Patent ID: 7556280

Claim:
Binding mechanism to provide a pivoting connection of a sports shoe to a board-type gliding device, in particular to a ski, with a first or front retaining element for retaining the front toe-end portion of a sports shoe, a second or rear retaining element for retaining the rear heel-end portion of a sports shoe, and with an elongate connecting element of variable shape between the first and the second retaining element, which connecting element extends underneath the sole of a sports shoe inserted in the binding mechanism, wherein the connecting element is provided in the form of a link chain with a plurality of connecting link parts, and the individual link parts are articulatingly connected to one another by means of several link joints, which form several articulation axes oriented parallel with one another, and the articulation axes of the link joints are oriented essentially horizontally and extend transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the connecting element and transversely to the binding longitudinal axis.