second coupling element connected to the rear jaw body, and mutually facing end portions of these coupling elements co-operate with a positioning and fixing mechanism disposed between the jaw bodies in order to adjust and retain the jaw body as necessary by reference to the binding longitudinal direction, and the mutually facing end portions of the coupling elements are disposed to overlap, and an overlap width between the two coupling elements can be varied to make an individual adjustment for different jaw distances, and the end portions of the coupling elements have a plurality of positioning elements for making a stepped change to the overlap width, wherein when viewed from above onto a support plane for a sport shoe, at least two mutually parallel rows of positioning elements are provided on the first and on the second coupling element, in each instance, wherein the individual positioning element-rows on the two coupling elements are oriented in alignment with one another, and the positioning element-rows per coupling element are disposed offset from one another in the binding longitudinal direction, and an offset distance between adjacent rows of positioning elements represents a step dimension for an overlap step width between the coupling elements, and wherein the positioning elements are provided in the form of a plurality of perforations in the mutually facing end portions of the coupling elements.