Patent ID: 7988180
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A Ski binding with guide elements oriented in the binding longitudinal direction for a front and a rear binding piece body which can be pre-fitted or fitted on a ski, which binding piece bodies are designed to retain the front respectively rear end portion of a sports shoe within an substantially horizontally oriented standing plane, comprising a first coupling element connected to the front binding piece body and a second coupling element connected to the rear binding piece body, and mutually facing end portions of these coupling elements co-operate with a positioning and fixing mechanism disposed between the binding piece bodies for adjusting and retaining the binding piece bodies by reference to the binding longitudinal direction as and when necessary, and the mutually facing end portions of the coupling elements are disposed in an overlapping arrangement one above the other by reference to a vertical plane extending in the binding longitudinal direction, and an overlap width between the two coupling elements is variable to enable an individual adjustment of different binding piece distances, and the mutually overlapping end portions of the coupling elements respectively have a plurality of positioning elements for changing the overlap width in steps, wherein the positioning elements of the first and second coupling elements are disposed on the left-hand and/or right-hand side faces of the two coupling elements lying one above the other by reference to the standing plane and binding longitudinal direction, and the first and second coupling element can be selectively rigidly coupled with one another and uncoupled from one another by means of at least one lock element mounted so as to be displaceable substantially at a right angle to the vertical plane, and the at least one lock element can be moved into a mutual connecting engagement or out of engagement with both the positioning elements of the first coupling element and the positioning elements of the second coupling element.