Patent ID: 7523953

Claim:
A ski binding configured to be secured to a snow ski and selectively retain a ski boot having a heel and a toe and worn by a skier having a tibial axis, the snow ski having a first-quadrant, a second-quadrant, a third-quadrant, a fourth-quadrant and a trailing end, the ski binding comprising: a heel piece for releasably engaging the heel of the ski boot; a toe piece for releasably engaging the toe of the ski boot, wherein said toe piece and said heel piece provide the ski binding with a non-attenuated release torque about the tibial axis of the skier when: the ski binding is mounted to the snow ski; the skier is wearing the ski boot; and the ski boot is properly captured in the ski binding; and release logic providing the ski binding with an attenuated release torque about the tibial axis in response substantially only to a lateral shear force being applied to the snow ski at a location in the third-quadrant.