Patent ID: 6685213
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A touring, telemark, or cross-country ski binding, comprising:a supporting means configured to offer support in forward, upward and side directions to a front part of an associated shoe; and a retaining means connected to the supporting means and configured to hold the shoe in the supporting means such that a heel of the shoe can be raised freely, the retaining means including a clamping means selected from the group consisting of a tension cable and a clamping plate, the clamping means pivotably connected to the supporting means in an area of a metatarsal zone and configured to pivot about a pivot axis located above a lower surface of a front sole of the shoe, the clamping means configured to engage a front part of the shoe behind the metatarsal zone and in an area of a plantar arch or just ahead thereof wherein said supporting means and said retaining means cooperate to secure the portion of the sole forward of the pivot axis parallel with the supporting means.