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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1998
Roland Jungkind, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE;
MS Trade Handels GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
A selectively closable and releasable connecting device for connecting a sports shoe and an item of sports equipment, has a baseplate for fixedly mounting to the item of sports equipment and on which the shoe sole can be supported and locked. The shoe being provided with lateral grooves for receiving a pair of locking elements of the connecting device, which lie rigidly and fixedly diametrically opposite each other on the baseplate with respect to a central pivot for the shoe. The device has a second pair of locking elements which likewise lie diametrically opposite one another and are rotatably connected to the baseplate via a gear mechanism having a driving element with a driver which protrudes, with respect to the supporting surface of the baseplate, for activation by the shoe, in the baseplate. The baseplate is further provided with a gear mechanism locking element which locks the gear mechanism in the closed position. The second pair of locking elements selectively rotate, along with the gear mechanism between a shoe-engaging locked position to an unlocked entry/exit position.