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US2798728A
US2798728A US344563A US34456353A US2798728A US 2798728 A US2798728 A US 2798728A US 344563 A US344563 A US 344563A US 34456353 A US34456353 A US 34456353A US 2798728 A US2798728 A US 2798728A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/18—Non-self-releasing bindings without heel-straps, but with a clamping device arranged at the front end of, or behind, the binding
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/0036—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design
    • A43B3/0073—Y-shaped
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/04—Non-self-releasing long strap bindings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/06—Non-self-releasing heel-engaging cable bindings fastened to the front end of the ski

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  • the invention relates mainly to that type of bindings, in which the boot is connected to the ski by mutually separate fastening means attached to the toe part and the heel, respectively.
  • These bindings have proved particularly suitable for downhill runs and slalom because they provide a firm yet in a certain sense yielding connection between the boot and the ski.
  • the heel fastening means consists of a strap firmly enclosing the foot part and ankle, and rings which are laterally fixed thereto and can be hung selectively into catches fixed on both sides of the ski. It has been found that after prolonged use of these bindings the heel fastening means becomes somewhat loose so that the heel is no longer urged against the ski with the desired force. This is also due to the fact that the heel fastening means cannot be pulled too tightly because the rings to be caught must be passed over the hook ends and part of the tension is lost as they slide back to the bottom of the hook. Moreover, it was not possible to release or at least loosen the heel fastening means in cases where a fixed connection of the heel to the ski is undesired, e. g. for climbing or for walking on level ground.
  • the usual heel tension member consists of a steel cableand a coil embracing the heel and connected to the steel cable with a wire loop interposed, which may be hung selectively into one of the conventional lateral catches.
  • a stretching device e. g. a tightener
  • Fig. 1 is an arrangement with a tightener in front of the toes
  • Fig. 2 is an arrangement with a tightener behind the heel.
  • Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of the straps and of the tension cable.
  • 1 designates the ski, 2 the strap embracing the ankle,
  • this connection is effected with a tension cable 5 fixed to the rings 3 and extending through the hooks 4 to a stretching device, e. g. a tightener 6.
  • the stretching device may be of any desired form but a construction is preferable which permits of an easily detachable hooking and, if desired, of an adjustment of the tension cable.
  • the stretching device for the tension cable may also stretch any additional toe and heel fastening means present at the same time.
  • the arrangement of the catches (hooks) 4 and the resulting tension on the boot may be selected in different forms.
  • the hooks may be fixed slightly in front of the ankle so that the cable portions 5' between the rings 3 and the hooks 4 extend forwardly and downwardly and provide a slight forward tension An addition to the tension directed toward the ski.
  • the hooks may be fixed slightly behind the ankle to produce the opposite effect.
  • the fixation of the hooks depends primarily on the type of toe fastening means used at the same time. It is of advantage, however, to attach the hooks 4 vertically below the ankle and to preclude any horizontal component of force.
  • the ends of cable 5 are hung into the rings 3 preferably by means of intermediate members 7, which may be soldered or welded, e. g., to the cable, and each of which has an eye through which the ring 3 can be passed.
  • the construction of the binding according to the invention and the resulting elevation of the rings 3 further enables a shortening of the ankle strap 7., which may now be formed substantially of two longer and two shorter strap parts 2', 2" fixed in pairs to the rings 3, one part of each pair carrying the buckle whereas the other one has the holes in it. This also takes account of the desire for a possibility of quickly releasing the binding.
  • a ski binding for securing a skiers shoe to a ski comprising a cable, a pair of adjustable straps each being individually secured to one end of said cable and detachably secureable independently of the other around a skiers shoe, each of said straps being independently secured around the skiers shoe from opposite sides thereof with the respective strap at its connection with said cable below the ankle portion of the shoe and the run of the respective strap opposite said connection above the ankle portion of the shoe, hooks secured to each side face of the ski vertically below said connections, and a tightener for the cable and disposed on the upper surface of the ski longitudinally thereof from the shoe, said cable extending from said connections perpendicularly of the ski and under the respective hooks to said tightener with the bight of said cable secured in said tightener, whereby tension on the respective runs of said cable will pull below the ankle on the respective side and stress above the ankle on the respective opposite side of the shoe to afford greater stability and control over the ski.
  • a ski binding for securing a skiers shoe to a ski comprising a cable, an open ring connected to each end of said cable, a pair of adjustable straps each being individually secured to one of said open rings and detachably secureable independently of the other around a skiers shoe, each of said straps being independently secured around the skiers shoe from opposite sides thereof with the respective open ring and its connection with said strap below the ankle portion of the shoe and the run of the respective strap opposite said connection above the ankle portion of the shoe, hooks secured to each side face of the ski vertically below said connections, and a tightener for the cable and disposed on the upper surface of the ski longitudinally thereof from the shoe, said cable extending from said connections perpendicularly of the ski and under the respective hooks to said tightener with the bight of said cable secured in said tightener, whereby tension on the respective runs of said cable will pull below the ankle on the respective side and stress above the ankle on the respective opposite side of the shoe to afford greater stability and control over the ski and excessive stress will open at
  • each of said straps comprises two parts connected together by the open ring connecting the respective strap to the cable, whereby the rings will open upon excessive stress between the cable and the respective straps or due to excessive stress between the parts of the respective straps.

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US3271040A (en) * 1963-10-17 1966-09-06 Richard G Spademan Safety binding
US4480836A (en) * 1983-06-06 1984-11-06 Regis Helmut A Board game

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US3386748A (en) * 1966-04-01 1968-06-04 Eie Nils Ski fastening
CA1069143A (en) * 1976-04-27 1980-01-01 G. Theodore Buel Heel binding for trail skis
US6412794B1 (en) * 2000-11-01 2002-07-02 The Burton Corporation Fastening assembly and method for securing footwear to a binding

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US2158599A (en) * 1937-11-17 1939-05-16 Weber Stephan Ski attachment
DE696610C (de) * 1937-02-05 1940-09-25 Karl Kinzl Skibindung
US2259701A (en) * 1940-04-23 1941-10-21 Victor E Legros Binder mechanism for skis
FR869549A (fr) * 1940-04-18 1942-02-04 Fixation de ski avec plaque de semelle
AT167719B (de) * 1948-01-29 1951-02-26 Kurt Dipl Ing Schermer Skibindung
US2685448A (en) * 1950-11-21 1954-08-03 Robert A Walker Ski and binding therefor
US2686059A (en) * 1950-10-03 1954-08-10 Whitaker Francis Ski harness

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE696610C (de) * 1937-02-05 1940-09-25 Karl Kinzl Skibindung
US2158599A (en) * 1937-11-17 1939-05-16 Weber Stephan Ski attachment
FR869549A (fr) * 1940-04-18 1942-02-04 Fixation de ski avec plaque de semelle
US2259701A (en) * 1940-04-23 1941-10-21 Victor E Legros Binder mechanism for skis
AT167719B (de) * 1948-01-29 1951-02-26 Kurt Dipl Ing Schermer Skibindung
US2686059A (en) * 1950-10-03 1954-08-10 Whitaker Francis Ski harness
US2685448A (en) * 1950-11-21 1954-08-03 Robert A Walker Ski and binding therefor

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3271040A (en) * 1963-10-17 1966-09-06 Richard G Spademan Safety binding
US4480836A (en) * 1983-06-06 1984-11-06 Regis Helmut A Board game

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