Patents by Inventor Bertrand Besnier

Bertrand Besnier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4869522
    Abstract: A binding is provided which includes first and second distinct jaws which are rotatable about respective distinct axes of the body of a binding. The jaws are both biased by a common spring via one or more transverse arms having ends which abut the front portions of the respective jaws. Rotation of one of the jaws, and subsequent release of a boot retained thereby, effects compression of the spring and reduces the release threshold of the other jaw, thereby minimizing injury to a skier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Salomon S.A.
    Inventors: Bertrand Besnier, Pierre Rullier
  • Patent number: 4863186
    Abstract: A binding for retaining a boot on a ski. The binding is provided with a jaw for retaining one end of a boot against the ski, and a support on which the jaw is mounted. The support itself is connected to two arms mounted on the ski. These two arms are separated by a distance less than the width of a sole of the boot which the binding retains on the ski.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Salomon S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Rullier, Bertrand Besnier
  • Patent number: 4844502
    Abstract: A safety binding for securing two boots on a monoski. The binding includes a forward retention device adapted to retain the front of each boot from release upwardly from and laterally exteriorly of the monoski, and to free each boot front at least laterally when an excessive force is exerted by one of the boots on the forward retention device. The binding further includes a transverse linkage apparatus for linking the boots. This transverse linkage apparatus includes a central projecting wedge having a width substantially equal to the interior spacing of the soles of the boots in the position where the boots are inserted on the monoski. Each boot is retained at the level of its front end along a transverse direction towards the exterior of the monoski by the first retention device and towards the interior by the central wedge. The central wedge transmits to the other boot front interiorly directed transverse forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Salomon S.A.
    Inventor: Bertrand Besnier
  • Patent number: 4792155
    Abstract: Adaptor element for a monoski safety binding comprising means for simultaneously releasing two ski boots from a binding system. The adaptor element may be used in conjunction with a binding system, as well as a brake assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignee: Salomon S. A.
    Inventor: Bertrand Besnier
  • Patent number: 4753557
    Abstract: A template and a method for boring orifices in a monoski. The orifices are adapted to receive two bindings. The template includes a base plate supporting boring barrels and two lateral abutments displaceable between two substantially symmetrical positions with respect to the longitudinal vertical and median plane of the base plate. The template also includes an apparatus for pinching the monoski over its thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Salomon, S.A.
    Inventor: Bertrand Besnier