US20020101060A1 - Safety device, for ski bindings - Google Patents

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US20020101060A1
US20020101060A1 US10/035,167 US3516702A US2002101060A1 US 20020101060 A1 US20020101060 A1 US 20020101060A1 US 3516702 A US3516702 A US 3516702A US 2002101060 A1 US2002101060 A1 US 2002101060A1
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Roberto Gorza
Mirco Battistella
Fabio Alfieri
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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
    • A63C9/005—Ski bindings with means for adjusting the position of a shoe holder or of the complete binding relative to the ski

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  • the present invention relates to a safety device particularly usable in ski bindings or in other devices in which a mechanism is activated by way of a lever-equipped button or of other activation devices having a similar shape.
  • Devices for adjusting the position of ski bindings or the angular position of snowboard bindings are in fact currently commercially available and are generally constituted by locking means that can be activated and deactivated by way of lever-equipped buttons.
  • the user directly after an adjustment of the binding, may start the sports practice believing that the adjustment device has been locked while it is instead still open.
  • the aim of the present invention is therefore to solve the above cited technical problems of the prior art, by providing a safety device that provides a safe locking for the lever-equipped button.
  • An important object of the invention is to provide a safety device that can be activated and deactivated simply and rapidly.
  • Another important object is to provide a safety device that allows clear and evident visual indication, in any situation, of the locked/released condition of the binding.
  • Another object is to provide a device that is structurally simple and has low manufacturing costs.
  • a safety device particularly for ski bindings comprising a lever-equipped button that is selectively and rotatably associated with a central body, characterized in that it comprises a lever that has a first end, which is pivoted to said button, and a second free end, which interacts, by abutment, with at least one first locator provided in said central body for the temporary locking of the rotation of said button.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views of, respectively, a device for is adjusting the distance between the toe unit and the heel unit of a ski binding and the device for activating said adjustment device;
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are plan views of the activation device, respectively in the locked position and in the adjustment position.
  • the numeral 1 designates a safety device, particularly usable in ski or snowboard bindings, provided with suitable means for example for adjusting the angle or the mutual distance between the toe unit and the heel unit of the bindings with respect to the board or ski, said means comprising a central body 2 for containing a plurality of gears, generally designated by the reference numeral 3 .
  • Two plates 6 a and 6 b for supporting respectively a toe unit and a heel unit, not shown in the figures, are associated so that they can slide temporarily with the free ends 4 a and 4 b of the central body 2 , which is associable with a ski 5 in a lower region.
  • the central body 2 has a first central opening 7 , which can be closed by a cover 8 .
  • a lever-equipped button 10 which is teardrop-shaped and interacts with the gears 3 so as to allow the temporary sliding of the pair of plates 6 a and 6 b along the free ends 4 a and 4 b of the central body 2 and therefore allow adjustment of the ski binding.
  • the lever-equipped button 10 is in fact selectively and rotatably associable with the central body 2 and can assume a first locking position, in which it is accommodated within a first seat 11 formed in said central body 2 , and a second position for activating the adjustment device, in which the button 10 protrudes approximately at right angles with respect to the ski 5 .
  • the safety device 1 is constituted by a lever 12 , which is pivoted to the button 10 at a first end 13 a.
  • the pivoting is achieved for example by using a pivot 14 , which passes approximately vertically through two first holes 15 a and 15 b formed within said first end 13 a of the lever 12 and through a second hole 16 formed at the end of the button 10 that is directed toward the outer lateral edge of the cover 8 .
  • An elastically deformable element such as a spring 17 , is provided coaxially to the pivot 14 and is suitable to keep the lever 12 in abutment and accommodated within a second seat 18 , formed in the button 10 , which is preferably shaped complementarily to a first inner lateral edge 19 a of the lever 12 .
  • the lever is arranged approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the ski 5 and is accommodated within the second seat 18 .
  • the second free end 13 b of the lever 12 is shaped so as to interact, by abutment, with at least one first locator 20 , provided in the central body 2 .
  • the second lateral edge 19 b arranged opposite the first lateral edge 19 a of the lever 12 , has a linear shape, so as to arrange itself approximately on the same plane as the lateral edge of the ski 5 , when the lever 12 is in the abutment position.
  • the lever 12 In said second position, the lever 12 , actuated by the spring 17 , arranges itself, as in FIG. 4, approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the ski 5 .
  • the second end 13 b of the lever 12 is arranged at a second locator 21 , which allows stable positioning of the lever 12 in the condition in which the button 10 is open.
  • the lever 12 by protruding laterally from the ski 5 , acts as a visual indicator of the activation position of the button 10 .
  • the user In order to change the adjustment of the ski binding, the user merely has to turn the lever 12 clockwise about the pivot 14 until it disengages from the first locator 20 . Immediately thereafter, counterclockwise rotation of the button 10 is allowed, the button interacting with the underlying gears 3 , so as to activate the adjustment device.
  • the spring 17 acts so as to move the lever 12 , no longer retained by the user, into abutment in the second locator 21 .

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IT2001TV000008U ITTV20010008U1 (it) 2001-01-30 2001-01-30 Dispositivo di sicurezza particolarmente per attacchi da sci

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US20100109290A1 (en) * 2008-11-03 2010-05-06 Atomic Austria Gmbh Ski binding with a positioning and fixing mechanism for its binding piece bodies
US7988180B2 (en) * 2008-11-03 2011-08-02 Atomic Austria Gmbh Ski binding with a positioning and fixing mechanism for its binding piece bodies
US20130270797A1 (en) * 2010-10-04 2013-10-17 Madshus As Ski binding
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