Patent ID: 6811177
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A device for binding a boot to a sports article, said device comprising:a housing adapted to receive a fastening member for fastening the boot to the device; a movable latch arranged to be displaced between an open position, in which the fastening member can be introduced or disengaged from the housing, and a closed position, in which the latch prevents the disengagement of the fastening member; and a control system for controlling displacement of the movable latch, the control system comprising a gripping member and a connecting rod, the connecting rod having two ends, a first of the two ends being linked to the movable latch and a second of the two ends being linked to the gripping member; the gripping member being slidably movable in a linear direction not contained in a horizontal plane defined by a lowermost surface of the device adapted to be supported upon the sports article.