Patent ID: 8448990

Claim:
A heel mounting plate configured to rest on and mate with a heel bearing surface of a ski binding having a heel portion and a toe portion, where a heel portion of a boot attached to the ski binding rests on the heel bearing surface of the ski binding, and with the heel bearing surface of the ski binding having features or structure as part of its design, the heel mounting plate comprising: an upper surface, having one or more sections of variable thickness, configured so that the height along the upper surface is a specified distance above the toe portion of the ski binding when the heel mounting plate is mated with the heel bearing surface; one or more mating surfaces configured to rest on the heel bearing surface of the ski binding; and one or more complementary mating elements configured to mate with the features or structure of the heel bearing surface of the ski binding, with the mating surface, upper surface and one or more complementary mating elements configured so that the heel mounting plate rests on and mates with the heel bearing surface of the ski binding and does not mate with the toe portion of the ski binding.