Patent ID: 6471235
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A63C,Y10T

Abstract:
A binding mounting system for rapidly mounting a slidable front jaw and a slidable rear jaw of a ski binding onto a ski having a top face, which comprises(a) a plate-shaped base element having a bearing surface and mounted on the top face of the ski, (b) a front longitudinal guide mechanism and a rear longitudinal guide mechanism on the base element, the guide mechanisms preventing vertical and transverse displacements of the front jaw and the rear jaw to be mounted on the base element relative to the bearing surface thereof, (c) a positioning and locking device immobile relative to the base element and arranged thereon between the front and rear longitudinal guide mechanisms at a distance therefrom, the positioning and locking device having a top face remote from the base element and (1) having at least one rigid raised portion with steep flanks on the top face, and (d) a bar-shaped linking member extending towards a respective one of the guide mechanisms and having an end linked to a respective one of the jaws, the linking member having several recesses matching the rained portion to provide a positive fit between the raised portion and one of the recesses.