Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C13/00—Snow shoes
  • A63C13/001—Bindings therefor
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
  • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
  • A63C13/00—Snow shoes
  • A63C13/006—Shoe support thereof, e.g. plate, movable relative to the frame

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a binding for retaining a shoe on a snowshoe and more particularly an improvement which facilitates the boot for the user.
• Snowshoes are equipment known for many years because used for centuries by people, especially Scandinavians to move on the snow.
• snowshoes were used for utilitarian or military purposes, to allow alpine populations and troops to move on the snow as well as for their movements necessitated by daily life.
• snowshoes are also used by users who hike and walk, or even competitions. But users are of course looking for safety, performance, including comfort and ease of footwear.
• retaining devices for equipping snowshoes, such as articulated plates comprising retaining means for the boot. These means are constituted by retaining means for retaining the front end of the shoe and rear retaining means for retaining the heel of the shoe.
• the present invention provides an improvement by providing a snowshoe binding which is easily fitted on any type shoe / without having to bend and adjust restraining and tightening straps when donning.
• the snowshoe binding comprising means before retaining, and rear retaining means, each of the retaining means being constituted by a retaining member of the boot, at least one of the retaining members comprises at least a support element allowing the corresponding member to be supported against the constraint on the boot, while said retaining member is movable between a release position of the boot and.
• said attachment further comprising means for causing the displacement of the retaining member from its release position to its retaining position, position in which it rests on the boot, these means being constituted by a movable part arranged under the zone occupied by the boot, connected at least kinematically to said corresponding retaining member, the actuation of the moving part by the boot during the boot, causing the displacement of said corresponding retaining member to its position retaining element, while the support element is a flexible element.
• the retaining member is rotatably mounted to assume the release position of the boot and the holding position of the boot.
• the retaining member is mounted movable in translation to assume the release position of the boot and the retaining position of the boot.
• the support element is a elastic element.
• the attachment of the invention comprises means for locking the retaining position of the retaining member, and unlocking this position.
• the rear retaining means comprise the support element while they consist of a rear retaining member constituted by a rear interlocking wall forming a cavity open towards the front ie towards the front retaining means for retaining the heel of the shoe.
• the invention also relates to a snowshoe equipped with the binding according to the invention.
• Figure 1 is a top view of a snowshoe equipped with the attachment of the invention, but without the shoe
• Figure 2 is a side view of Figure 1.
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of the rear retaining means of the invention.
• Figure 4 is a side view of the fastening being donned by the user.
• the attachment 5 is an external side view of the fastener once paved and locked.
• Figures 4a and 5a are views similar to Figures 1 and 5 illustrating an alternative embodiment.
• Figures 4b and 5b are views similar to Figures 1 and 5 illustrating another alternative embodiment.
• Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional side view of the fastener once paved and locked, with an associated illustration showing the detail on a larger scale.
• FIGS 7 to 10 are schematic illustrations showing the operation of the fastener of the invention.
• Figure 7 shows the attachment in the ground position, and the shoe out of the binding /
• FIG. 9 is an illustration showing the boot, until the rear interlocking portion is in contact with the boot,
• Figure 10 is an illustration of the fixing in the retaining position of the shoe.
• Figure 11 is an illustration showing a variant of the means causing the displacement of the rear retaining member to the retaining position of the boot.
• the racket designated under the general reference (1) which comprises the binding of the invention is in the form of an elongate plate of dimensions greater than those of the shoe, advantageously perforated forming the sieve (2) of the racket, plane of general symmetry (P) comprising a set of walls supporting the attachment (3) for retaining the shoe (CH) of the user.
• Said sieve (2) with its set of internal walls forms a lower general support surface on the snow allowing the user not to sink too much into the snow and this, thanks to the large bearing surface, larger dimensions on the bottom surface of the sole, both in length and width.
• the attachment (3) for retaining the shoe is, according to the illustration given by way of example, articulated relative to the sieve (2) of the racket itself, according to a. transverse axis (XX 1 ).
• the snowshoe illustrated by way of example may be of a completely different type, such as constituted by a central wall made of fabric retained by a peripheral frame of aluminum, composite material or other.
• Said fixing given by way of example, bearing the general reference (3) is advantageously constituted by a plate (4) articulated around the transverse axis (X, X ').
• Said plate (4) comprises retaining means for the boot, namely front holding means (5) and rear retaining means (6).
• the front end of the boot which is retained by the front retaining means is, for example, retained by a front retainer (7), while its rear end is, thanks to a rear retaining member (8).
• the plate comprises means for presetting the longitudinal position of the rear retaining means (8), such as those described in the French patents published under the numbers FR 2 896 430 and FR 2 760 379.
• the illustrations show an attachment made in the context of an articulated plate carrying the retaining means, but it could be otherwise, as for example with retaining means fixed directly on the screen.
• At least one of the retaining members (7, 8) comprises at least one support element (11) allowing the corresponding member to bear against the shoe in order to retain it.
• the support element (11) may be an elastic or flexible element such as a strap.
• the flexible or preferably elastic support element (11) allows the use of any type of boot, having any shape or rigidity, on a snowshoe binding according to the invention.
• an elastic element is a flexible element, having the capacity to deform elastically.
• Said retaining member which comprises the support element, is movable between a position of release of the shoe as shown in Figure 3, and a retaining position of the shoe as shown in Figure 10, while said fixing comprises actuating means (110) for causing the displacement of the retaining member from its release position to its retaining position, in which position the rear retaining member is in constrained support on the boot these means comprising a movable part disposed under the zone occupied by the boot, connected at least kinematically to said corresponding retaining member, the actuation of the moving part by the boot during fitting, causing the displacement of said corresponding retaining member towards its restraining position.
• the rear retaining member (8) is constituted by a rear interlocking wall (9) forming a cavity open towards the front (AV) namely in the direction of the retaining means front (5) for retaining the heel of the shoe (CH).
• the nesting wall (9) is pivotally mounted on the plate (4) around a transverse axis (Y, Y ').
• This nesting wall (9) is constituted by two lateral walls (10a, 10b) and a rear interlocking wall (10c).
• the rear wall (10c) is made of elastic material to constitute the elastic element (11). It is this elastic element constituted by an elastically deformable strip which is intended to bear against the upper rear part of the heel (12).
• the rear interlocking wall (9) constituted by the two lateral walls (10a, 10b) and the rear wall (10c) is pivotable on the plate (4) around the transverse axis (Y, Y ').
• Said interlocking wall is integral with a rear support plate (110) on which the underside of the heel s is supported in the ground position.
• the rear assembly constituted by the rear support plate (110), and the nesting wall (9) with its elastic element (11) forms a pivoting assembly pivotally mounted on the plate (4), around the transverse axis (Y, Y ') can take two positions, namely a release position of the shoe as shown in Figure 3, and a shoe retaining position as shown in Figure 10.
• the rear interlocking assembly consisting in particular of the rear interlocking wall (10c) is tilted backwards. (AR) with its support plate (110).
• the rear interlocking wall (10c) consisting of the elastic element is in constrained support against the boot, namely by creating a forward force (F), thanks to the elasticity of the rear fitting wall (10c).
• attachment and in particular its rear retaining means (5) comprises means for locking the retaining position and unlocking means for the passage of the retaining position to the release position.
• the locking means are constituted and that by way of example by a movable locking member (13) biased by an elastic system such as a spring (14) cooperating with a fixed part (15).
• the fixed part (15) is integral with the rear support plate (110), and is a stirrup projecting under the rear support plate (110) in the shape of an inverted "T" or U.
• Said stirrup comprises a transverse branch (111) intended to be retained by the moving part (13) as shown in FIG. 6.
• the locking means comprise an unlocking lever (17) articulated on the plate (4) around a transverse axis, as for example the axis (Y, Y '). Let's add that the unlock lever
• unlocking lever (17) could extend laterally as for example laterally with respect to the shoe to the outside.
• Said movable locking piece (13) is a sliding piece housed in the fixing plate (4) which comprises at its front end a locking pin (20) intended to cooperate with the transverse branch (111) of the fixed piece (15). ).
• Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 are illustrations showing the operation of the fastener.
• Figure 7 shows the shoe out of the binding, while the attachment is shown in the ground position but without the boot.
• the distance between the front end of the boot (21) and the rear retaining end (22) has a length (L) greater than the distance (L1) between the front retaining member ( 7) and the rear retaining member (8), with a differential (d) ensuring the pressure of the elastic element on the shoe.
• the locking of the support plate (110) is done by cooperation of the movable locking part (13) with the branch transverse section (111) of the fixed part (15).
• the shoe is thus maintained by action forward according to (F) of the elastic member (11).
• the rear interlocking member is supported, forced against the shoe by pivoting, but it could be otherwise.
• the displacement towards the boot for stressing the rear engagement wall (10c) under constraint is carried out by translational displacement (T) towards the front of the retaining member.
• the means for causing this movement are constituted by a system of rods (25) disposed under the heel of the shoe.
• the rear wall (10c) of the rear interlocking wall (9) is non-elastic material, while the side walls (10a, 10b) are of elastic material.
• the mode of operation is the same. Except that the rear wall nesting (10c) is not elastic, but thanks to the action of the side walls (10a, 10b), which are elastic, said rear wall nesting (10c) is in constraint on the shoe.
• FIGS. 1 to 11 The preferred embodiment, illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 11, is such that it is the rear retaining member which comprises the elastic element, but it could be otherwise.
• the front retainer could comprise an elastic element which could come to pressure the shoe to ensure its retention.
• FIGS. 4a and 5a are views similar to FIGS. 1 and 5 illustrating an alternative embodiment, in which the rear interlocking wall (10c) is articulated on each of the lateral walls (10a, 10b) about an axis. transverse (120). Which allows a better adaptation to the shoe.
• FIGS. 4b and 5b are views similar to FIGS. 1 and 5 illustrating another variant embodiment, in which the pivot axis (Y, Y ') of the rear retaining member is moved forward, to be placed further forward relative to the rear wall (the), unlike the previous embodiment that the axis of pivoting (Y, Y ') is located substantially vertically to the rear portion of the rear wall (1c).
• the engagement of the rear wall (the) against the heel will be larger, Note that the necessary elasticity can be obtained through the sliding of the rear holding means (8). on the plate that carries them, which sliding against the action of an elastic system such as a spring or other.

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