Patent ID: 7900951

Claim:
A heel piece of a safety binding for a ski boot that is able to occupy at least two positions, an open position and a closed position in which it is able to hold a ski boot securely for skiing, the heel piece comprising a body ( 11 ) that occupies the same position in each of these two positions of the heel piece, the body ( 11 ) comprising a release mechanism to allow the boot to be released by the opening of the heel piece if a force exceeds a predetermined level, the heel piece further comprising a lever ( 12 ) comprising jaws ( 14 ) in its anterior part, these being able to collaborate with the heel of a ski boot, the lever ( 12 ) being mounted so that it can rotate relative to the body ( 11 ) about a pivot ( 13 ) so as to occupy two different positions corresponding to the two, open and closed, positions of the heel piece, at least one end of the pivot ( 13 ) being held near the body ( 11 ) of the heel piece, wherein the jaws ( 14 ) have a lateral surface ( 16 ) approximately in the continuation of the anterior lateral surface of the arms ( 17 ) of the body ( 11 ), and the lever does not comprise lateral arms straddling the body ( 11 ) in the region of the pivot ( 13 ).