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Locking device particularly for ski boots

US4727627A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 30, 1987
Grant dateMar 1, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T24/2183
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The locking device comprises an operating lever, pivotally connected to one of the elements to be brought together, and supporting a take-up spool for a joining element, connected at a fixed point to the other of the elements to be brought together. The spool is rotatable about an axis spaced from and lying substantially parallel to the pivot axis of the lever. There are also provided members for releasably blocking rotation of the spool at least in the direction of unwinding of the joining element.

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