Abstract: A heel unit including a base comprising a fastening arrangement for fastening to a gliding board, a binding body, and coupling means arranged on the binding body. The coupling means engage with a heel portion of a gliding board boot in a downhill position of the gliding board binding to securely hold the gliding board boot on the gliding board binding. The coupling means protrude in a longitudinal direction from the binding body in the downhill position. The heel unit includes an Mz release mechanism to preload the coupling means into the downhill position so that, in the downhill position, the coupling means are freed from engagement with the gliding board boot upon action of a force exceeding a predetermined release force, and so that the coupling means move from the downhill position into a release position via rotational movement of the binding body about the release axis of rotation.

Abstract: A brake arrangement for a touring binding adjustable between a braking position and a sliding position, including: a base having a fastening arrangement; a pedal; at least one brake arm mounted on the base and on the pedal; at least one first resilient element to preload the brake arrangement into the braking position; a locking element that is linearly displaceable along a longitudinal direction of the ski to adjust between an active position, which locks the brake arrangement in the sliding position, and a passive position; and an actuating element mounted on the brake arrangement pivotable about a pivot access, the actuating element adjustable between a locking position, where the locking element is set into the locking position, and a release position, where the locking element is set into the passive position, and wherein a pivoting movement of the actuating element causes a linear movement of the locking element.

Abstract: A front unit for a touring binding, comprising: two lateral bearing portions arranged on a ski transverse axis, wherein, when the front unit is in a closed position, the two lateral bearing portions are configured to engage lateral counter bearing portions of a ski boot to hold the ski boot on the front unit so that the ski boot can pivot about the ski transverse axis; and a longitudinal positioning portion on which the ski boot can be supported, wherein the counter bearing portions are positioned for engagement relative to the bearing portions, the front unit being shiftable between an open position and the closed position, wherein the bearing portions and the counter bearing portions are disengaged in the open position and engaged in the closed position, wherein the longitudinal positioning portion, relative to the bearing portions, is secured in the open position and movable in the closed position.

Abstract: A heel unit for an alpine touring binding, comprising a binding body which is suitable for holding a heel portion of an alpine touring shoe in a downhill position of the heel unit and for releasing the heel portion of the alpine touring shoe in an alpine touring position of the heel unit, such that the alpine touring shoe can lift off the heel unit, and a climbing aid which is adjustable between an active position and a passive position, wherein, while in the active position, the climbing aid supports the heel portion of the alpine touring shoe at a predetermined height above a sliding board plane in the alpine touring position of the heel unit, wherein the climbing aid is biased over the entire path of movement thereof into the active position by means of a flexible element and can be locked in the passive position.

Abstract: A brake arrangement for a touring binding, adjustable between a braking position and a sliding position. The brake arrangement includes a base having a fastening arrangement for fastening to one or more of a ski or the touring binding, a pedal having a step surface for a shoe on a side of the pedal facing away from the ski, at least one brake arm mounted on the base and on the pedal, at least one first resilient element configured to preload the brake arrangement into the braking position, and a locking element that is movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The locking element, in the engaged position, is designed to lock the brake arrangement in the sliding position. The locking element may be preloaded into the engaged position. The brake arrangement may include a blocking element that is adjustable between a blocking position and a release position.

Abstract: A heel unit for a touring binding includes a base for mounting on a sliding board and coupling means to engage a heel portion of a sliding board boot in a downhill position of the touring binding to retain the sliding board boot on the touring binding. A release mechanism holds the coupling means so as to be moveable relative to the base and releasable from the sliding board boot, in the downhill position, in an event of action of a force exceeding a predetermined release force. An adjustment mechanism adjusts the touring binding between the downhill position and a walking position in which the coupling means are remote from and do not engage the sliding board boot. The adjustment mechanism comprises an actuation assembly manually actuatable to lock or unlock the adjustment mechanism substantially without an actuation force or with an actuation force less than the predetermined release force.

Abstract: A brake arrangement for a touring binding adjustable between a braking position and a sliding position, including: a base having a fastening arrangement; a pedal; at least one brake arm mounted on the base and on the pedal; at least one first resilient element to preload the brake arrangement into the braking position; a locking element that is linearly displaceable along a longitudinal direction of the ski to adjust between an active position, which locks the brake arrangement in the sliding position, and a passive position; and an actuating element mounted on the brake arrangement pivotable about a pivot access, the actuating element adjustable between a locking position, where the locking element is set into the locking position, and a release position, where the locking element is set into the passive position, and wherein a pivoting movement of the actuating element causes a linear movement of the locking element.

Abstract: A fastening assembly for a ski crampon includes a hinge pin having a mounting portion and a securing portion. The mounting portion has a smaller dimension in a first direction and a larger dimension in a second direction, the first and second directions orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the hinge pin. The securing portion has substantially the same dimension in the first and second directions. A mounting fastening portion defines a gap and an opening. The gap and the opening each extends substantially transversely to a ski longitudinal direction and substantially parallel to the ski surface. The gap receives the mounting portion of the hinge pin, which is inserted through the opening. The dimension of the opening in the ski longitudinal direction is larger than the dimension of the mounting portion in the first direction and smaller than the dimension of the mounting portion in the second direction.

Abstract: A front unit for a touring binding, comprising: two lateral bearing portions arranged on a ski transverse axis, wherein, when the front unit is in a closed position, the two lateral bearing portions are configured to engage lateral counter bearing portions of a ski boot to hold the ski boot on the front unit so that the ski boot can pivot about the ski transverse axis; and a longitudinal positioning portion on which the ski boot can be supported, wherein the counter bearing portions are positioned for engagement relative to the bearing portions, the front unit being shiftable between an open position and the closed position, wherein the bearing portions and the counter bearing portions are disengaged in the open position and engaged in the closed position, wherein the longitudinal positioning portion, relative to the bearing portions, is secured in the open position and movable in the closed position.

Abstract: A heel unit for a touring binding includes a base for mounting on a sliding board and coupling means to engage a heel portion of a sliding board boot in a downhill position of the touring binding to retain the sliding board boot on the touring binding. A release mechanism holds the coupling means so as to be moveable relative to the base and releasable from the sliding board boot, in the downhill position, in an event of action of a force exceeding a predetermined release force. An adjustment mechanism adjusts the touring binding between the downhill position and a walking position in which the coupling means are remote from and do not engage the sliding board boot. The adjustment mechanism comprises an actuation assembly manually actuatable to lock or unlock the adjustment mechanism substantially without an actuation force or with an actuation force less than the predetermined release force.

Abstract: A heel unit for an alpine touring binding, comprising a binding body which is suitable for holding a heel portion of an alpine touring shoe in a downhill position of the heel unit and for releasing the heel portion of the alpine touring shoe in an alpine touring position of the heel unit, such that the alpine touring shoe can lift off the heel unit, and a climbing aid which is adjustable between an active position and a passive position, wherein, while in the active position, the climbing aid supports the heel portion of the alpine touring shoe at a predetermined height above a sliding board plane in the alpine touring position of the heel unit, wherein the climbing aid is biased over the entire path of movement thereof into the active position by means of a flexible element and can be locked in the passive position.

Abstract: A heel unit for an alpine touring binding, comprising a binding body which is suitable for holding a heel portion of an alpine touring shoe in a downhill position of the heel unit and for releasing the heel portion of the alpine touring shoe in an alpine touring position of the heel unit, such that the alpine touring shoe can lift off the heel unit, and a climbing aid which is adjustable between an active position and a passive position, wherein, while in the active position, the climbing aid supports the heel portion of the alpine touring shoe at a predetermined height above a sliding board plane in the alpine touring position of the heel unit, wherein the climbing aid is biased over the entire path of movement thereof into the active position by means of a flexible element and can be locked in the passive position.

Abstract: A fastening assembly for a ski crampon includes a hinge pin having a mounting portion and a securing portion. The mounting portion has a smaller dimension in a first direction and a larger dimension in a second direction, the first and second directions orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the hinge pin. The securing portion has substantially the same dimension in the first and second directions. A mounting fastening portion defines a gap and an opening. The gap and the opening each extends substantially transversely to a ski longitudinal direction and substantially parallel to the ski surface. The gap receives the mounting portion of the hinge pin, which is inserted through the opening. The dimension of the opening in the ski longitudinal direction is larger than the dimension of the mounting portion in the first direction and smaller than the dimension of the mounting portion in the second direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a front unit of a touring binding, wherein the front unit comprises a bearing arrangement having a bearing element, wherein the bearing element is designed to hold a touring shoe on the front unit on a counter-bearing portion of the touring shoe so as to be pivotable about a transverse axis extending transversely to a glide board longitudinal axis, wherein a release path is defined on the bearing arrangement, along which path the counter-bearing portion of the touring shoe can exit the bearing arrangement, wherein the front unit further comprises a blocking portion designed to block the movement of the counter-bearing portion of the touring shoe along the release path when the front unit is in a blocked state, and to allow the movement of the counter-bearing portion of the touring shoe along the release path when the front unit is in a neutral state.

Abstract: The present invention provides a front unit of a binding for a touring ski. The invention relates to a front unit assembly of a binding on the front end of a sports shoe (30) on a gliding or rolling device (20), comprising: a set of retractable pins capable of being housed within a sports shoe, comprising two pins (3) that are each able to slide at least 1.5 mm into a bushing, intended each to be inserted into a recess (6) of a front unit (40), and a spring (2) which acts to separate the two pins (3). a front unit comprising a rigid U-shaped frame (5), a recess (6) on each of the vertical parts of the frame (5) capable of engaging with the pin (3) of the shoe (30), and a release system embedded in each recess (6), comprising a screw (7), a button (8) and a gasket (9), said release system being able to move at least 1.5 mm along the axis of the recess (6).

Abstract: The invention provides a ski boot (12) which comprises an opening (18a, 18b) in each of opposing lateral, front boot portions, the openings (18a, 18b) defining an opening axis (Q) along which bearing bolts (32a, 32b) of a ski binding (14) may be introduced into the openings (18a, 18b), in order to hold the ski boot (12) on the ski binding (14) such that it can pivot about the opening axis (Q), at least one of the openings (18a, 18b) comprising at least one inner bearing portion (42) for bearing against an outer circumferential portion (50) of the bearing bolt (32a, 32b), the bearing portion (42) allowing displacement of the bearing bolt (32a, 32b) in the direction of the opening axis (Q) and a pivoting movement of the bearing bolt (32a, 32b) about the opening axis (Q), but substantially preventing displacement or a pivoting movement of the bearing bolt (32a, 32b) in other directions.

Abstract: The invention provides a front unit (10) for a sliding board binding, comprising a base (14), which is set up for fastening to a sliding board and which defines a sliding board plane (E), and a front holding means for holding a front portion of a sliding board boot (12), the front holding unit being mounted rotatably on the base (14) so as to make rotation both of the front holding means and of the sliding board boot (12) possible about a shared vertical axis, extending substantially orthogonal to the sliding board plane (E), in a closed position of the front holding means. The front unit (10) further comprises a release arrangement (84, 86) which converts a relative movement of the holding means and the base (14) into an adjustment movement of the holding means from the engagement position into a release position.

Abstract: The invention provides a ski boot (12) which comprises an opening (18a, 18b) in each of opposing lateral, front boot portions, the openings (18a, 18b) defining an opening axis (Q) along which bearing bolts (32a, 32b) of a ski binding (14) may be introduced into the openings (18a, 18b), in order to hold the ski boot (12) on the ski binding (14) such that it can pivot about the opening axis (Q), at least one of the openings (18a, 18b) comprising at least one inner bearing portion (42) for bearing against an outer circumferential portion (50) of the bearing bolt (32a, 32b), the bearing portion (42) allowing displacement of the bearing bolt (32a, 32b) in the direction of the opening axis (Q) and a pivoting movement of the bearing bolt (32a, 32b) about the opening axis (Q), but substantially preventing displacement or a pivoting movement of the bearing bolt (32a, 32b) in other directions.

Abstract: The invention provides a front unit (10) for a sliding board binding, comprising a base (14), which is set up for fastening to a sliding board and which defines a sliding board plane (E), and a front holding means for holding a front portion of a sliding board boot (12), the front holding unit being mounted rotatably on the base (14) so as to make rotation both of the front holding means and of the sliding board boot (12) possible about a shared vertical axis, extending substantially orthogonal to the sliding board plane (E), in a closed position of the front holding means. The front unit (10) further comprises a release arrangement (84, 86) which converts a relative movement of the holding means and the base (14) into an adjustment movement of the holding means from the engagement position into a release position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touring binding comprising two bearing portions arranged on different sides of a longitudinal axis, which bearing portions, in a walking position of the touring binding, are designed to engage with opposing lateral counter-bearing portions of a boot, in order to hold the boot on the touring binding pivotably about a transverse axis extending transversely of the longitudinal axis, characterized by a longitudinal positioning portion separate from the bearing portion, on which positioning portion the boot may be supported in an insertion position in such a manner that the counter-bearing portions are positioned, with regard to their location along the longitudinal axis, in a ready-to-engage position relative to the bearing elements.