Cross country ski binding

US4322092A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Vereinigte Baubeschlagfabriken Gretsch & Co. GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rudi Feucht · Rutesheim, DE
• Manfred Schmidt · Krefeld, DE
• Peter Biermann · Warmbronn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 20, 1980
• Grant date: Mar 30, 1982
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63C9/20
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A cross country ski binding for securing a ski shoe by a forwardly directed extension of its sole to a ski features a recess defined between two side walls, a top wall and a base plate with at least one and preferably two bracing members arranged within the recess and extending vertically at right angles to the top wall of the recess. The bracing members are adapted in operation to engage in corresponding longitudinally extending slots in the sole extension and serve to stiffen the recess and to react the tilting moments occuring during skiing. A securing device in the form of a toggle lever mechanism includes a hooked member which serves to engage behind a corresponding projection on the sole extension to draw the same into the binding and to prevent the ski shoe from moving rearwardly out of the binding. Various modifications are disclosed including an embodiment in which the bracing members are formed by inwardly turned portions of the sheet metal base plate of the binding.