Patent ID: 7357406

Claim:
For use with a ski binding mounted on a ski for releasably securing a ski boot to the ski binding and to the ski, the binding having a front latching apparatus having at least one front sole holder rotatable about a longitudinal axis in the vertically upward locking direction to a front vertical locking position and a rear latching apparatus having at least one rear sole holder rotatable about a transverse axis in the vertically upward locking direction to a rear vertical locking position, a ski boot sole for cooperating with the ski binding for releasably locking the ski boot sole in the ski binding, said ski boot sole having an underside and longitudinal borders, and comprising: fixing structure fixed with respect to said sole for cooperating with the ski binding for fixing said sole in an operative relationship on the binding; front recess walls defining at least one front recess open to the underside of said sole and in relation to the longitudinal borders of said sole, said at least one front recess being able to receive the at least one front sole holder during the rotation of the at least one front sole holder in the vertically upward locking direction; front sole holder latching apparatus fixed with respect to said sole and proximate said at least one front recess for being engaged by the at least one front sole holder when the at least one front sole holder rotates into said at least one recess to the front vertical locking position, to secure said ski boot sole against displacement in the forward, sideways and vertical directions; rear recess walls defining at least one rear recess open in the downward direction and in relation to the side borders of said sole, said at least one recess being positioned to receive the at least one of the rear sole holders when the at least one rear sole holder rotates into the vertically upward locking direction when said sole is in the operative relationship with the ski binding; and rear sole holder latching structure fixed with respect to said sole for being engaged by the at least one rear sole holder when said at least one rear sole holder rotates into said at least one recess to the rear vertical locking position.