Patent ID: 7111865
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
1. A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising: a base adapted to be supported on the sports article; an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article; the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm; a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot, while the first connecting zone of the boot moves relative to the attachment arm during said raising and lowering of the heel of the boot.