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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2006
Helmut Holzer, St. Johann, AT;
Franz Resch, Schladming, AT;
Helmut Holzer, St. Johann, AT;
Franz Resch, Schladming, AT;
ATOMIC Austria GmbH, Altenmarkt im Pongau, AT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a connecting device () between a boot () and a board-like type of sports equipment (), in particular a ski binding. The connecting device comprises a toe or front binding fixture () that can be associated with the tip () of the boot, and a heel or rear binding fixture () that can be associated with the heel area () the boot (). The binding fixtures each have a sole holder () for engaging the boot (). The boot is clamped between the sole holders with a pre-tensioning force that is applicable via a pre-tensioning spring (). A release device () for the sole holder () is arranged between the sole holder () and a bearing block () of the toe and heel binding fixtures (), and provision is made for a joint arrangement for rotationally supporting the sole holder () and the bearing block (), the latter being arranged fixed on the ski, in relation to one another in at least two three-dimensional directions extending perpendicularly to each other, whereof one direction is aligned vertically to a support surface () supporting the bearing block () on the board-like type of sports equipment (). The joint arrangement disposed between the bearing block () and the sole holder () or at least one sole holder component (), is formed by at least one ball-and-socket joint ().