Title:
BACK-COUNTRY SKI BINDING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/106423
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A slope compensation mechanism for automatically adapting an angle between a ski boot and a ski to a slope, including a tower mechanism having a tower base assembly mounted to the ski and a tower pivot mechanism rotatably and slidably mounted to the tower base assembly. A resilient pivot mechanism allows the tower pivot mechanism to rotate and to axially move with respect to the tower base assembly and a boot mounting beam engages with elevation angle catches corresponding to ranges of angles of a slope. A slope angle adaptation mechanism acting between the tower base assembly and the tower pivot mechanism determines a slope index angle corresponding to a slope being traversed and maintains the tower pivot mechanism at the slope index angle.
Inventors:
MORIN JEANNOT (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/023479
Publication Date:
October 26, 2012
Filing Date:
February 01, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MORIN JEANNOT (US)
International Classes:
A63C9/00; A63C5/00; A63C9/08; A63C9/082
Foreign References:
| US20080290630A1 | 2008-11-27 | |||
| US4353575A | 1982-10-12 | |||
| US4002354A | 1977-01-11 | |||
| US20080309053A1 | 2008-12-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BUJOLD, Michael et al. (Concord, New Hampshire, US)
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