Abstract: A ski brake has a stirrup-shaped bent-wire actuator upon which at least one brake element is mounted for swinging movement into an operative position to limit free flight of a ski released, for example, upon the fall of a skier. The spring wire is deformed when it is held in an inoperative position by the ski boot and springs into its operative position by the restoring force produced by deformation of the spring wire. A stretcher means is provided, e.g. in the form of a toggle, to deform the spring wire to draw its shanks together.

Abstract: A pair of skis are secured together by providing notched blades of a ski brake designed to prevent free flight of the ski down a slope, e.g. upon the falling of a skier. The notches in the blades are dimensioned so that when the blades straddle the respective skis, the notches of the blades of each pair of brake elements can receive the longitudinal edges of the other ski of the respective pair so that the skis are held in runner-to-runner relationship.

Abstract: A safety ski binding provides automatic recentering of a ski boot along the longitudinal axis of the ski and comprises for one end of the boot a retaining element which consists of a catch cooperating with a slope and adapted to move, in relation to the ski, between two positions. The end of the boot comprises, above the slope which cooperates with the catch, a sliding surface pointing in a downward direction and cooperating with the catch when the latter rocks from the first to the second position.

Abstract: A device for mounting a brake on a ski having a safety fastening comprising a longitudinal slide bar attached to the ski comprises a brake element slidably mounted on the slide bar. The brake element is secured in place and is so fitted that it cannot be detached from the slide bar in the transverse direction.

Abstract: An automatic brake for a ski comprises a resiliently deformable wire of generally U shape and having a pair of pivot portions which extend parallel to the upper face of the ski and at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the ski. These portions are pivoted in a support plate and actuation portions extending back from the pivot portions allow the wire to be deformed and flattened out in a planar manner on top of the ski. Brake elements are carried on this wire so that when it is stepped on and flattened out these brake elements lie on top of the ski out of the way, but when a skiboot is taken off the wire they spring down and project beyond the lower face of the ski so as to prevent it from sliding.

Abstract: The boot is designed to be attached to a ski-boot safety binding and comprises a boot-retaining element located on one of the sides of the ski; one of the ends of the sole of the boot comprises a recess to allow the retaining element to pass under the sole of the boot when the latter pivots; a recess prevents the boot from becoming locked in the binding upon release of the latter when the boot is subjected to a torque of high intensity.

Abstract: The safety binding for a ski boot comprises a retaining element for one end of the boot mounted to pivot about links hinged in relation to the ski; a first system of locks consisting of a system of ramps and stops, and a second lock consisting of a second system of ramps and stops which temporarily prevent the retaining element from pivoting, forcing it to move against the action of a resilient element. The second system of locks prevents the binding from releasing itself as a result of an inadvertent impact.

Abstract: A brake for a ski has a holder defining a pivot transverse to the ski and parallel to the upper surface thereof. A resiliently deformable wire has a central bight portion defining a plane, a pair of pivot portions confined in the holder pivot and bent inwardly toward each other out of the plane of the bight portion, a pair of connecting portions bent away from the pivot portions and extending outwardly away from each other toward the sides of the ski and a pair of leg portions extending generally parallel to each other from the connecting portions and lying out of the plane. The wire is symmetrical about a plane perpendicular to the surface and extending longitudinally of the ski. A braking element is carried on each of the leg portions, and is displaceable between a position in which it projects below the lower surface of the ski and a position in which it lies above this lower surface and within the lateral outline of the ski on displacement of the bight portion by the heel or toe of a skiboot.