Patent ID: 8833793
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. Ski binding for mounting on an upper side of a ski, comprising a sole element, a front retaining device, for retaining a ski boot in a toe region of the ski boot, and an automatic heel unit, for retaining the ski boot in a heel region of the ski boot, wherein the sole element is mounted such that it can be pivoted about a pivot axis, which is arranged in the front region of the sole element and is oriented essentially horizontally in the transverse direction of the ski, wherein the automatic heel unit allows safety release in the forward direction, and wherein a) the ski binding has a downhill position, in which the sole element is oriented essentially parallel to the ski, b) and the ski binding has a climbing position, in which the sole element can be pivoted about the pivot axis, characterized in that the automatic heel unit, both in the downhill position of the ski binding and in the climbing position of the ski binding, is arranged on the ski, wherein the heel region of a ski boot retained in the ski binding, a) in the downhill position of the ski binding, can be arrested in a lowered position by the automatic heel unit and, b) in the climbing position of the ski binding, can be freed by the automatic heel unit, as a result of which the ski boot, in the climbing position of the ski binding, can be pivoted about the pivot axis together with the sole element.