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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2019
Fritschi Ag—swiss Bindings, Reichenbach im Kandertal, CH;
FRITSCHI AG—SWISS BINDINGS, Reichenbach im Kandertal, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to an automatic front unit for a ski binding, in particular a touring ski binding, wherein the automatic front unit comprises a first retaining means and a second retaining means for retaining a ski boot in the toe region of the ski boot. This automatic front unit has a first retaining configuration, in which the two retaining means are in a retaining position, in which the two retaining means are at a first distance from one another, wherein the two retaining means can cooperate with the ski boot in the retaining position such that the ski boot is retained at the automatic front unit so as to be pivotable about an axis oriented horizontally in a transverse direction of the ski. Furthermore, the automatic front unit has a step-in configuration, in which the two retaining means are in a step-in position, in which the two retaining means are at a second distance from one another, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance and wherein the ski boot is released from the two retaining means in the step-in position of the two retaining means, wherein the automatic front unit is adjustable from the step-in configuration into the first retaining configuration and back again. The two retaining means, in order to be adjusted from their step-in position into their retaining position and back again, are mounted so as to be movable in translation relative to one another along an adjustment path, wherein a region of the adjustment path that adjoins the retaining position of the two retaining means is oriented substantially horizontally.