EP0933035A1 - Dispositif de fermeture pour chaussure de ski - Google Patents

Dispositif de fermeture pour chaussure de ski Download PDF

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EP0933035A1
EP0933035A1 EP99101892A EP99101892A EP0933035A1 EP 0933035 A1 EP0933035 A1 EP 0933035A1 EP 99101892 A EP99101892 A EP 99101892A EP 99101892 A EP99101892 A EP 99101892A EP 0933035 A1 EP0933035 A1 EP 0933035A1
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quarter
strut member
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ski
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Giorgio Baggio
Heinz Wittmann
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HTM Sport SpA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/04—Ski or like boots
    • A43B5/0427—Ski or like boots characterised by type or construction details
    • A43B5/047—Ski or like boots characterised by type or construction details provided with means to improve walking with the skiboot
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C11/00—Accessories for skiing or snowboarding
    • A63C11/16—Special devices on boots for fastening skis thereto

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  • the present invention relates to a locking device, particularly for ski boots composed of a shell to which a quarter is articulated.
  • adapted members on the boot quarter which can be activated, for example by levers, and can be positioned selectively so as to allow the free oscillation of the quarter or limit its oscillation by means of protrusions or other members which protrude at the shell externally thereto.
  • An aim of the present invention is therefore to eliminate the above drawbacks and thus solve the above described technical problems by providing a device which allows the user to quickly and easily achieve the free oscillation of the quarter or a limitation of its oscillation.
  • a further object is to allow the skier to achieve these two different conditions for the oscillation of the quarter with respect to the shell without having to act directly at any device applied at the boot.
  • a further important object is to provide a device which associates with the preceding characteristics that of having low manufacturing costs which allow to reduce the manufacturing costs.
  • a further important object is to provide a device whose activation when skiing and deactivation when walking can be achieved without any direct intervention of the skier on the boot.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a highly reliable locking device.
  • Figs. 5, 6 and 7 schematically show how ligaments often rupture whilst skiing.
  • Step 1 shows the condition in which the skier, after a jump, touches the snow with the rear ends of his skis; then, in step 2, the tips of the skis increase their rate of descent due to the impact of the rear ends with the snow.
  • step 3 the boot, through the quarter, forces the tibia to increase its rate of descent and therefore to travel at the very high speed of the tips of the ski.
  • the tibia pulls the knee forward, whilst the inertia of the body pulls the knee backward, thus spraining the ligaments.
  • the numeral 1 designates a ski boot constituted by a shell 2 to which a quarter 4 is articulated by a pivot 3.
  • the oscillation of the quarter 4 can be limited by means of an optional tongue 5 associated, in a front region, with the shell 2 and surrounded by the front flaps of the quarter 4.
  • a fastening means, such as for example levers 6, is provided on the quarter and on the shell.
  • the numeral 7 designates the device for blocking the backward oscillation of the quarter 4 according to the invention.
  • the device is constituted by a strut member 8 which can be for example essentially U-shaped and accordingly forms a supporting base 9 and a pair of wings 10.
  • the strut 8 is associated at a heel unit 11 which constitutes a binding for a ski 12.
  • Strut 8 can thus be associated, for example, at the ends of the pair of wings 10 laterally to the body or bracket 13 of the heel unit 11, which locks the heel 14 of the shell 2, the supporting base 9 of the strut being directed toward the quarter 4.
  • the arrangement of the quarter 8 entails configuring it so that it has a chosen inclination with respect to the snow-covered surface on which the ski 12 rests and therefore so that when the boot is fitted onto the binding the supporting base 9 interacts for example at the facing lower perimetric edge 15 of the quarter 4.
  • the illustrated embodiment has achieved the intended aim and all the objects, since a device has been obtained which automatically locks the quarter with respect to the shell in the skiing condition and therefore in the condition in which the boot is associated at the binding.
  • the device therefore allows the forward oscillation of the quarter 4 and therefore allows skiing, but prevents a backward oscillation of the quarter, thus ensuring that the boot has the rear retention that is indispensable for skiing.
  • the device therefore automatically solves the problems for the skier, since once skiing has ended and the boot has accordingly been removed from the binding, the quarter can automatically oscillate backward, thus allowing the skier to walk easily.
  • the quarter can in fact assume a vertical position with respect to the shell, making it easier to walk.
  • the strut 8 can be constituted by a single member which is rigidly coupled at the bracket 13 in a region which is arranged approximately on a longitudinal median plane thereof or can be constituted by two or more variously coupled members which protrude from the bracket 13.
  • the strut 8 can be associated, at its ends, at a point of the heel unit which is stable once the heel unit has been closed, thus allowing to maintain a very precise and unchanging position for the strut 8.
  • the strut can be rotatably associated, at its end, at the body or bracket 13 and be forced toward the shell and therefore the quarter 4 by flexible means, such as for example a cylindrical helical compression spring 16.
  • the spring can be interposed, for example, between the supporting base 9 of the strut 8 and the body or bracket 13.
  • This embodiment has a further advantage for the user, since the presence of the spring can, by forcing the strut 8 toward the shell, ensure the close contact thereof with the boot. If, for example, the strut affects, during the fastening of the boot and of the heel unit, the rear surface of the quarter 4 proximate to the lower perimetric edge 15, the first forward flexing performed by the skier flexes the quarter 4 and therefore the spring forces the strut 8 to rotate until it is in contact with the shell and therefore allows its interaction with the lower perimetric edge 15 of the quarter 4.
  • Fig. 4 illustrates a further variation, in which the strut 8 is associated, at the free ends of the pair of wings 10, on a cam 17 which belongs to the internal mechanism of the heel unit 11.
  • the strut accordingly does not interact at the body or bracket 13.
  • the cam 17 is pivoted, at one end, to the structure 19 of the heel unit by means of a first pivot 18. Proximate to the ends of the cam that interact with the strut 8, the cam interacts with a contrast cam 20 which can slide in contrast with a second spring 21.
  • This embodiment differs from the preceding ones in that the second spring 21 can be set so that, beyond a certain preset load, it allows the movement of the contrast cam 20 and therefore a slight rotation of the cam 17, which thus allows the quarter 4 to rotate slightly backward, so as to protect against possible rupture of the skier's leg ligaments if the skier falls with a combined backward and sideways movement.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate still a further embodiment, in which the strut 208 is essentially constituted by a lever in which a first end 50 is freely pivoted, by means of a transverse pivot, at the heel unit 11 that constitutes the binding for the ski 12.
  • the lever has a second end 209 which protrudes toward the quarter 4 of the ski boot 1 and constitutes a supporting base which interacts with the lower perimetric edge 15 of the quarter 4.
  • the lever is pivoted in a lower region, proximate to the first end 50, to a second cam 51, which is shaped like a wedge in which the apex is directed toward the ski.
  • the second cam is associated with the heel unit and is again pushed upward, since one of it sides interacts with the contrast cam 20.
  • the second cam 51 On the opposite side with respect to the one that interacts with the contrast cam 20, the second cam 51 has a tooth 52 which engages a complementarily shaped tab 53 which is provided to the rear of the cam 17.
  • the second spring 21, which controls the sliding of the contrast cam 20 can be set so that beyond a preset load it allows the movement of the contrast cam 20 and therefore the lowering of the second cam 51 and therefore the oscillation of the lever that constitutes the strut 8, the second end 9 of which performs a counterclockwise rotation so as to allow the lowering of the quarter 4.

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ITMI980188 IT1298531B1 (it) 1998-02-02 1998-02-02 Dispositivo di bloccaggio,particolarmente per scarponi da sci
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FR2832072A1 (fr) * 2001-11-12 2003-05-16 Rossignol Sa Dispositif de maintien d'un collier de chaussure de ski

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AT340813B (de) * 1975-12-19 1977-04-15 Smolka & Co Wiener Metall Sicherheitsskibindung fur einen skischuh
AT360889B (de) * 1976-02-25 1980-06-15 Tyrolia Freizeitgeraete Skibindung

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AT340813B (de) * 1975-12-19 1977-04-15 Smolka & Co Wiener Metall Sicherheitsskibindung fur einen skischuh
AT360889B (de) * 1976-02-25 1980-06-15 Tyrolia Freizeitgeraete Skibindung
AT365935B (de) * 1976-02-25 1981-07-15 Tyrolia Freizeitgeraete Skibindung

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2832072A1 (fr) * 2001-11-12 2003-05-16 Rossignol Sa Dispositif de maintien d'un collier de chaussure de ski

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