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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1990
Premek Stepanek, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE;
Gerd Klubitschko, Oberau, DE;
Piero G Ruffinengo, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Marker Deutschland GmbH, Eschenlohe, DE;
Abstract
A toe piece for a safety ski-binding involving a four-bar linkage comprising a base plate and an overlying cover, and having two parallel side members whose fixed front ends are pivotally mounted at the front end of the base plate, the rear free ends being pivotally connected by upper and lower link members. The free ends of the side members have boot clamps pivotally connected thereto which are held in a boot-securing position by their locking engagement with clamp-lock members pivotally mounted on the upper link member. The clamp-lock members are freed from such engagement by the action of clamp-lock release means associated with the upper link member, and pivotal thereabout, activated by forces generated by a skier's boot on the binding. Multiple embodiments of the invention are shown including release means activated by lateral forces imposed on the binding, as well as release means operated by the action of either horizontal or vertical forces thereon.