Patent ID: 6092831
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A device for retaining a ski boot on a ski, the device including:a jaw for holding the ski boot onto the ski which pivots against a force from a resilient biasing system, the jaw having a longitudinal axis which lies in a longitudinal and vertical plane, the jaw being urged by the resilient biasing system to pivot about a first axis, and a second axis disposed on opposite sides of the longitudinal and vertical plane, such that the jaw pivots laterally from a center position outward towards an exterior area of the ski around the first axis and pivots from the center position inward towards an interior area of the ski around the second axis;the resilient biasing system including:a pulling member pivotally coupled at a first end to the jaw and coupled at a second end to a stop;a housing which defines a longitudinally extending interior bore within which the pulling member is movably received;a compression spring disposed around the pulling member in the bore of the housing, the spring being compressed between facing surfaces of the stop and the housing;the first and second axes being disposed relative to the longitudinal and vertical plane such that when the first and second axes are projected onto a transverse plane which is orthogonal to the longitudinal and vertical plane, the projection of the second axis is offset from a third axis, the first and third axes being disposed on the transverse plane symmetrically about the longitudinal and vertical plane.