Abstract: A toepiece (10) for a binding device for securing a boot to a gliding board comprises a fixed part (11) which is intended to be secured to the gliding board, and a mobile part (12) which is mounted on the fixed part with a possibility of relative movement (T) with at least one transverse component and on which two jaws (13d, 13g) are mounted so as to pivot about a substantially longitudinal axis (Ag, Ad). The toepiece (10) comprises a lever (16) that is actuable from the outside of the toepiece (10) and takes up a blocking position in which blocking elements (25d, 25g) that are integral with the lever (16) prevent the jaws (13d, 13g) from tilting so as to keep the toepiece (10) in a closed configuration in which the jaws (13d, 13g) retain the boot.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the vertical position of the boot support holder (P) for a ski fastening system comprising a base (E) and a plate (Cr) forming a cover, said support holder comprising a vertically movable support element (1) and at least one ramp (11) cooperating by contact with a wedge (2) that can move in longitudinal translation under the action of a maneuvering member (3), characterized in that said maneuvering member (3) can rotate relative to the base while being connected to said wedge (2), which bears a push-piece (21) forming a lever designed to come into bearing contact against said ramp to modify the vertical position of the support element (3) by pivoting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the vertical position of the boot support holder (P) for a ski fastening system comprising a base (E) and a plate (Cr) forming a cover, said support holder comprising a vertically movable support element (1) and at least one ramp (11) cooperating by contact with a wedge (2) that can move in longitudinal translation under the action of a maneuvering member (3), characterized in that said maneuvering member (3) can rotate relative to the base while being connected to said wedge (2), which bears a push-piece (21) forming a lever designed to come into bearing contact against said ramp to modify the vertical position of the support element (3) by pivoting.

Abstract: A toepiece (10) for a binding device for securing a boot to a gliding board comprises a fixed part (11) which is intended to be secured to the gliding board, and a mobile part (12) which is mounted on the fixed part with a possibility of relative movement (T) with at least one transverse component and on which two jaws (13d, 13g) are mounted so as to pivot about a substantially longitudinal axis (Ag, Ad). The toepiece (10) comprises a lever (16) that is actuable from the outside of the toepiece (10) and takes up a blocking position in which blocking elements (25d, 25g) that are integral with the lever (16) prevent the jaws (13d, 13g) from tilting so as to keep the toepiece (10) in a closed configuration in which the jaws (13d, 13g) retain the boot.

Abstract: A binding (1) holds a ski boot (2) on a cross-country ski (3). A pair of jaws (5a, 5b) in a retaining position (P1) engage and pivotally retain a front end of the boot and in a liberated position (P2) free the boot from the binding. A ski brake (4) includes braking elements (4a, 4b) which pivot between a braking position (PF) and a retracted position (PE). Inserting the boot into the binding and moving the jaws to the retaining position locks the brake elements in the retracted position. Opening the jaws to the liberated position to release the boot releases the brake elements to assume the braking position.

Abstract: Cross-country ski boot, in particular for performance of the skating step and produced from an outer sole, on a front part of which the ski is attached, and comprising a lower upper fitted with a heel counter on which is jointed a rigid collar designed to enclose the lower part of the leg and which extends from the joint to the top of the upper beyond its upper end. The boot comprises an elastic device for the longitudinal angular control of the ski in the air in relation to the sole of the boot, during the return phase of the ski. The device may be a strap made of an elastic fabric, which connects the collar to the upper so as to cause an automatic return movement of the upper toward the collar, and, in consequence, the automatic lifting of the front part of the ski when the ski is not in a forward-propulsion phase.

Abstract: The invention concerns a sport shoe made of an upper with a heel cap, and including a rigid collar attached to the heel cap of the shoe and intended to surround the lower leg. According to the invention, the upper of the shoe is low, and the attachment of the rigid collar on the upper occurs at the upper end of the latter and essentially at the level of the malleolus.

Abstract: A slide fastener for a sport shoe in which the slide fastener is mounted on the upper anterior part of the upper of the shoe and extends in an inclined direction from the metatarso-phalangeal articulation area of the big toe towards the area of the opposite malleolus. In this way, deformations of the slide fastener caused by flexing of the shoe are eliminated. The slide fastener may also be reversely mounted to the interior of the upper to protect the slide fastener from snow, frost, and dirt. The shoe may be a cross-country skiing shoe.

Abstract: Slide fastener for footwear or protective garments constituted of two support tapes (13) off chains of teeth (11) and a slide-tab (16). The chains of teeth (11) of the slide fastener are connected to their respective support tape (13) and mounted, brought together, such that they are located raised on the single side (13") of said tapes adapted to be turned towards the inside of said footwear or garment.Figure of the abstract: figure 1.

Abstract: A binding for releasably securing an end of a ski boot to a ski including a body having a jaw for engaging a portion of the end of the boot, wherein the jaw includes a pair of wings mounted for lateral movement from an engagement position to a release position in response to the application of a release threshold force of a predetermined magnitude laterally against the jaw. The body is further mounted for movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to the lateral movement. An energization device is included for biasing the jaw toward the engagement position, against which the threshold force is applied to move the jaw from the engagement position to the release position. The binding further includes an assembly responsive to lateral movement of the end of said boot for applying a force against the energization device.

Abstract: An apparatus located between a ski and a binding mounted thereon, including at least one shock absorption buffer positioned partially in a seat cut-away with respect to the most elevated portion of the ski and extending beyond this portion at rest. The comfort of the skier and the steering of the skis is enhanced without raising the binding with respect to the ski by utilizing the natural cut-aways. The cut-aways are created during the manufacture of the ski or are provided in the thickness of the ski after manufacture. The buffer is then installed within the seat thus cut-away, rather than merely installed on the upper surface of the ski. The buffer is preferably made of viscoelastic material.

Abstract: A safety binding for binding a boot to a ski, which includes first and second laterally pivotable independent wings adapted to retain one end of the boot on the ski. Each of the wings is mounted to pivot around respective first and second lateral pivot axes. Elastic return means bias each of the wings towards a centered stable maintenance position of the boot. The apparatus includes a movable antifriction plate adapted to slide laterally in a sliding zone of the upper surface of the ski. An intermediate linkage assembly is provided for associating the antifriction plate with the binding wings. The intermediate linkage assembly is adapted whereby lateral pivoting of either of the wings permits rearward movement of the linkage assembly whereas return of either of the wings to the centered position assures the return of the intermediate linkage assembly towards its front longitudinal extreme position.

Abstract: A safety binding adapted to releasably hold a boot on a ski includes an apparatus for securing the binding to the ski, a movable body with spaced lateral arms pivotably connected to the apparatus transversely to the longitudinal extent of the ski, and a jaw pivotably connected to the body along a transverse axis. The jaw includes a device for engaging and holding a portion of the boot on the apparatus when the boot is positioned on the apparatus and the binding is attached to a ski. The binding includes a device for biasing the jaw and body towards the ski and increasing the bias on the jaw when the body moves upward. A safety binding, adapted to secure one end of a boot to a ski, includes an apparatus for securing the binding to the ski, a body with spaced lateral arms pivotably connected to the apparatus along a transverse axis, and a jaw pivotably connected to the body along a transverse axis. The jaw includes a device for retaining an end of the boot.

Abstract: An abutment for binding a boot on a ski. The abutment includes a support affixed to the ski on which is moveably mounted a jaw for retaining the front of the boot. An elastic device is provided for normally maintaining the jaw on its support in a central engaged position. Furthermore, a linkage device is provided between the jaw and its support for frontwardly displacing an upper portion of the jaw and rearwardly displacing a lower portion of the jaw, during movement of the jaw in a lateral direction, which is substantially transverse to the ski in all lateral released positions, so as to simultaneously cause a progressive upward opening of the jaw.

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.

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.

Abstract: A display apparatus and method for displaying the value of the release threshold to which a ski binding is adjusted. The display apparatus is an electronic display means for electronically displaying the release threshold of the binding.

Abstract: A ski manufactured to have screw holes for receiving binding mounting screws in the intermediate mounting zone of the ski. The screw holes correspond in number and position to the arrangement of mounting screws of at least one binding apparatus for binding a shoe or boot to the ski. The screw holes can be made by molding or machining the exterior envelope and inner core layer of the ski and can be capped or filled with plugs. The screw holes are preferably covered with a protection sheet provided with corresponding references designating the location of the covered screw holes. Manufacturing skis to have pre-bored screw holes eliminates the need for templates and boring tools otherwise required when mounting bindings to skis which is normally performed in ski shops by the retailer.