EP0865306B1 - Vorrichtung zum fixieren eines schuhs an einen sportartikel - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum fixieren eines schuhs an einen sportartikel Download PDF

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EP0865306B1
EP0865306B1 EP96939153A EP96939153A EP0865306B1 EP 0865306 B1 EP0865306 B1 EP 0865306B1 EP 96939153 A EP96939153 A EP 96939153A EP 96939153 A EP96939153 A EP 96939153A EP 0865306 B1 EP0865306 B1 EP 0865306B1
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François Girard
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/20—Non-self-releasing bindings with special sole edge holders instead of toe-straps

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  • the present invention relates to a device for fixing a shoe to an article of sport such as a ski or a snowshoe, of the type comprising a coupling element for connection to the shoe, intended to be attached to the sports article which can be associated to an attachment element secured to the shoe in an area between the toes toes and the "metatarsophalangeal" joint, and which has such flexibility that one can freely lift the heel of the shoe in relation to the sports article once the coupling achieved.
  • a fastening is generally provided on the upper face ski allowing the pivoting of the boot around an axis of articulation, so that the heel of said shoe can be lifted freely relative to the ski.
  • the axis of articulation of the shoe is normally located at the front end of the shoe, which causes an unnatural course when the heel is lifted from the ski, because the part of the course of a foot is found between the tips of the toes and the so-called metatarsophalangeal joint. This results in excessive energy expenditure and premature fatigue of the skier. These adverse effects are particularly troublesome when practicing the so-called style classic where the skier unrolls his foot before the impulse.
  • WO 84/03225 proposes a combination of a fixing and a shoe adapted to the latter in which the coupling element for the connection to the shoe is located in the area thereof corresponding to the prominence of the big toe.
  • this known attachment has drawbacks in that the part of the boot located in front of the connection area loses contact with the ski each time the skier strides. It is therefore only the coupling element to the shoe which must take up all the efforts, either transverse or longitudinal, when the rear part of the shoe is raised. This results in material fatigue in the area connection, either on the fixing side or on the sole side.
  • control and guidance of the ski during the lifting of the heel of the shoe is therefore not optimal.
  • the present invention therefore aims to provide a fixing device improved which improves the control of the sports article by the foot, while allowing the natural unwinding of the user's foot.
  • the central idea of the invention is to improve the control of the sports article by the foot of the skier in a binding of the type known by WO 84/03225, creating more cooperation effective between the sole of the shoe and the binding and the sports article, in the area of the shoe corresponding to the area of the foot between the tips of the toes and the area of connection.
  • the fixing device is provided with means of control allowing permanent contact, direct or indirect, of the part of the sole of the shoe located in front of the connection area with the sports article when you lift the heel of the shoe.
  • the control means may include a stop limiting the maximum vertical bending of the coupling element with respect to the ski. This stop therefore limits the maximum angle formed by the sole of the boot and the upper surface of the ski.
  • the control means may include a transverse guide of the coupling element so to provide cross directional control of the coupling element.
  • the control means can also be formed by determining the bending curve of the coupling element, said bending curve ensuring permanent contact with the part of the sole of the shoe located in front of the point of embedding with the ski when the heel is released from the shoe.
  • FIGs 1 and 2 is shown the front of a shoe 1 which is connected to a sports article such a cross-country or touring ski 2 by means of a fixing device 3 according to the present invention.
  • the fixing device 3 comprises a control member 4 for opening-closing of known type, which in the example described is based on the principle of a kneepad.
  • a control device is already described in patent FR 2,638,974 in the name of the applicant.
  • a rotation of an operating lever 5 of the control member 4 causes the translation, inside a hollow front part 25 of a guide edge 25, 26, of a coupling element which in the example described consists of a wire 6 bent metal.
  • the guide edge 25, 26 cooperates in a manner known per se with an associated groove 8a formed in the sole 8 of the shoe.
  • the coupling element 6 can be constituted by any other elastic means such as for example by a leaf spring having a certain flexibility with respect to bending in a longitudinal and vertical plane with respect to the upper face 10 of the ski.
  • This wire 6 is folded in the shape of a "U” and fixed on the control member 4, on the front side of the ski, by its free ends 19. It extends essentially parallel to ski 2 and ends in a section angled forming a hook 7.
  • the length of the coupling element 6 is chosen such that the hook 7 is located below an area of the sole 8 of the shoe 1 corresponding to a foot area between the tips of the toes and the so-called metatarsophalangeal part. So the bending of the element 6 coupling corresponds to the natural course of a foot.
  • the outer sole 8 of the shoe is provided with a corresponding attachment means 9 adapted to cooperation with the coupling element.
  • This attachment means 9 can be constituted by an axis of circular section, a rectangular section beam, a notch, ... etc.
  • the attachment means is constituted by a metal pin 9 having a circular section.
  • the boot 1 is placed on the upper face 10 of the ski so that the fastening axis 9 integral with the outer sole of the shoe 1 is inserted into a transverse groove 11 of the guide edge 25, 26 of the binding 3.
  • the bent wire 6 orthogonally crosses the bottom 13 of this groove 11.
  • the operating lever 5 is actuated to thus causing a translation of the bent wire 6 and the hook 7 towards the front of the ski, that is to say to the left in the drawing, thus leaving the hook 7 from the housing 12.
  • the hook 7 is located in the groove 11.
  • the axis 9 of the sole 8 of the shoe 1 is then completely locked between the hook 7 and a wall 15 limiting the transverse groove 11 towards the front of the ski.
  • the shoe 1 is then fixed to the ski 1 by means of the fixing device in this closed position of the control unit 4.
  • the axis 9 slides upwards from the wall (ramp) 15 of the groove 11, said wall 15 having a shape corresponding essentially to a circular arc centered on the front 25a of the guide edge 25 corresponding to an area "embedding" of the bent wire 6.
  • the bent wire 6 is bent upwards at the interior of a housing 14 formed in the part of the guide edge 25 extending from the groove 11 towards the front of the ski 1.
  • This housing 14 has an upper wall 14a in the form of a ramp going in increasing from the front end 25a of the guide ramp to the level of the groove 11, to allow bending and optionally guiding the bent wire 6 during the lifting of the heel.
  • the upper wall 17 of the guide edge 25 closes the housing 14 upwards.
  • the rear end of the upper wall 17 therefore constitutes a stop 18 limiting the maximum upward bending of the wire 6, as shown in figure 3.
  • the maximum lifting of the heel of the shoe 1 and therefore the maximum angle between the sole of shoe 1 and the upper surface of the ski are thus limited by the stopper 18, this which allows improved control, throughout the lifting phase.
  • the abutment of the wire 6 against the stop 18 allows the recovery of forces, and thus relieves the fixing 19 of the wire 6 on the front side of the ski.
  • the bent wire 6 in the example described is formed by two longitudinal and essentially parallel branches 20, 21, which are connected one with the other by a bent cross-member forming the hook 7 in cross section ( Figures 1 to 3).
  • each longitudinal branch 20, 21, is housed inside a separate housing 14 respectively 14 '.
  • the walls 22, 23, delimiting the housings 14, 14 ', inwards are inclined, upwards, outwards, so that the branches longitudinal 20, 21, connected to each other by the crosspiece 7 are also bent towards the outside of the ski in a plane essentially parallel to the ski surface during bending from wire 6 upwards.
  • the branches 20, 21 permanently tend to join their initial position at the bottom of the housings 14, 14 ', and therefore a restoring force which tends to return the ski 1 or other sporting item pressed against the heel.
  • the bending energy of the wire 6 is restored at the end of the pulse.
  • the embedded wire 6 then serves both to conserve the energy of reminder of the ski and to lock the axis 9 integral with the boot 1.
  • the vertical walls of the housings 14, 14 ', further form a transverse guide of the coupling element 6, this which allows an improved control of the ski or the sporting article during all the phase of heel lift.
  • transverse guide of the coupling element 6 can be constituted by any other means having transverse guiding properties, such as for example grooves, spikes, ... etc.
  • the bending curve of the wire 6 is determined by factors, such as the shape of the housings 14, 14 ′, particularly the shape and the orientation of their internal walls 22, 23, the characteristics of the material of the wire 6, and the how it is fixed and guided in 19, 25.
  • the bending of the wire 6 is defined by said parameters so that the part 24 of the sole 8 of the shoe 1 located in front of the attachment means (axis) 9 remains constantly in direct or indirect contact with the ski when the heel is released from the boot 1.
  • This effect can be obtained by rounding 24a of said part 24 of shoe 1, which is adapted to the bending curve of the coupling element 6.
  • the sole 8 has a longitudinal groove cooperating with the guide edge 25, 26. During the unwinding of part 24 of the shoe, not only the axis 9 but also the guide edge 25, 26, take up transverse forces.

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  1. Vorrichtung (3) zur Befestigung eines Schuhs (1) auf einem Sportartikel (2), aufweisend ein Kopplungselement (6) für die Verbindung mit dem Schuh (1), welches geeignet ist, an der oberen Oberfläche eines Sportartikels (2) an seiner vorderen Endseite des Sportartikels (2) befestigt zu sein, welches an einem Verbindungselement (9), welches mit dem Schuh (1) fest verbunden ist, angefügt sein kann in einer Zone, enthalten zwischen der Spitze der Zehen und der "metatarso-phalangischen" Anlenkung, und welches eine derartige Flexibilität aufweist, dass man den Absatz des Schuhs (1) frei anheben kann, gekennzeichnet durch Steuermittel, welche einen permanenten, direkten oder indirekten Kontakt des Teils (24) der Sohle (8) des Schuhs (1) ermöglichen, welcher an der Vorderseite des Einbaupunktes angeordnet ist, mit dem Sportartikel (2), wenn man den Absatz des Schuhs (1) anhebt.
  2. Vorrichtung (3) zur Befestigung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuermittel einen Anschlag (18) aufweisen, welcher die vertikale, maximale Biegung des Kopplungselements (6) in Bezug auf den Sportartikel (2) begrenzt.
  3. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuermittel eine transversale Führung des Kopplungselementes (6) aufweisen.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuermittel durch die Biegekurve des Kopplungselementes (6) gebildet sind, wobei die Biegekurve einen permanenten Kontakt des Teils (24) der Sohle (8) des Schuhs (1) ermöglicht, welcher an der Vorderseite des Verbindungselements mit dem Sportartikel angeordnet ist, wenn man den Absatz des Schuhs (1) anhebt.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Kopplungselement durch einen metallischen Draht (6) gebildet ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Kopplungselement durch ein Federblatt gebildet ist.
  7. Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem der zuvorigen Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Kopplungselement (6) mit einem Verbindungselement (9) in einer Weise eines Hackens (7) zusammenwirkt, welcher durch ein Steuermittel (4) eines Öffnens-Schließens gesteuert wird.
  8. Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem der zuvorigen Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch eine Führungskante (25), welche auf der Vorderseite der Verbindungszone (7, 4) angeordnet ist, zum seitlichen Führen der Sohle des Schuhs, welche vor der Verbindungszone angeordnet ist, wenn man den Absatz des Schuhs freisetzt.
  9. Vorrichtung nach irgendeinem der zuvorigen Ansprüche, gekennzeichnet durch ein Positionierelement (25, 26) verschieden vom Kopplungselement, und welches mit einem entsprechenden Element zusammenwirkt, dass in der Sohle zum transversalen Führen des Schuhs vorgesehen ist.
  10. Vorrichtung zur Befestigung gemäß Ansprüchen 1 und 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuermittel durch mindestens eine transversale Rampe (22, 23) gebildet sind, welche mit jedem Zweig des metallischen Drahtes (6) zusammenwirkt.
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FR9515017A FR2742060B1 (fr) 1995-12-08 1995-12-08 Dispositif de fixation d'une chaussure a un article de sport
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PCT/FR1996/001833 WO1997021474A1 (fr) 1995-12-08 1996-11-20 Dispositif de fixation d'une chaussure a un article de sport

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NO309364B1 (no) 2001-01-22
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