Patent ID: 6390493
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: A43B,A63C

Abstract:
In combination, a ski binding particularly adapted for cross-country, touring or telemark skiing, said ski binding having a toe member (54) constructed and configured for attachment to a ski, a boot (11) adapted for said skiing, said boot having a sole with a forward sole (15) terminating in the front portion of the boot and the front of the sole configured and constructed to engage said toe member and hold the front of the sole abutting the ski binding, said sole including a central area (16) connected to the forward sole by a transitional area and extended rearwardly to a heel (13), and said sole being constructed and configured to permit substantial bending of the sole relative to said engagement of the front portion to said binding and thereby substantially raising of the heel relative to the ski and said ski binding including a resilient elastic biased clamp cable (62) having an end member fixed to the toe member and having outer end members and having a connection of said outer end members to the forward sole and forward of the heel, the improvement in said connection of said cable 62 to said ski boot wherein said sole includes a groove (55) formed directly within the sole and said groove having a transverse vertical wall within and extended across said sole, said groove in said sole being spaced and located within said forward sole and forwardly of said heel, a substantially flat spring band elastic member (48) having a hook portion releasably directly engaging said groove in said sole and engaging said transverse vertical wall and having a flat portion extending therefrom beneath and in engagement with the sole from said groove to the front end of the sole, said outer end members of said clamp cable (62) being attached to said spring band elastic member (48) adjacent the front end of said forward sole and thereby said clamp cable (62) is operatively connected by said spring band elastic member to the sole and secures the hook portion in said groove with a permanent resilient bias and with said sole held within said toe member and further provides for substantial raising of the boot heel with substantial bending of the engaged elastic member (48) and the abutting sole of the boot during the cross country tourism and telemarking skiing.