Patent ID: 7264264

Claim:
A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising: (a) a base adapted to be supported on the sports article; (b) a kinematics arrangement for the device comprising: (1) an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article, the two fixing points of the attachment arm comprising: (A) a first fixing point articulating the attachment arm relative to the base; and (B) a second fixing point positioned rearward of the first fixing point, the second fixing point being adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot; (2) a guiding mechanism for guiding movement of the first connecting zone of the boot relative to the attachment arm during the raising and lowering of the heel relative to the sports article.