Abstract: Adjustable toggle type attachment device for a ski boot, with a series of notches constituting a rack fixed to an element to be tightened, and a tightening lever connected through a traction element to another element to be tightened. An abutment longitudinally adjustable in a continuous manner is provided on the lever, and the traction element is supported thereon.

Abstract: The ski boot of the invention comprises a shank and a rigid shell base. The shank is at least partially journalled on the shell base, and flexion means for adjusting the flexional characteristics of the shank relative to the shell base are also provided. The flexion means is generally positioned at the lower portion of the shank and comprises:(a) first support means associated with the shank;(b) second support means associated with the shell base, the first and second support means forming at least one groove therebetween; and(c) transmission means for transmitting flexional forces exerted by the leg of a skier on the shank from the first support means to the second support means.

Abstract: A latching apparatus for use with a ski binding. The apparatus has a latching element adapted to pivot multidirectionally upon the application of an external force. Elastic elements are provided to bias the latching element and to allow for its multidirectional pivoting. The inventive apparatus makes it possible to achieve increased vertical-to-lateral release thresholds having a ratio of greater than 2:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ski-boot more particularly designed to enable deliberate release of a ski-boot from a ski by means of a ski-stick.The ski-boot comprises bearing-surfaces and retention means especially comprising a hole 18 adapted to cooperate with the ski-boot from the ski and in order on the other hand to avoid its slipping during the release of the ski-boot from the ski.The boot in accordance with the invention offers the advantage of facilitating the deliberate release of the fastening between the ski-boot and the ski.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an article of footwear to be placed inside a ski boot, and the process of its manufacture.The process according to the invention is characterized by the fact that the article of footwear is molded in its open position, thereby permitting the inner core to be conveniently removed from the mold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ski brake, including a braking member having two free ends connected by a yoke having two rectilinear portions mounted to pivot on a base plate. A resilient member connected by a pedal to the yoke urges the braking member into a raised position. Small movable connecting rods placed between the yoke and the base plate cause the free ends to return. The device significantly reduces the effects on the ski boot of keeping the braking member in depressed position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a ski boot including a foot-retaining system; the ski boot has a rigid shell; the metatarsal and instep retaining systems are assembled to the rigid shell by means of a base with which they are associated; the shell is molded onto the base and the assembly is achieved by means of tenon and mortise systems; the tension of the foot-retaining system of the ski boot is controlled by adjustable tensioning elements. The ski boot, and the method whereby it is manufactured, make it possible to automate the production process; more particularly, they facilitate the assembly of the foot-retaining system to the interior of the shell.

Abstract: A device for braking a ski upon the release thereof from a ski boot which comprises a mounting plate affixed to the upper surface of the ski and a preferably one-piece U-shaped stirrup of spring wire having a bight and a pair of offset shanks received in and swingably mounted on the mounting plate. Upon depression of the bight of the spring-wire stirrup by the ski boot, the stirrup is deformed and swings a pair of brake elements or blades into an inoperative position parallel to the longitudinal edges of the ski. The deformation of the stirrup, because of nonplanarity of the stirrup or camming formations on the mounting plate, provides a prestress thereto which, upon release of the stirrup by the ski boot, causes the brake elements to swing into an operative position where they inhibit free flight of the ski.

Abstract: A releasable toe holder or toe jaw for ski bindings having a sole holder movably mounted transversely with respect to the lengthwise direction of the related ski. The sole holder is retained in a normal position by a spring element and following a limited transverse movement thereof is returned back into such normal position by said spring element. The sole holder has a pedal intended to engage beneath the sole end of the ski boot. The sole holder is anchored to the ski by means of a double guide or link arrangement coupled with the spring element. One hinge or pivot of the double guide arrangement is fixedly arranged on the ski and a second hinge or pivot engages the pedal behind the sole holder.

Abstract: A ski safety binding is provided with a mechanism for compensating for undesired variations in vertical retention stress, e.g., friction between the sole of the ski boot and the boot retaining jaw of the binding. The mechanism comprises two members movable relative to one another, the first being a spring-loaded piston, and the second a rocking member mounted in a seat of the piston or on an axle integral with it, for rocking movement about an axis transverse to the direction of sliding movement of the piston. The rocking member acts against the action of both the spring biasing the piston, and the boot retaining jaw.

Abstract: In a ski boot designed to be put on from the rear, the foot-retaining system, located within a rigid shell, on a level with the metatarsus, comprises securing means consisting of two straps. One end of each strap is secured to the shell in the vicinity of the sole of the boot. The foot-retaining system is also provided with an adjustable tension device consisting of a bolt accessible from outside the boot, and nuts. A boot according to the present invention assures satisfactory foot retention in the metatarsal area, distributes the necessary pressure over all or part of the metatarsus, and allows the skier to adjust the loads which he applies.

Abstract: A safety binding for a ski allows the ski to be fitted by rotating the boot thereon in a plane substantially parallel therewith; it comprises means of retention maintaining the boot upon the ski in a locked position along the longitudinal axis thereof, and a system of ramps located in the immediate vicinity of a first of two locking elements cooperating with each other and forming part of the retention means. The second locking element is designed to cooperate with the ramp system during the ski fitting operation, in order to be guided towards the first locking element, the configuration of the ramp system being such that it imparts to the second locking element at least one movement in a direction parallel with the plane of contact between the ski and the boot.

Abstract: A boot, particularly a ski boot, is provided with device for retaining the foot against both lateral and vertical movement. The device comprises a generally V-shaped support element having two deformable side plates which can be adjusted for gripping movement toward and away from the foot. The plates have a shape generally corresponding to that of the top of the forefoot, and thus distribute the gripping stresses over the entire surface of the top of the foot, obviating painful pressure spots. The means for adjusting the position of the side plates is controlled from the exterior of the boot. A rapid tightening-untightening arrangement can also be incorporated into the boot according to the invention.

Abstract: A ski-boot element is connected to a boot and comprises a depression in which is located a pivot running towards the lower surface of the element. The depression receives a block integral with the ski, while locking means assure that the boot is held to the ski. Also the depression may be in a plate attached at least temporarily under the sole of the boot.

Abstract: In a ski binding, a plate integral with a ski boot, at least temporarily, comprises a space cooperating with a pivot block secured to the ski, the plate and pivot being caused to cooperate by releasable retention means. A pin, integral with the plate, engages, when the ski is being fitted, in a housing in the pivot block and is secured therein by a deformable resilient locking means which allows the plate to rotate in relation to the ski, but prevents the pin from escaping from the housing in a vertical direction. The invention is applicable in particular to pivoting bindings known as rotational fittings.

Abstract: A voluntary-ski-removal lever pivots about a first axis integral with a piston and moving therewith. By means of a ramp, this lever cooperates with a fixed axle about which a jaw pivots in such a manner that, when the lever is depressed, this movement brings the first axis and the fixed axle together, thus causing the piston to move back and to release the jaw.

Abstract: A ski boot comprises an outer shell and a detachable inner element constituting a lining and defining a cavity, the volume of which depends upon the size of the user's foot and is adapted to accommodate a filler material. A sealing device is located between the shell and the inner element for closing off the cavity. The ski boot is particularly well suited to allowing the skier to withdraw the inner element and the filler material, either to dry out any moisture that may have entered the boot or to be able to re-use the boot and adapt it to another foot, or to change a worn inner element.

Abstract: The invention concerns braking devices for skis that will ensure their immobilization when unexpectedly separated from the ski boot.For a ski which is put on by positioning the boot at an angle and then pivoting it to lock it in place, the ski brake includes a braking element 17 mounted on a pin 17 whose extremity 21 is pushed back by the boot during pivoting so that the braking element is raised counter to the action of a spring.This arrangement facilitates placing the boot on the ski at an angle.

Abstract: A device for holding an object (such as a boot) to a support (such as a ski) is provided with a resilient member to furnish energy to hold the object to the support, the resilient member having two parallel pivoting parts spaced from each other and housed in the support, these pivoting parts being united by a resiliently deformable loop.

Abstract: A device for holding an object, such as a boot, to a support, more particularly a sports article, is designed in a manner such that the resilient member providing the necessary energy to hold the object to the support has two pivoting sections with axes coinciding in the plane of the support, the sections being united by a resiliently deformable loop. The sections and the loop are preferably in the form of a bent rod. The device may be used more particularly to hold a boot to a ski.