Patents Examined by Michael Mab
  • Patent number: 4660849
    Abstract: A toe piece for a safety ski binding having a pivotable rearwardly facing soleholder for releasably engaging the sole of a ski boot, a pedal having a series of ramps inclined towards opposite sides of the binding and joined by flattened junctures and engageable by lower support elements when the pedal is subjected to downward and sidewise forces for receiving forces which offset the frictional forces resulting from the engagement of the boot and the pedal. The tow piece further includes a second set of transverse ramps engageable by upper support elements when the pedal is subjected to upward and sidewise forces for receiving forces which offset the frictional forces resulting from the engagement of the boot and the pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: Marker International Company
    Inventors: Gerhard Sedlmair, Walter Knabel