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Device for raising a ski binding and ski equipped with such a device

US5845923A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 14, 1996
Grant dateDec 8, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63C9/00
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A raising device (1) intended to be placed in the support region (3) of a ski and to accommodate a safety binding formed at the front by a toe piece (15) and at the rear by a heel piece (16), said device being composed of two opposing arms (3, 4) extending in regions having an overlap along the longitudinal direction of the ski, each of the arms (3, 4) having a bearing point (7, 8) located on the ski, wherein each of the arms has a floating end which is raised relative to the upper face of the ski and is connected to the ski solely by a viscoelastic block (5, 6), these two blocks being equipped on their upper face with a metal platform (17, 18) capable of accommodating respectively the toe piece (15) and the heel piece (16), the fixed bearing points and the floating ends of the arms being opposite one another.

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