Atomic Austria Gmbh

Helmut Holzer

Bernhard Riepler

Gerhard Trinkaus

Rupert Huber

Franz Resch

Jason Roe

Max Luitz

Georg Klausner

Erich Rieger

Adolf Stonig

Simon Mayrhofer

Michael Bretz

Josef Körner

Markus Rehrl

Daniel Gappmaier

Georg Bauer

Thomas Riesenhuber

Vitus Hagenhofer

The invention relates to a sports shoe with an outer shell of injection molded plastic, comprising a front foot shell for accommodating the front foot and an adjoining shoe cuff for stabilizing the lower leg portion of a user, and with a relatively flexible inner shoe at least partially accommodated in the shell. Disposed in the outer shell is at least one elastically flexible portion which is provided as a means of reducing pressure points from the inner shoe on a user's foot when subjected to compression stress. The elastically flexible portion is provided in the form of at least one membrane element which is designed to vary the volume or width which the shell can accommodate as a function of compression stress due to its slackness or ability to deflect relative to the surrounding part-portions of the shell.

Sports shoe with an outer shell of injection moulded plastic

A climbing aid attached releasably to a ski underside includes a flexible, strip-like carrier layer with a first longitudinal end connectible to a front tip ski section and a distally opposite second longitudinal end, an adhesive side adherable to the ski underside and a flat side opposite the adhesive side including at least one climbing aid section inhibiting backwards sliding and at least one sliding section with greater slidability. The ski has a front, upwardly bent front section, which is not in contact with flat ground in the unloaded state of the ski and extends over a longitudinal section of between at least 20% and 50% of the ski length. The sliding section extends from its first longitudinal end over a longitudinal section of between at least 20% and 50% of the length of the carrier layer and over the entire width of the carrier layer.

Climbing aid which can be secured in a detachable manner as necessary onto the underside of a ski and a ski in combination with a climbing aid

A ski with a connecting device for connecting a ski binding to the ski. The connecting device includes a plate-type support body which has a fixing zone in its longitudinal middle portion for providing a rigid connection to the ski. At least the front end portion of the support body forms a flexural element extending freely with respect to the fixing zone and to the ski. The freely extending flexural element is made from plastic and is coupled with the ski via a coupling device. This coupling device comprises a connecting arm, which has a first articulated connection to the flexural element in its first end portion and a second articulated connection to the ski in its second end portion.

Ski with a connecting device for a ski binding

The invention relates to a ski or a snowboard, comprising a multilayered sliding board body comprising at least one strength-providing upper strap, at least one strength-providing lower strap, at least one strip-like core element arranged in between which is delimited essentially by a first and a second flat side and by lateral side surfaces, and which core element comprises at least in sections of its longitudinal extension an essentially trapezoidal cross section with a first base side with a first length and a second base side essentially parallel thereto with a second comparatively shorter length. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a prefabricated semi-finished product for the production of such a ski or snowboard, a suitably assembled semi-finished product, as well as a method for producing the ski or snowboard according to the invention by using the prefabricated semi-finished product.

Ski or snowboard and method for the production thereof

A ski or a snowboard in the form of a board-like sliding device, comprising a multi-layered sliding board body and at least one board-like force-transmitting element supported on the top side of the sliding board body, the upper side of which force-transmitting element is provided for supporting a binding device for a potentially releasable connection with a sports shoe. In at least one of the two lateral upper edge sections of the sliding board body running in the longitudinal direction of the sliding board body at least one interlocking coupling means is formed. Said at least one interlocking coupling means is formed by at least one physically independent strip or profile-like coupling element which is arranged between the board-like force-transmitting element and the sliding board body and is provided for forming an interlocking connection between the board-like force-transmitting element and the sliding board body.

Ski or snowboard with a board-like force-transmitting element

The invention relates to a board-like sliding device in the form of a ski or snowboard. Said board-like sliding device comprises a multilayered sliding board body and at least one elongated force-transmitting element supported on the upper side of the sliding board body for influencing the bending resistance or the vibrational behavior of the sliding board body as well as a binding device for a potentially detachable connection with a sports shoe. Between the lower side of the force-transmitting element and the upper side of the sliding board body at least one engaging coupling means is formed. The force-transmitting element is designed in this case as a thin-walled shell body with a wall thickness of less than 5 mm, which at least over the main part of its longitudinal extension has a substantially U-shaped cross section. At least part sections of the side arms of the force-transmitting element run at least partly in groove-like depressions on the upper side of the sliding board body.

Board-like sliding device in the form of a ski or snowboard

The invention relates to a sports shoe () with an outer shell () made of injection moulded plastic, in particular a ski shoe with at least one tightening means () arranged in the upper end section of the shoe collar () running ring-like around the upper end section of the shoe collar (), and with at least one adjusting means () for tightening or limiting the width of the entry opening into the sports shoe () as necessary. For this a first and a further tightening element () are arranged above one another in vertical direction within a section of the length of the tightening means (), where the tightening elements () run essentially parallel to one another. The first tightening element () is designed to bear against the peripheral sections of the comparatively flexible inner shoe () or its tongue () and the further tightening element () is designed to bear against the upper end section of the shoe collar () made of a relatively rigid plastic. In this way pressure points can be avoided or reduced on the leg of the user and the level of comfort when using the sports shoe () can be increased.

Sports shoe, in particular ski shoe and tightening means therefor

A toe binding of a safety ski binding includes a housing for at least partly mounting at least one release spring determining the safety release values and at least one sole holder loaded by the force of the release spring. When an upper force threshold is exceeded the sole holder releases the front section of a boot secured by the binding at least in lateral direction relative to the boot longitudinal axis. An adjusting device is adapted for individually changing the lateral alignment between the sole holder and the housing transversely to the binding longitudinal axis of the binding and substantially parallel to the standing plane for a boot, so that an angle or a lateral deflection between the boot longitudinal axis of a boot inserted into the binding and the binding longitudinal axis of the safety ski binding can be changed and individually preadjusted within predefined adjusting limits.

Toe binding of a safety ski binding

A ski or a snowboard is in the form of a board-type gliding device. By reference to the width of the gliding device, at least one recess is provided in its middle portion extending in its depth direction from the top face of the gliding device in the direction towards the running surface facing and disposed in its longitudinal direction essentially parallel with the longitudinal direction of the gliding device with a view to causing a cross-sectional weakening. At least one manually adjustable adjusting device is provided, which is designed to produce an individually adjustable change in the load-dependent deformability of the cross-sectional shape or to produce an individually adjustable limit to the maximum permissible load-dependent cross-sectional deformation of the gliding device. Further, a ski or a snowboard is provided with a manually adjustable adjusting device which is designed to act as a spreading device for producing an individually adjustable increase in the width of the recess on the one hand and to act as a pulling device to produce an individually adjustable decrease in the width of the recess on the other hand.

Ski or snowboard with means for influencing its cross-sectional shape

The invention relates to a binding mechanism () for board-type gliding devices, in particular a snowboard binding, provided with a retaining plate () for a base plate () for securing it to a gliding board body. A setting and fixing device () is provided, which can be switched into at least three selectively assumable operating modes and is designed so that (i) in a first operating mode, an anti-rotation lock and an anti-lift lock for the base plate () are activated, (ii) in a second operating mode, the anti-rotation lock is inactive and the anti-lift lock is active, and (iii) in a third operating mode, the anti-rotation lock and the anti-lift lock are inactive. The retaining plate () is therefore rigidly connected to the top face () of a gliding board body and is immobile in the direction perpendicular to it both when the anti-rotation lock () is deactivated in order to change the position of angular rotation () and when the anti-lift lock () is deactivated in order to remove or fit the base plate ().

Binding mechanism for board-type gliding devices

The invention relates to an end piece (') for the front or rear end of a ski () or snowboard, which end piece (&#x2032;) has at least a first and a second portion (). A distance (&#x2032;) between mutually adjacent zones () of the first and second portion () or a width or length measurement of at least one of the zones () can be varied. Alternatively, the first and second portion () are connected to one another in the mutually adjacent zones () by means of an articulated joint and/or an elastically stretchable and rebounding bridging element and/or an elastically deformable middle portion () and the zones of the first and second portion () remote from the mutually adjacent zones () can be respectively connected to oppositely lying side edges of a ski () or snowboard by articulated joints and/or with an interconnected elastic deformation zone. This positively influences the performance of a ski () or snowboard with a variable geometry or size.

End piece for the front or rear end of a ski or snowboard and a ski fitted therewith or a snowboard fitted therewith

A multi-functional board-type gliding device, which has two end portions spaced at a distance apart from another in the direction of a longitudinal axis and is designed to be split in its longitudinal extension to form gliding part-devices . Several first and second coupling mechanisms are disposed in the direction of longitudinal extension in order to provide a mutual connection between the two gliding part-devices. The two mutually coupled gliding part-devices constitute a first operating mode and in the position separated from one another constitute a second operating mode. In the first operating mode in the coupled position, the two gliding part-devices form a first end portion which defines a first direction of use. In the second operating mode in the position separated from one another, the or the other end portions define a second direction of use opposite the first direction of use.

Multi-functional gliding device

The invention describes a ski () or a snowboard in the form of a board-type gliding device (). By reference to the width () of the gliding board body, at least one slot () is provided in its middle portion extending in the depth direction&#x2014;arrow ()&#x2014;from the top face () of the gliding board body in the direction towards the running surface facing () and in its longitudinal direction essentially parallel with the longitudinal direction of the gliding board body. This at least one slot () is provided with a view to causing a cross-sectional weakening and reducing the stiffness of the gliding board body transversely to its longitudinal direction. Also provided is at least one geometry-influencing means (), by means of which the cross-sectional shape or contour of the gliding board body is variable as a function of load and/or can be manually varied. The geometry-influencing means () comprises a plate-type force-transmitting element (), which extends across more than 50% of the length of the gliding board body and is supported within its longitudinal extension, at least in part-portions, on the top face () of the gliding board body so as to transmit load, and the plate-type force-transmitting element () is disposed so that it overlaps the least one slot () in the longitudinal direction and bridges it transversely to the longitudinal direction of the slot ().

Ski or snowboard with a means for influencing its geometry

The invention relates to a sports shoe (), in particular an alpine ski shoe (), with an adjusting means () for varying the stiffness of the sole system () as and when necessary. This adjusting means () comprises at least one profiled tension element () which remains essentially dimensionally stable when forces act on it and which is connected at its oppositely lying end portions to a front sole platform () on the one hand and to a rear sole platform () of the sole system () on the other hand, its middle portion extending freely between the front and the rear sole platform (). The tension element () is mounted so as to be relatively displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the sole system () in order to apply adjustable positioning forces relative to at least one sole platform (), and an individually adjustable tensing force can be expended between the front and the rear sole platform () via the tension element (). This tensing force can be adjusted so that at least one load-induced tendency of a distance () between the front and rear sole platform () to become bigger is counteracted or a tendential vertical lifting of the middle portion of the sole system () is induced.

Sports shoe, in particular an alpine ski shoe

The invention describes a ski binding with guide elements for a front and a rear binding piece body oriented in the binding longitudinal direction, which binding piece bodies are designed to retain the front and rear end portion of a sports shoe. This ski binding comprises a first coupling element connected to the front binding piece body and a second coupling element connected to the rear binding piece body. A positioning and fixing mechanism is disposed between the binding piece bodies in order to adjust and retain the binding piece bodies by reference to the binding longitudinal direction. The first and second coupling element can be selectively rigidly coupled with one another and uncoupled from one another.

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St. Johann, Austria

Helmut Holzer