Patent ID: 6450526
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A binding for releasably retaining a boot to a gliding board by retaining an end of the boot to the gliding board, said binding comprising:a body movable in a vertical and longitudinal plane with respect to the gliding board, said body comprising a jaw adapted to retain the end of the boot, said body to be connected to the gliding board by two curved side arms by means of a first journal extending along a first axis transverse to the gliding board, located at an end of an upper arm portion of said curved arms, and of a second journal extending along a second axis transverse to the gliding board, cooperating affixedly with the ski in the vicinity of an end of the boot beneath a sole of the boot and with a front end of a lower arm portion of said curved arms; an elastic mechanism adapted to return said jaw toward a surface of the gliding board, said elastic mechanism being housed in said body of the jaw, wherein the connection of said body of the jaw with each of said two curved side arms is constituted by a guiding pivot cooperating with a guiding ramp, wherein said guiding pivot and said guiding ramp are arranged across from each other on either said body of the jaw or said curved side arms; a maneuvering lever journalled about an axis of said guiding pivot for moving said jaw from a boot inserted position to a boot released position, said maneuvering lever having at least two ends, a first of said two ends of said maneuvering lever cooperating with said body of the jaw by another journal, a second of said two ends of said maneuvering lever being subject to a downward thrust, causing an upward movement of said jaw to said boot released position, said elastic mechanism being arranged beneath said axis of said guiding pivot of said maneuvering lever; said jaw having opposite lateral walls cooperating with respective ones of said curved side arms during movement of said maneuvering lever, whereby each of said lateral walls of said jaw includes a release ramp or a release lug and each of said curved side arms includes a release ramp or a release lug, each of said release lugs being guided by a respective one of said release ramps, said release lugs being arranged beneath said axis of said guiding pivot of said maneuvering lever.