SKI BINDING Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A63C9/18 

FIELD: sports.

SUBSTANCE: proposed invention relates to the production of ski bindings for boots of SNS and NNN systems, equipped with a bracket located in the toe part of the boot sole. The ski binding includes a base with holes for attachment to the ski, a hitch for a bracket of the boot, a lever, a housing where a flexor is located, and a guide. The binding also contains a pedestal for the bracket of the boot, made in the form of two parallel plates mounted on the sides of the base, with seats following in the lower part the lower profile of the bracket of the boot. The hitch which is made at the ends of the lever in the form of two parallel plates, each of which has with a recess partially following the profile of the bracket of the boot, and the lever is mounted on the base with the ability to rotate so that at one extreme position of the lever the hitch with the pedestal for boot bracket provides bracing of the boot bracket, and at the other extreme position of the lever free entry and exit of the boot bracket from the pedestal is provided. And the base is connected immovably to the housing, on the front end of the housing there is a lock of the lever closed position. To use a ski binding its lever 4 is raised upwards, as shown in dwg. 1. In this case, the boot is mounted on the ski so that its bracket enters into the hitch and the pedestal. Then the lever 4 is lowered, as shown in dwg. 2-5, and when fixing the lever 4 by the element 13 the boot bracket is fastened reliably. When lifting the lever 4 the boot can be released from the binding.

EFFECT: increased reliability due to simplifying the design.

3 cl, 10 dwg