Patent ID: 7887080
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. A cross-country or telemark ski binding adapted for mounting on the top face of a ski or on a mounting plate mounted thereon, and adapted to be longitudinally displaceable, said binding including a locking device operative to lock said binding in a plurality of sliding positions, wherein said locking device is subdivided into a first locking unit, which is active only in the forward direction, and a second locking unit, which is active only in the rearward direction, the arrangement being such that on unlocking of that locking unit which is active only in the forward direction said binding is displaceable only in the forward direction and on unlocking of that locking unit which is active only in the rearward direction said binding is displaceable only in the rearward direction, wherein said locking units each comprise, associated with the binding, a resiliently biased locking element having locking teeth and, associated with the ski or mounting plate, a counterpart locking element having notches accommodating the locking teeth; wherein locking elements associated with the binding are in each case tongues that are integrally formed or connected in articulated manner so as to be flexurally resilient on the undersides of which tongues there are formed in each case at least one slanting tooth, a slanting tooth profile, the front flank of the tooth or teeth of the locking element which is active only in the forward direction extending substantially vertically, whereas the situation in the case of the tooth or teeth of that locking element which is active only in the rearward direction is just the opposite.