Patent ID: 7922188

Claim:
A configuration, comprising: a ski boot having a boot sole with a tip and a heel; a ski binding having a retaining element with at least three fixed points disposed in corners of an imaginary triangle for connecting said boot sole to said ski binding, said boot sole being pivotable, during a lifting of said heel, via a pivotable movement about an axis located on an upper side of a ski in a region of said tip of said ski boot functioning as a first fixed point, said retaining element having a rear retaining element disposed in a ball region of a foot functioning as a second fixed point, a front retaining element serving as a third fixed point to couple said ski binding with said boot, whereas a relative position of the three fixed points is fixed during the lifting of said heel; said ski boot having a sole with a rounded outer sole surface, said rounded outer sole surface defining a toe spring measured from a ball contact point of said sole to a tip region of said sole; and said rear retaining element being pivotable about a stationary axis extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the ski, said stationary axis being arranged in the toe spring below the rounded outer sole surface.