EP4267266A1

EP4267266A1 - Mounting device for a ski binding

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Publication number: EP4267266A1
Application number: EP21830928.4A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Alois Pieber; Nicolas FELLIN
Original assignee: Fischer Sports GmbH
Current assignee: Fischer Sports GmbH
Priority date: 2020-12-23
Filing date: 2021-12-22
Publication date: 2023-11-01
Also published as: WO2022133508A1; AT524636A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a mounting device (1) for a ski binding (3), which is slidably mounted on a binding plate (10), comprising: - a connecting element (11), the connecting element (11) and the ski binding (3) being substantially unslidable relative to each other, and the connecting element extending forward from the ski binding (3); - a fastening element (10), which is provided to be immovably fastened, in front of a front end of the ski binding (3), to a ski (3) supporting the ski binding (3); - a locking device (22), which has an open position, in which open position the connecting element (11) is freely slidable relative to the fastening element (10) and the connecting element (11) can be positioned in at least two mutually spaced, defined functional positions, the locking device (22) having at least one slidably mounted locking element (23), which, in the locking position, is received in a cutout (24a, 24b) in the connecting element (11), and the locking device (22) having an actuation element (13) for transferring the locking element (23) being a blocking position and a release position.

Description

Storage device for a ski binding

The invention relates to a mounting device for a ski binding, in particular a cross-country ski binding, which is displaceably mounted on a binding plate, comprising a connecting element which can be connected to the ski binding in such a way that the connecting element and the ski binding are essentially non-displaceable with respect to one another in the direction of a longitudinal extension of the ski binding and which extends forward from the ski binding, a fastening element which is intended to be immovably fastened to a ski carrying the ski binding in front of a front end of the ski binding, a locking device with a locking position, wherein in the locking position the connecting element and the Fastening element are essentially immovably connected to one another, the locking device having an open position in which the connecting element is freely displaceable relative to the fastening element and the Ver Binding element can be positioned in at least two spaced-apart, defined functional positions, in which the locking device can be converted into the locking position.

Cross-country skiing involves a combination of a pushing and a gliding movement. Correspondingly, cross-country skis usually have two different running surface sections. Gliding zones are provided in a front and rear section, while a climbing zone is provided in the middle section, which is used in particular during the push-off movement. The gliding zones are accordingly designed to be as smooth as possible for good gliding properties, whereas in the climbing zone there is usually a structured or friction-increasing surface or an adhesion-promoting wax or the like is provided. During the push-off phase, an attempt is made to bring the climbing zone into full contact with the snow so that a forward movement is initiated. During the gliding phase, the driver's weight is primarily transferred to the snow via the front and rear gliding zones. A good transition between the push-off and glide phases is necessary for rapid progress. Depending on personal preference Depending on the snow, snow and terrain conditions, it can be useful to position the ski binding a little further towards the tip of the ski or a little further back towards the tail of the ski in order to achieve the best possible transition between the push-off and gliding phases. If the ski binding is shifted further forward when practicing classic cross-country skiing, the kick-off is generally improved, whereas the gliding properties are usually improved if the ski binding is shifted somewhat to the rear.

There are a lot of number of ski bindings or. Storage devices are known in which the position of the ski binding on the ski can be changed in a simple manner via sliding storage on a slide rail. In most cases, the ski binding has an area of the standing area, i. H . between the front and rear end of the ski binding, a locking device, which fixed or the ski binding in the locked state. immovably positioned on the ski and in an unlocked position allows the ski binding to be displaced on the ski. In such ski bindings or. Storage devices is therefore only a shift of the ski binding forwards or backwards. backwards possible if the boot is not currently held in the ski binding, since otherwise the boot held in the ski binding does not permit access to the locking device. In these known ski bindings or. The user must therefore interrupt the cross-country skiing fastening devices and loosen the boot from the binding in order to change the binding position on the ski. This is time-consuming and not very convenient, especially when skiing, e.g. B. due to changing snow conditions, a change in the binding position on the ski is requested several times.

WO 2018/143815 A1 already discloses a mounting device for a ski binding of the type mentioned at the outset, in which case the displacement preferably does not take place via the manual operation of an actuator, but rather is achieved with the aid of an electrically driven motor. However, such a structure is technically complex, error-prone and, in particular, also has the disadvantage that an energy store for driving the motor has to be charged regularly. In the exemplary embodiments that provide for manual shifting, a different slidably mounted handle provided over which the ski binding can be moved. Accordingly, provision is made for the user's foot to be moved via the manual operation, which is tedious and impractical.

Another mounting device for a ski binding is already known from WO 2012/045723 A1, with which the position on the ski can be changed while a ski boot is held in the ski binding. In order to achieve adjustability of the binding position while the ski boot is held in the ski binding, a movable actuator is provided. When the actuator is activated, the position of the binding is adjusted. In one embodiment, the actuator is a gear wheel, rotation of the gear wheel causing the teeth to engage notches or grooves in a fastener such that the binding moves forward or backward on the ski depending on the direction of rotation of the gear wheel. A particular disadvantage of this solution is that the binding has to be released from its fixed position by hand and the hand has to remain on the actuator while it is being actuated, e.g. B. the gear has to be turned in order to change the position of the ski binding on the ski. In addition, the user's foot must be moved via the manual operation; this is tedious and time consuming.

Another mounting device for a ski binding is known from CH 177960 A, in which the ski binding is mounted so that it can move freely when the locking device is in an open position. To fix the position of the ski binding, a clamping device with a cam lever is provided, via which a slide can be fixed in any intermediate position. With such a clamping device, however, no predefined position can be set and it also involves the risk that the carriage will unintentionally come loose from the clamping position.

A ski binding is known from FR 2742345 A1, which is arranged directly on the surface of a ski and whose position on the ski can be adjusted. In one exemplary embodiment from a front connecting element is provided which at its Top has two rows of teeth. A toothed plate can be pressed onto the rows of teeth with the help of a cam lever, so that the position of the connecting element and thus that of the ski binding is fixed directly on the ski.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to alleviate or eliminate one or more disadvantages of the prior art. In particular, the object of the invention is to create a storage device in which the ski binding only has to be released from a locked position by hand and the longitudinal displacement can be carried out in a different way, d. H . not necessarily by hand, can be done.

This problem is solved by the storage device according to claim 1 . According to the invention, it is provided in particular that the locking device has at least one displaceably mounted locking element, which is accommodated in the locking position in a recess in the connecting element, the locking device having an actuating element for transferring the locking element between a locking and a release position.

The functional positions are in the longitudinal direction of the ski binding or Longitudinally of the ski spaced apart, so by moving the connecting element connected to the connecting element ski binding, which is slidably mounted on a binding plate, forward, d. H . in the direction of the ski tip, or backwards, d . H . towards the end of the ski, is shifted. Advantageously, to move the connecting element and thus the ski binding, it is not absolutely necessary to permanently actuate a locking device or to move the ski binding by hand, but due to the freely displaceable mounting of the connecting element and a ski binding mounted on a binding plate, the ski binding together with the connecting element can be moved forwards or backwards by simply moving the user's foot. Thus, the position of a ski binding arranged on a ski can be shifted in a particularly simple and user-friendly manner with the aid of the storage device according to the invention. cross country Bindings, such as are used with the storage device according to the invention, usually have a receptacle for a pivot axis of a boot running transversely to the longitudinal direction of the ski binding, with the pivot axis being accommodated in the receptacle—pivotable around its own axis—in the closed state of the ski binding, so that sufficient force for shifting the ski binding in the direction of the ski tip or ski tail can be transmitted in a simple manner via this connection. By forming a front connecting element which in any case also has a portion which extends forwards away from the ski binding , ie. H . in the direction of the ski tip, and is therefore freely accessible during use or. is not arranged exclusively underneath the boot accommodated in the binding, the position can thus be changed in a simple manner during use of the ski. The user only has to unlock the locking element, move the binding forwards or backwards, preferably by applying force via the foot, with the locking element being locked manually or at most independently in the further functional position. Thus, the storage device according to the invention is characterized by a quick and easy adjustability of the binding position and a high level of operator friendliness.

In order to keep the connecting element reliably in the ski or Leading the longitudinal direction of the binding and thus promoting the adjustment movement is advantageous if a linear guide is provided between the connecting element and the fastening element. With regard to a structurally simple construction, which also allows existing bindings to be easily retrofitted with a bearing device according to the invention, it is advantageous if the connecting element has a first linear guide, in particular in the form of essentially C-shaped side sections, the laterally projecting guide rails of the fastening element.

Furthermore, for easy operation when transferring between the locking and open position of the locking device, it is advantageous if the locking device has two Has locking pins, which are received in the locking position in each case in a recess in the connecting element. Such a locking element or Locking pins can be easily released from the locked position by pushing or pressing. In addition, such a locking element or could tap such locking in a simple manner via a spring element or. Spring elements are held in the locked position, so that the user only briefly to unlock the locking element or. the locking pins must be released from the locked position before the connecting element is displaced from the adjusted functional position.

For a high level of operating comfort, it is advantageous if the actuating element is positioned in a non-activated state, the locking element is in the locked position. The actuating element can preferably be activated via a pushing or pressing movement; In this activated state, the locking element is transferred from the locked to the release position and the locking device is thus in the open position, in which the connecting element can be freely displaced relative to the fastening element. However, as soon as the user no longer exerts any pressure on the actuating element, this is preferably, eg. B. via a spring force, transferred back into the non-activated position in which the locking element or the locking pins seek to be received in a recess in the connector. Therefore, if the connecting element is brought into the further functional position, the locking element or snap the locking pin preferably automatically in a recess or. Recesses that correspond to this functional position.

A simple and reliable construction for transferring the locking element between a locking and a release position is achieved when the locking element, in particular two locking pins, is mounted in a slotted guide, which is connected to the actuating element. In this case, the link guide can in particular have two arcuate sections, each of which is designed to accommodate a guide pin of a locking pin are provided. If the guide pins are arranged in an outer vertex of the arcuate sections, the locking pins are thus shifted outwards and seek to be taken up in a recess of the connecting element. If, however, the slotted guide is moved, the guide pins are accommodated in an inner front or rear end section of the arcuate sections of the slotted guide. The locking pins and thus also their outer ends are therefore not shifted inwards, so that the locking pins do not engage with the recesses in the connecting element corresponding to a functional position, whereby the locking element is mounted so that it can slide freely relative to the fastening elements.

To penetration of snow or the like to the fastener or. In particular to prevent the locking element, it is advantageous if a cover is attached to the fastening element, on which the actuating element is accommodated, in particular is movably mounted. It is advantageous here if the cover is slid onto the fastening element, since in this way a connection between fastening element and cover can be achieved in a simple manner without separate fixing elements. Alternatively, fastener and a cover or Housing also be formed in one piece.

For reliable fixing of the cover in a state pushed onto the fastening element without separate fixing elements, it is favorable if the cover has a front edge which is received in a latching recess of the fastening element in the pushed-on state. Accordingly, the cover can easily be removed from the front, i. H . in the mounted state of the ski binding and the storage device away from the ski tip, are pushed onto the fastening element until a front edge of the cover behind a front section of the fastening element, which forms a locking recess, snaps. In order to simplify the elastic deformation of the cover during the sliding process, the cover can have a material weakening, in particular a bottom-side ge, have transverse to the sliding direction running groove, which favors an elastic pivoting up of a front end portion of the cover.

In order to connect the cover reliably to the fastening element, it is advantageous if laterally projecting guide rails are provided in a rear section facing the ski binding, which are at least partially accommodated in a second linear guide of the connecting element, preferably in guide grooves. Thus, the cover is preferably held in a front area by a linear guide of the fastening element and in a rear area by a linear guide of the connecting element. Unintentional detachment of the cover from the fastening element is therefore not possible.

The invention also includes a ski binding, preferably cross-country skiing binding, with a binding element that is displaceably mounted on a slide rail provided for arrangement on a ski, the ski binding being connected to a mounting device according to the invention by the connecting element being connected to the binding element of the ski binding. Known ski bindings, in particular cross-country bindings, which are displaceably mounted by a slide rail, can therefore be easily retrofitted with the storage device according to the invention in order to change the position of the ski binding on the ski or. to be able to achieve on the slide in a quick and easy way, without having to get out of the ski binding with the boot taken up therein. Therefore, if a user Z . B. arrives in a section of the trail in which there are changed snow conditions, he can z. B. Simply stop for a moment, grab down to the storage device and preferably move the ski binding quickly and easily through the interaction of hand and foot. Alternatively, however, the ski binding itself can already be equipped with the connecting element of the storage device, so that the user-friendly and simple adjustability of the position of the ski binding on the slide rail or is given to the ski.

In order to subsequently equip a ski binding with the To simplify the storage device according to the invention, it is advantageous if the binding element and the connecting element have connecting elements that work together, preferably projections and receptacles that work together. Here z. B. two holes or recesses preferably be provided in a front end portion of a binding element, in which corresponding, preferably on the top of the connecting element, arranged projections latching or. be included in a form-fitting manner. Thus, the two elements preferably only need to be plugged together in order to create a functional connection between the ski binding and the storage device.

If it is already clear when manufacturing the ski binding that an adjustment of the ski binding is desired via the bearing device according to the invention, it is advantageous if the connecting element and at least a front section of the binding element are formed in one piece with one another. When mounting the binding on a ski, the connecting element formed in one piece with the binding element can be connected to a fastening element also fastened to the ski, so that the position of the ski binding on a slide rail can be easily adjusted.

Alternatively, the connecting element can also have a fastening section, which is movably mounted in the slide rail, preferably with a perforated strip at the end, with which a detachable holding element of the binding element interacts. In this case a double adjustment of the binding position is possible. In addition, the position of the binding relative to the connecting element can be adjusted via the fastening section. If a quick, uncomplicated adjustment of the position of the binding is desired while a boot is held in the binding, a type of quick adjustment of the ski binding can be carried out using the storage device according to the invention without the user having to get out of the binding.

The invention also relates to a ski with a mounting device according to the invention, with the fastening element in front of the front end of the ski binding, viewed in the direction of a ski tip. ment attached to the ski, in particular glued, is. Due to the adhesive fastening of the fastening element on the ski, the ski is advantageously not weakened by fixing elements that penetrate into the inside of the ski. The position of the ski binding, which is movably mounted on a slide rail, can thus be easily adjusted with the aid of the mounting device according to the invention.

The invention is explained in more detail below using preferred exemplary embodiments, to which it should by no means be restricted. In detail, the drawings show:

Fig. 1 shows an oblique view of a ski with a displaceably mounted ski binding and a mounting device according to the invention arranged in front of the ski binding;

Fig. 2 is an oblique view from above of a storage device according to the invention in a front functional position, a cover being shown transparent;

Fig. 2a an oblique view of a storage device according to the invention from above in a rear functional position, with a cover being shown transparent;

Fig. 3 is an oblique view from below of a storage device according to the invention;

Fig. 4 is an oblique rear view of a storage device according to the invention;

Fig. 4a an oblique view of a bearing device according to the invention from the front, including a vertical section in the area of an actuating element;

Fig. 5 shows an oblique view of a vertical section of a storage device according to the invention along the longitudinal axis of the storage device;

Fig. 6 an oblique view of a storage device according to the invention direction of a vertical section with the cover removed;

Fig. 7 shows an exploded view of a second embodiment of the storage device according to the invention;

Fig. 7a is an oblique view of the second exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 7 with transparent cover;

Fig. 7a is an oblique view of the second exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 7 with cover removed;

Fig. 8 shows an exploded view of a third embodiment of the storage device according to the invention;

Fig. 8a is a plan view of the third exemplary embodiment of the storage device according to the invention as shown in FIG. 8th ;

Fig. 9 shows an exploded view of a fourth embodiment of the storage device according to the invention;

Fig. FIG. 9a shows a plan view of the fourth exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 9; and

Fig. 10 shows an exploded view of a fifth exemplary embodiment of the storage device according to the invention.

In the figs. 1 to 6 is a first exemplary embodiment of a storage device according to the invention 1 and . a cross-country binding

2 with the storage device 1 according to the invention on a ski

3 shown .

Here is a cross-country binding 2 via a slide or. Binding plate 4 (cf. FIGS. 3, 4a) is displaceably mounted on the ski 3. The cross-country ski binding 2 has a binding element 5 which is provided for receiving a ski boot (not shown). For a pivotable mounting of the ski boot on the binding element 5, a receptacle 6 is provided, in which a pivot axis of the ski boot can be taken. In a closed position of a hook-shaped closure element 6a, a pivot axis arranged in the receptacle 6 is reliably positioned on the bin tion 2 is maintained, with the ski boot being in a downwardly pivoted state of the ski boot, the ski boot in the front area essentially standing on a standing surface 5a. To accommodate a heel section of the shoe, a heel element 8 is connected to the binding element 5 via a plug-in connection, which is slidably mounted on a rear slide rail 4a and is therefore provided for joint sliding displacement with the (front) binding element 5 . The closure element 6a can be transferred between an open position and a closed position via a binding actuation element 7 .

To the position of the binding on the ski 3 forward towards (a not shown) ski tip, d. H . in the direction of the arrow 9 or . backwards in the direction of a ski end (not shown), d. H . in the direction of arrow 9 ", when the ski boot is received in the binding 2, the storage device 1 is provided in front of the (front) binding element 5; the ski binding 2 can hereby be fastened in different positions on the ski 3.

The storage device 1 comprises a plate-shaped fastening element 10, i. H . a mounting plate , which is fixedly arranged on the ski 3 . The mounting plate 10 is in direction 9 before the front end of the ski binding 2 or. of the binding element 5 glued to the ski. Due to the adhesive fastening of the fastening element 10 on the ski 3, the ski 3 is not weakened by screws or the like penetrating into the interior of the ski 3.

As shown in particular in FIGS. 2 to 6 in detail, a connecting element 11 can be locked in different positions, in the exemplary embodiment shown in two different positions, relative to the fastening plate 10. Since the connecting element 11 is firmly connected to the binding element 5 and the two elements in the direction of displacement, d. H . in the longitudinal direction 12 of the ski binding or. of the ski 3 , are immovable, the position of the ski binding 2 on the ski 3 is also fixed at the same time via the position of the connecting element 11 . To the connecting element 11 when changing the binding position reliably in ski or. Longitudinal binding direction 12 to lead and thus to favor the adjustment movement, a linear guide between the connecting element 11 and the fastening element 10 is provided. The connecting element 11 in this case has a first linear guide in the form of essentially C-shaped side sections 16 which encompass laterally projecting guide rails 15 of the fastening element 10 .

In the exemplary embodiment shown, an actuating element 13 is provided in the form of a slide 13a for opening a locked connection between the fastening element 10 and the connecting element 11. a housing 14 of the storage device 1 is slidably mounted. In particular, the cover 14 can prevent snow or the like from penetrating the connection between the connecting element 11 and the fastening element 10 .

In particular in Fig. 2 it can be seen that the cover or the housing 14 are each connected to each other via a linear guide both with the fastening plate 10 and with the connecting element 11 . The cover 14 encloses the C-shaped side sections 16 of the connecting element 11 with outer side walls 14a which extend essentially perpendicularly to a surface of the ski. In order to reliably connect the cover 14 to the fastening element 10 , laterally projecting guide rails 17 are provided in the rear section of the cover 14 facing the ski binding, which are at least partially received in grooves 18 of a second linear guide of the connecting element 11 . Thus, the cover 14 encloses the connecting element 11 in a front area and is in a rear area inside a linear guide or recorded by grooves 18 of the connecting element 11, so that a reliable (sliding) connection between the two elements 11 and 14 is achieved.

In order to fix the cover 14 in a simple manner when it is pushed onto the fastening element 10 without separate fixing elements, the cover 14 has a front edge 14b which, when pushed on, is received in a latching recess 10a of the fastening element 10 . The cover 14 is easily from the front, ie. H . in the mounted state of the ski binding and the storage device away from the ski tip, in direction 9 'on the fastening element 10 pushed on until the front edge 14b of the cover 14 snaps into the recess 10a. In order to simplify the elastic deformation of the cover during the sliding process, the cover 14 has a bottom, transverse to the direction of sliding groove or. Groove 19 which promotes an elastic pivoting up of a front end section of the cover 14 . When the cover 14 is slid on, it strikes a front blocking surface 10c of the fastening element 10 .

As further from Fig. 1, the connecting element 11 is connected to the binding element 5 via connecting elements 20 in the form of two projections 20a, which are accommodated in corresponding recesses 20b in the binding element 5 of the ski binding 2. Thus, existing ski or Cross-country ski bindings 2, which are slidably mounted on a slide rail 4, can be retrofitted with a storage device 1 in order to change the position of the ski binding 2 on the ski or to be able to achieve on the slide rail 4 without having to get out of the ski binding 2 with a shoe taken on it. An existing latching connection between the ski binding 2 and the slide rail 4 arranged underneath is used for the freely displaceable mounting of the ski binding 2 or of the binding element 5 on the slide rail 4 is removed for this purpose. A simple cover plate 21 can be provided instead of the locking element provided previously.

In the figs. 2 to 6, in particular, a locking device 22, with which the connecting element 11 can be firmly connected to the fastening element 10 in a locking position, can be seen in detail. The connecting element 11 and thus also the ski binding can be fastened to the ski 3 in two different positions via the locking device 22 . In Fig. 2A is the connecting element in a rearward direction in the direction of arrow 9', i. H . in the direction of the end of the ski, shifted functional position, a so-called sliding position, shown, in which the sliding behavior of the ski is improved, which is particularly advantageous on descents, whereas in FIG. 2 the connecting element 11 and thus the ski binding 2 in a front, in the direction of arrow 9, d. H . in the direction of the ski tip, shifted functional position, in a so-called push-off or Grip division, shown, in which the push-off resp. Grip behavior of the ski is improved and which is particularly advantageous on climbs.

To produce a solid or immovable connection between the connecting element 11 and the fastener

10, the locking device 22 has an actuating element 13 with a slide 13a, via which two locking pins 23a provided as locking elements 23 can be released from recesses 24a, 24b in the connecting element 11. For the transfer between a locking and an open position of the locking device 22, the actuating element 13 is provided, which in the first exemplary embodiment from a link guide 25 comprises. The link guide 25 has two arcuate sections 26a, 26b, each of which is provided for receiving a guide pin 23b of a locking pin 23a. If the guide pins 23b are arranged in an outer vertex of the arcuate sections 26a, 26b, the locking pins 23a are arranged in an outwardly shifted locking position in which the outer ends of the locking pin 23a in the recesses 24a or 24b according to one of the two Functional positions of the connecting element 11 are included. When the link guide 25 is moved via the slider 13a, which is slidably mounted on the cover 14, the guide pins 23b are received in an inner front or rear end section of the arched sections 26a, 26b of the link guide 25. The locking pins 23a are thus pivoted and their outer ends are displaced inwardly, so that the locking pins 23 are arranged in an open position in which they do not come into contact with the recesses 24a, 24b, whereby the connecting element

11 is mounted so that it can move freely relative to the fastening element. The link guide 25 can be moved forwards or backwards, against the force of a spring 27, via the slide 13a, depending on whether a displacement of the connecting element 11 is desired forwards, in the direction of arrow 9, or backwards, in the direction of arrow 9". be moved backwards; In both cases, the guide pins 23b are shifted inwards and the locking pins 23a are thus transferred to their open position. The spring 27, which is connected to the cover 14 and which is connected to the cover 14 and compressed during operation of the slider 13a, returns to its relaxed rest position in a non-activated state, causing the guide pins 23b to move into apexes of the arcuate sections 26a, 26b and thus into their locking position to return .

For unlocking from a functional position, moving the connecting element 11 or. of the ski binding 2 and repeated locking in the other functional position, the following movement sequence is preferably carried out: i. unlocking by pushing the slider 13a against the force of the spring 27; ii. displacing the ski binding 2 with the help of the foot, which is held in the ski binding 2 via a ski boot; iii . releasing the slider 13a; IV. The locking pin 23a automatically engages in the recess 24a or 24b if the connecting element 11 is moved (with the foot) into the corresponding position.

In Fig. 7 , 7a and 7b a second embodiment is shown in which the connecting element 11 is formed in one piece with the front binding element 5 ; i.e. H . the connecting element 11 extends forward from a front end of the binding element 5 in the direction of the ski tip. Unlike the first embodiment, such an embodiment is not intended for retrofitting existing bindings, but is originally intended for use with the storage device 1 according to the invention.

The front binding element 5 , which in turn has a receptacle 6 for a pivot axis of a shoe, is movably mounted on the slide rail 4 together with the connecting element 11 . A rear binding element 8 together with a slide rail 4a as shown in FIG. 1 may be provided.

Similar to the first exemplary embodiment, a cover or a housing 14 is provided. Unlike the first exemplary embodiment from the housing 14 is not on a separate Fastening element 10 is fastened, but connected via a latching connection to the slide rail 4 connected to the ski surface. For this purpose, the slide rail 4 has a latching strip 30 with a plurality of latching openings which interact with an elastically mounted latching projection 31 in the housing 14 . The housing 14 is pushed onto the slide rail 4 via a linear guide and can be fastened in different positions on a ski via a latching connection between the latching strip 30 and the latching projection 31 . In order to indicate the position of the housing 14 to the user, an index bar 32 is provided on the sliding rail 4 . The housing 14 also has a recess 33 in that area in which the index bar is basically covered by the housing 14, so that the recess 33 allows a limited view of the index bar 32 and thus the position of the housing 14 on the slide rail 4 is recognizable for the user.

As can be seen in particular in FIGS. 7a and 7b, the locking device 22 in the second exemplary embodiment is configured identically to that in the first exemplary embodiment. In order to avoid repetition, reference is therefore made to the above explanations with regard to the structure and the mode of operation.

The essential difference between the first and the second exemplary embodiment is therefore that the second exemplary embodiment can be adjusted twice. On the one hand, a kind of basic setting is made by positioning the housing 14 on the slide rail 4, with the storage device 1 according to the invention then being used to easily adjust the position of the ski binding 2 between a front push-off or Grip division and a rear sliding position can be changed.

A third exemplary embodiment is shown in FIGS. 8 and 8a. Also in this exemplary embodiment is - as in the second exemplary embodiment from - the connecting element 11 is formed in one piece with the (front) binding element 5 . In this embodiment, however, a differently constructed locking device 22 is provided, via which the connecting element 11 and thus the binding element 5 in different Borrowed positions can be arranged on a ski. Of course, the binding element 5 is also displaceably mounted on a slide rail 4 in this exemplary embodiment.

Also in the third exemplary embodiment, as in the first two exemplary embodiments, a slide 13a mounted displaceably on the housing 14 is provided as the actuating element 13, which in each case is displaced forwards in direction 9 or backwards in direction 9' against the force of a spring 27 can be .

Instead of the connecting link guide 25 provided in the first two exemplary embodiments, however, a toggle lever 35 is provided in this exemplary embodiment. The toggle lever 35 comprises two lever elements 35a, on which the locking pin 23a are rotatably mounted. When the slide 13a is moved, a receptacle 35b is moved with a central axis of rotation 35c of the two lever elements 35a, as a result of which the lever elements 34a pivot and the locking pins 23a pivotably mounted on the lever elements 35a are moved out of the respective recesses 24a or 24b. When the slide 13a is released, the central axis of rotation 35c moves back into its central position and the lever elements 35a pivot into the extended starting position in which the locking pins 23a are arranged in their blocking position. The manner of operation for the user is therefore the same as that already described above in connection with the connecting link guide 25 .

A fourth exemplary embodiment is shown in FIGS. 9 and 9a. Also in this exemplary embodiment - as in the second and third exemplary embodiment from - the connecting element 11 is formed in one piece with the (front) binding element 5 . In this exemplary embodiment, however, a differently constructed locking device 22 is provided, via which the connecting element 11 and thus the binding element 5 can be arranged in different positions on a ski. Of course, the binding element 5 is also displaceably mounted on a slide rail 4 in this exemplary embodiment.

Instead of the in the direction of displacement 9, 9 'displaceably In addition to the slide 13a--as provided in the first three exemplary embodiments--the fourth exemplary embodiment has, as the actuating element 13, a pusher 36 that can be actuated transversely to the direction of displacement 9, 9'. The pusher 36 has two pressure elements 36a, 36b, with an inner pressure element 36b being slidably received in an outer pressure element 36a. Between the two pressure elements 36a, 36b, the spring 27 is arranged transversely to the displacement direction 9, 9', so that when the spring 27 is not activated, the two pressure elements 36a, 36b are arranged via the spring in an outwardly displaced blocking position. The two pressure elements 36a, 36b each have projections forming locking pins 23a on their lower, outer edges, which in the locking position--depending on the functional position--are accommodated in recesses 24a or 24b. The pressure elements 36a, 36b are connected to one another via a driver disk 36c, which has a central pivot axis 36d and a driver pin 36e. The driving pin 36e is received in a rotary socket 37a in the inner pressure element 36b and in a guide slot 37b in the outer pressure element 36a. The central pivot axis 36d is accommodated in a corresponding rotary receptacle in a handle housing 38, so that the pressure elements 36a, 36b are moved inwards or outwards in a synchronized manner via the driver disk 36c. The pusher housing 38 is connected to the housing 14 by screws 38a.

Instead of the sliding movement to activate the slide 13a in the first three exemplary embodiments, a user in the fourth exemplary embodiment only has to press the pressure elements 36a, 36b inwards in order to release the locking pin 23a from its locked position. The rest of the functionality for adjusting the ski binding between the two functional positions is the same as already described above.

In Fig. 10 shows a fifth exemplary embodiment. In this exemplary embodiment, the actuating element 13 is a slide 13a with a toggle lever 35 for transferring the locking pin 23a between a locked position and an open position, the functioning of which has already been explained in detail in connection with the third exemplary embodiment; for the purpose of In order to avoid repetitions, reference is made to the above explanations.

The essential difference to the third exemplary embodiment is that the position of the ski binding 2 or of the binding element 5 in addition to the quick adjustment via the storage device 1 according to the invention also via a locking device known per se, as z. B. disclosed in detail in WO2017/220771 A1.

Accordingly, the connecting element 11 has an extension or Fastening section 11a, which is accommodated between the slide rail 4 and the binding element 5 and has a locking strip 11b with latching connection elements, in particular in the form of a perforated strip. The binding element 5, which is displaceably mounted on the slide rail 4, has an operating element 39 which can be transferred between an open and a closed position and is equipped with a latching or locking mechanism on the binding side. Holding element 40 cooperates. In the closed position of the operating element 39, the locking or Retaining element 40 engages with locking strip 11b, so that the position of binding element 5 on slide rail 4 and thus on the ski is defined.

With this exemplary embodiment, a double adjustability of the position of the ski binding 2 or of the binding element 5 on the slide rail 4 or the Ski 3 possible: On the one hand, a quick adjustment between a front push-off or grip division corresponding to the recesses 24b and a rear sliding position corresponding to the rear recesses 24a, while a ski boot is accommodated in the ski binding 2; on the other hand, a fine adjustment can be achieved due to different positions of the binding element 5 relative to the locking bar 11b in the latched position.

Claims

Patent claims :

1. Storage device (1) for a ski binding (2), in particular a cross-country ski binding, which is displaceably mounted on a binding plate (4), comprising a connecting element (11) which can be connected to the ski binding (2) in such a way that the connecting element (11 ) and the ski binding (2) in the direction (9) of a direction (12) of longitudinal extent of the ski binding (2) are essentially immovable with respect to one another, and which extends forward from the ski binding (2), a fastening element (10) which is provided for this purpose is in front of a front end of the ski binding (2) to be immovably attached to a ski (3) carrying the ski binding (2), a locking device (22) with a locking position, wherein in the locking position the connecting element (11) and the fastening element ( 10) are connected to one another in an essentially immovable manner, the locking device (22) having an open position in which the connecting element (11) is opposite r the fastening element (10) can be moved freely and the connecting element (11) can be positioned in at least two defined functional positions spaced apart from one another, in which the locking device (22) can be transferred into the locking position, characterized in that the locking device (22) has at least one displaceably mounted locking element (23) which, in the locking position, is accommodated in a recess (24a, 24b) in the connecting element (11), the locking device (22) having an actuating element (13) for transferring the locking element (23) between a Blocking and a release position.

2. Storage device (1) according to claim 1, characterized characterized in that a linear guide is provided between the connecting element (11) and the fastening element (10), with the connecting element (11) preferably having a first linear guide, in particular in the form of essentially C-shaped side sections (16), the laterally projecting guide rails (15) of the fastening element (10) embrace.

3. Storage device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the locking device (22) has two locking pins (23a) which are received in the locking position in a respective recess (24a, 24b) in the connecting element (11).

4. Storage device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the actuating element (13) positions the locking element (23) in a non-activated state in the locked position.

5. Storage device (1) according to claim one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the locking element

(23), in particular two locking pins (23a), is mounted in a link guide (25) which is connected to the actuating element (13).

6. Storage device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that on the fastening element (10) a cover (14) is attached, in particular pushed, on which the actuating element (13) was added, in particular slidably mounted, is.

7. Storage device (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the connecting element (11) has longitudinal guides (16) running along its longitudinal sides, in which, in the pushed-on state, laterally projecting guide rails (15) of the fastening element (10) are included.

8. Storage device (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the cover (14) has a front edge (14b) which in the pushed-on state in a locking recess

(10a) of the fastening element (10) is received.

9. Storage device (1) according to claim 6, characterized in that the cover (14) in a rear, the Skibin- The section (2) facing the construction has laterally projecting guide rails (17) which are at least partially accommodated in a second linear guide of the connecting element (11), preferably in guide grooves (18).

10. Ski binding (2), preferably cross-country binding, with a binding element (8) which is displaceably mounted on a slide rail (4) provided for arrangement on a ski (3), characterized in that the ski binding (2) has a bearing device ( 1) according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the connecting element (11) is connected to the binding element (5) of the ski binding (2).

11. Ski binding (2) according to claim 10, characterized in that the binding element (5) and the connecting element (11) have interacting connection elements (20), preferably interacting projections and receptacles.

12. Ski binding (2) according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the connecting element (11) and at least a front section of the binding element (5) are integrally formed with each other.

13. Ski binding (2) according to one of Claims 10 to 12, characterized in that the connecting element (11) has a fastening section which is displaceably mounted in the slide rail (4), preferably with a perforated strip (11b) at the end, with which a detachable holding element (40) of the binding element

(5) cooperates.

14. Ski (3), with a mounting device (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 9 and a ski binding (2), characterized in that seen in direction (9) of a front ski tip in front of the front end of the ski binding (2), the Fastening element (10) on the ski (3) attached, in particular glued, is.