Abstract: A snowboard binding mounting disk (24) includes a body (28) through which 3-hole and 4-hole patterns (8, 10) of mounting holes are formed. The centers of a pair of the 3-hole mounting holes are separated by a base distance (Z). The centers of a pair of the 4-hole mounting holes are separated by an end distance (Y). The end and base distances differ by a distance delta. The pair of end holes and the pair of base holes are positioned adjacent to one another so that the end and base holes overlap one another to create a pair of oblong, dual purpose holes (30). A removable and replaceable mounting element positioner (29) is mounted to the oblong holes at one of two stable positions. The position chosen is determined by whether the dual purpose holes are to be used for the 3-hole pattern or for the 4-hole pattern. The central opening (20) in the base is preferably made by stamping a grooved peripheral surface (22) sized to engage a complementary grooved surface (53) on the disk.

Abstract: The binding for a sports apparatus, particularly for a snowboard, ski, monoski, or snowshoe, with rotary closure, has a hub (34) fixed to the sports apparatus, about which hub a binding support plate (19) is rotatingly disposed. The binding support plate (19) is fixable in relation to a hub in the running position, and two binding bodies having holding means for a boot are secured thereto. Connected to the hub fixed to the sports apparatus is at least one element (36) receiving pulling and/or pushing forces, one end of which engages the hub (34, 35), and the other end of which is coupled to a holding device. Upon rotation of the binding support plate (19), the holding device fixes a boot in the binding or releases it as a function of the position relative to the hub through co-operation with the element (36) receiving pulling and/or pushing forces.

Abstract: A sports boot adapted to be associated to a glide board for snowboarding, via a detachable binding device that includes a rear support spoiler that is relatively rigid. The boot includes an external sole overhung with a shell base that extends towards the lower part of the user's leg via a relatively flexible upper that is capable of cooperating with the rear support spoiler which is relatively rigid, and affixed to the board, during a rear edge setting, wherein the upper includes an arrangement for distributing the pressure exerted on the lower part of the user's leg when the upper takes support on the spoiler, such arrangement including a relatively rigid plate attached to a more flexible rear zone of upper and insulated from all the rigid parts of the boot in order to maintain the flexibility of the upper.

Abstract: A base includes a first bail that is pivotally connected to the base. A second bail is pivotally connected to the base. An operating arm is connected to the second bail and pivotally connected to the base. A trigger mechanism is connected to the second bail to move the second bail from a first unlocked position to a second locked position. The operating arm is pivoted in a first direction to cause the second bail to move from the second locked position to the first unlocked position.

Abstract: A boot for use with a snowboard having a binding for attachment to the boot. The boot includes a base, a highback, and an upper. The base includes a binding-receiving plate for attaching the boot to the binding on the snowboard. The base also has toe and heel ends. The base is formed with a toecap at the toe end and has a heel counter at the heel end. Tread projects from the bottom of the base for traction when the boot is not attached to the snowboard. The highback extends upwardly from the heel counter of the base. The highback provides aft support to the user. The upper is fixedly attached to the base and is arranged and configured to receive the foot and ankle of the user. The upper has a rearward side adjacent the highback. The upper is more flexible than the base and the highback. A base strap is connected to opposing sides of the base and extends across a portion of the upper.

Abstract: A pattern of holes is provided for a retaining part for securing bindings on snowboards and the like, for receiving fastening screws and for enabling a two-dimensional adjustment of the retaining part and of the binding, relative to fastening points on the snowboard or the like.

Abstract: A binding having a manually actuable locking member for preventing a sole-retainer from returning to an open or "release" position once the sole-retaining means has advanced towards a fully closed or "clamped-in" position by a predetermnined amount. The position of the sole-retainer is automatically readjusted as soon as any layer of snow, ice or the like on the underside of the boot sole melts.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a step-in, strapless snowboard binding. The snowboard binding is particularly useful for soft-shelled boots. The snowboard binding includes a receiving member and a locking member which move relative to one another to lock or unlock the boot relative to the binding. The receiving member has a motion control surface corresponding to each of a plurality of boot binding positions. The locking member engages a selected one of the control surfaces to lock the heel of the boot near a surface of the snowboard if snow is between the bottom of the heel and the surface. The locking member engages a different one of the control surfaces to lock the heel on the surface if there is no snow between the bottom and the surface.

Abstract: A board for gliding on snow comprises, in a central part or support region, a device for mounting a boot binding. The device comprises at least two lower elements that are located inside the board and bear, either directly or indirectly, on the lower edge of the board. The device also comprises at least one connecting element that connects the lower elements to at least one upper element, and at least one upper element which is proximate to the upper wall of the board and forms a platform for mounting a boot binding.

Abstract: A step-in, strapless snowboard binding. The snowboard binding is particularly useful for soft-shelled boots. The snowboard binding includes a receiving member and a locking member which rotate relative to one another to lock or unlock the boot relative to the binding.

Abstract: An adjustable, rotatable boot-binding mount (20) includes a swivel plate (40) having threaded mounting holes (24) therein to which a conventional boot binding (60) or boot may be mounted. The swivel plate (40) is rotatably retained within a base plate (30) which is securely fastened to the top surface of a snowboard (10) or other recreational board. During normal use, the swivel plate (40) is automatically and continuously locked against rotation within the base plate (30), thereby securely maintaining the boot binding in a desired angular position relative to the snowboard. At other times, e.g., while standing in lift lines or riding a lift, a quick release mechanism (27, 48) allows the swivel plate to be temporarily unlocked so that a different angular position of the swivel plate (and hence a different angular position of the boot binding or boot) relative to the snowboard may be quickly and easily realized.

Abstract: A ski binding with a front jaw (1) is described, which is connected to a rear jaw (2) by a carrier (3), the rear jaw being arranged on the carrier adjustably in the direction of the longitudinal extension thereof, and comprises a laterally pivotal device (10) for holding down the sole, the device being supported against lateral pivoting by a pressure element (13) which is displaceably mounted in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the carrier and is biased by at least one spring (14). To enable such a ski binding to be pivoted about a front transverse axis (6), it is proposed that the carrier (3), which is pivotal with the front jaw (1) about a transverse axis (6) in the range of the front jaw (1), consists of a hollow section (4), the hollow section receiving the biasing spring (14) for the pressure element (13) and the spindle (41) of a screw drive (40) for adjusting the rear jaw (2) displaceably guided on the hollow section (4).

Abstract: A snowboard binding assembly with an adjustable backplate that can be quickly and easily positioned at a desired angle of inclination while on the slopes and without any tools. The binding assembly has a baseplate attachable to the snowboard with a forward end, a rearward end, and a heel brace toward the rearward end shaped to conform to a heel of a rider's boot. A backplate is pivotally mounted to the baseplate to adjust the desired angle of inclination between the backplate and baseplate. A plurality of teeth are positioned on the rear face to form a rack of teeth arranged on the rear face along a longitudinal axis of the backplate, and a movable block is attached to the rear face of the backplate along at least a portion of the rack of teeth so that the block can move along the longitudinal axis of backplate.

Abstract: An interface apparatus for modifying the natural pressure distribution of a ski, particularly an alpine ski, along its gliding surface. The apparatus includes a vertically mobile rear sensor on which the rear end of the boot is supported; a rocking device journalled around a transverse axis, the rocking device having an approximately horizontal arm to which the sensor transmits its vertical movements, and a substantially vertical arm; and a linkage assembly connecting the vertical arm of the rocking device to the base of the front binding element, whereby the forces exerted through the sensor are transmitted to the base of the front binding element.

Abstract: The snowboard binding having a sole part integrated in the snowboard boot and a first binding element cooperating with it and continuously connected to the snowboard. The sole part has two spring-loaded pins projecting laterally out of the sole part and capable of engaging with an opening of the first binding element. The pins can be retracted with a device attached to the snowboard boot and thus the binding can be opened.

Abstract: A boot for use with a snowboard having a binding for attachment to the boot. The boot includes a base, a highback, and an upper. The base includes a binding-receiving plate for attaching the boot to the binding on the snowboard. The base also has toe and heel ends. The base is formed with a toecap at the toe end and has a heel counter at the heel end. Tread projects from the bottom of the base for traction when the boot is not attached to the snowboard. The highback extends upwardly from the heel counter of the base. The highback provides aft support to the user. The upper is fixedly attached to the base and is arranged and configured to receive the foot and ankle of the user. The upper has a rearward side adjacent the highback. The upper is more flexible than the base and the highback. A base strap is connected to opposing sides of the base and extends across a portion of the upper.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a step-in, strapless snowboard binding. The snowboard binding is particularly useful for soft-shelled boots. The snowboard binding includes a receiving member and a locking member which rotate relative to one another to lock or unlock the boot relative to the binding.

Abstract: A ski includes a running sole with a structural body comprising at least one upper reinforcement layer covered with an upper protective surface. In the region of the support face, an attached structure is fastened onto said upper surface at least in the rear part, that is, the zone intended to accommodate the heel binding which, in cooperation with a front toe stop, binds the boot of the skier. The heel binding is made from a sheet or plate of a viscoelastic material. The screws for fastening the anterior zone of the attached structure pass through the latter before being anchored in the upper reinforcement layer of the structural body. The screws for fastening the heel binding are anchored in the attached structure, above the sheet or plate of viscoelastic material. The attached structure is fastened in the posterior zone onto the structural body of the ski by means of the sheet or plate made of viscoelastic material.

Abstract: The invention describes a binding unit (2) between a boot and an item of sports equipment, in particular a ski binding, with a front jaw (3) and a rear jaw (4) which are connected to each other at a presettable distance (6) by a connecting element (5) and form a binding unit (2) which is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the ski (1) in a longitudinal guide (8) which is arranged on the ski and can be fixed thereon. The binding unit (2) comprises a locking device (10) for locking the binding unit (2) relative to the longitudinal guide (8) or ski (1). Between the binding unit (2) and the longitudinal guide (8) and/or the item of sports equipment is arranged an adjusting device (13) which includes supporting elements fixed to the ski at a distance one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the binding unit (2), e.g. transverse webs between latching slots in a latching strip, and at least one setting member which comprises an actuating member.

Abstract: A binding system for snow boards, comprising a front binding element and a rear binding element for holding a boot in place on the boards. The front binding element engages behind a surfaces or step on a front end of the boot. The rear binding element is formed by support jaws which receive a boot or its heel section between them. Each jaw is provided with at least one recess for receiving a projection laterally extending from the heel of the boot. When positioned, the projections are locked in place by means of hook shaped locking elements which are kept biased in a locking position by a spring member.

Abstract: A binding system for a snowboard is presented which allows for flexible bowing of the snowboard while reducing rotational play at the boot-binding interface. It has a toe hold and a heel hold which are slideably connected. The connection is adjustable. Further adjustment and shock absorption is provided by incrementally added spacers.

Abstract: A coupling device (3) between a boot and a piece of sports apparatus such as a ski binding having a toe clamp (1 ) and a heel clamp which are connected to each other by a connecting element at a predeterminable distance and which form a coupling device (3) which is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the ski (5) in a guiding arrangement (9) arranged on the ski (5) and secured to the latter, and with an arresting device to secure the coupling device (3) with respect to the guiding arrangement (9) or the ski (5). Between the coupling device (3) and the guiding arrangement (9) and/or the piece of sports apparatus, an adjusting device (16) is arranged, which has a catching element (18) that can be engaged or disengaged by the actuating element (17) which is motionally connected to the latter, in or from the locking plate (19) which is provided with latching slots (20) arranged in the longitudinal direction of the ski.

Abstract: A device for modifying, dynamically, the pressure distribution of a ski, such as an alpine ski, along its sliding surface. The ski is equipped with front and rear binding elements and support elements for the front and rear ends of the sole of the boot. The device includes a sensor element in contact with the sole of the boot, and additionally, movable along a vertical direction, a flexion device to generate a flexional moment on at least one front or rear end of the ski, and a connection device between the sensor element and the flexion device to transmit, to the flexion device, at least one part of the vertical thrust of the boot sensed by the sensor element.

Abstract: A base includes a first bail that is pivotally connected to the base. A second bail is pivotally connected to the base. An operating arm is connected to the second bail and pivotally connected to the base. A trigger mechanism is connected to the second bail to move the second bail from a first unlocked position to a second locked position. The operating arm is pivoted in a first direction to cause the second bail to move from the second locked position to the first unlocked position.

Abstract: A plate, of the type including at least one plate of viscoelastic material fastened onto the upper face of the ski, in its central zone, and on the other face of which a constraining plate made of rigid material is bonded. According to the invention, the capacity of the constraining plate for deformation decreases from its front and rear ends toward its middle.

Abstract: The invention relates to binding adapter plate for intermediate placement between the front and/or rear jaws of a ski binding and a ski. The binding adapter plate includes holes in the form of cylindrical bores which are dimensioned to receive fasteners for attaching the binding adapter plate and ski binding to the ski. An inner portion of the plate being movable relative to an outer frame portion of the plate when the ski flexes to relieve stress.

Abstract: A binding for two feet in tandem on one ski that includes a boot for holding the front foot having a detachable toe holder and keeper means secured to the ski between the two feet for holding the forward boot heel. A further engageable member for the rear foot holds the keeper means for the heel of the forward boot when the rear foot is in position on the ski and releases the keeper means to free the forward boot heel should the rear foot be removed from the ski.

Abstract: A monitoring and/or controlling device (31) for a coupling device (6) between a boot (3) and a piece of sports apparatus (1), in particular a ski binding for a ski. The monitoring and/or controlling device (31) is provided with a visible and/or acoustic display device (28), a measuring device (26) and an energy source. The measuring device (26) cooperates with a coupling device, the release mechanism of which being adjustable to different release forces for the release of the boot or the piece of sports apparatus and/or the boot. The measuring device (26) is built to record the position of the coupling device (6) and/or the coupling elements (7', 8') of the coupling device (6) relative to one another and/or relative to the ski (2) or to the boot (3).

Abstract: An interface device between a ski and front and rear bindings (2, 3) designed to hold the ends of a boot in place on the ski. The device comprises a plate (13) with an elongated the central part (14) which extends above the upper surface of the ski in the area of the runner. A first end (15) of the plate is fastened to the ski, and a second end (16) is attached to the ski by a block of damping material (17) mounted in a sandwich configuration between the end of the plate and the ski. The block of damping material is preferably provided in order to function under compression and shearing action.

Abstract: A carrying plate having a fastening portion for connecting the carrying plate to a ski in at least three zones that are located one beside the other in the longitudinal direction of the ski. The carrying plate is connectable to the ski in the at least three zones in a torsionally fixed manner with respect to the longitudinal, transverse and vertical axes of the ski zones, is connectable to the ski in the at least three zones in a non-compliant manner in the transverse and vertical directions of the ski, and is connectable to the ski in only one of the at least three zones in a non-compliant manner in the longitudinal direction of the ski.

Abstract: A ski, especially alpine, including a lower sliding surface joined at two lateral surfaces themselves joined at an upper surface which has a median rib extending longitudinally, at least in the central zone of the ski. The rib is raised with respect to two lateral lowered portions bordering it from each side and on which a support takes support, adapted to receive the bindings. The support has the shape of an inverted "U" and includes an upper wall extending laterally and downwardly by two lateral walls to constitute a lower housing adapted to the passage of rib. The lateral walls of support include at least one recess which extends horizontally. The recesses become deformed in case of overpressure on the support caused during skiing and the support plays the role of a suspension.

Abstract: A device to mount a release binding on a ski has a pair of blocks which are independent of one another. The blocks are mounted on the upper surface of a ski and the bindings are mounted on the pair of blocks. A connector connects the pair of blocks. The connector is inextensible and is mounted on the pair of blocks such that when the ski is flexed the connector prohibits the spreading of the pair of blocks while permitting the pair of blocks to approach toward one another.

Abstract: A binding for two feet in tandem on one ski that includes a boot for holding the front foot having a detachable toe holder and keeper member secured to the ski between the two feet for holding the forward boot heel. A further engageable member for the rear foot holds the keeper member for the heel of the forward boot when the rear foot is in position on the ski and releases the keeper member to free the forward boot heel should the rear foot be removed from the ski.

Abstract: Interface device between a boot and a ski designed to modify the natural distribution of the ski on the snow along the line of a vertical thrust force which at least one part of the boot generates on the ski. The device comprises a vertically-mobile sensing device (11) which absorbs the vertical stresses from the boot, a rocker (16), and a transmission device (21) which transforms the vertical stresses of the boot into a forward-directed force of thrust. The transmission device (21) is connected to the base (25) in a zone raised off the upper ski surface. The transmission device (21) is connected to a transmission element (31) which travels longitudinally in relation to a stationary element (30), and a deformable means (38) blocks relative motion of the transmission element (31) in relation to the stationary element (30).

Abstract: An adjustable coupling device for coupling a ski boot to a ski. The coupling device has a longitudinal axis and includes a toe binding, a heel binding and length adjustment device. The length adjustment device is capable of altering the distance between the toe binding and the heel binding along the longitudinal axis to accommodate different-size ski boots. The length adjustment device has a first drive element connected to the toe binding and a second drive element connected to the heel binding. The drive elements can be moved and set at a position corresponding to the length of the ski boots. An attachment device is provided to attach one of the bindings to a surface of the ski at one of several preset positions in such a manner that the remainder of the coupling device can move freely in a direction perpendicular to the surface. Alternatively, the attachment device may attach both of the bindings to the surface.

Abstract: A device for modifying, dynamically, the pressure distribution of a ski, such as an alpine ski, along its sliding surface. The ski is equipped with front and rear binding elements and support elements for the front and rear ends of the sole of the boot. The device includes a sensor element in contact with the sole of the boot, and additionally, mobile along a vertical direction, a flexion device to generate a flexional moment on at least one front or rear end of the ski, and a connection device between the sensor element and the flexion device to transmit, to the flexion device, at least one part of the vertical thrust of the boot sensed by the sensor element.

Abstract: A snowboard binding assembly comprising a fixed jaw to engage one side of a boot, and a slide jaw assembly to engage an opposite of the boot. An operating lever positions a slide jaw housing in a locking mode where the slide jaw assembly is fixed in locking engagement with the boot, an intermediate step-in position where the slide jaw housing can move laterally to a release position, and a disengaging position where the slide jaw housing is either positively moved to the release position or can readily be moved to the release position in opposition to the spring. In one preferred embodiment, a locking finger is mounted to a rotatable shaft connected to the positioning lever, and a cam finger causing movement of the slide jaw housing is mounted to the cam member.

Abstract: A ski and ski-binding combination. The ski has several holes for receiving therein fastening screws for the selective fastening of ski-binding elements arranged in the ski in the binding-installation area. The holes are covered, however, are marked to the outside by markings. The arrangement of holes for the ski-binding elements is adjusted to the length of the ski and chosen such that the ski bindings are suited to receive only a limited number of successive ski-boot sizes.

Abstract: An adjustable coupling device for coupling a ski boot to a ski. The coupling device has a longitudinal axis and includes, a toe binding, a heel binding and length adjustment device. The length adjustment device is capable of altering the distance between the toe binding and the heel binding along the longitudinal axis to accommodate different-size ski boots. The length adjustment device has a first drive element connected to the toe binding and a second drive element connected to the heel binding. The drive elements can be moved and set at a position corresponding to the length of the ski boots. An attachment device is provided to attach one of the bindings to a surface of the ski at one of several preset positions in such a manner that the remainder of the coupling device can move freely in a direction perpendicular to the surface. Alternatively, the attachment device may attach both of the bindings to the surface.

Abstract: A snow ski has a main body with a recess located in the central portion of the top surface of the ski. The recess is adapted to receive a complementary shaped ski binding mounting plate which is bonded to an intermediate layer of viscoelastic material, which is, in turn, bonded to the main body of the ski. The ski binding mounting plate has a thickness such that the fasteners used to hold the ski binding thereon do not extend through the mounting plate into the body of the ski. The body of the ski may also include reinforcing material in the central portion of the ski containing the recess.

Abstract: A ski boot fastening device includes at least one front and one rear engagement member for a boot which are adapted to be attached to a ski. Independent adjustment members of the two engagement members are provided on at least one of the front and rear engagement members or on the ski. This allows the skier to achieve, by an intervention located in a specific point, an independent adjustment of the two members for the engagement of the boot.

Abstract: An automatically detachable ski binding includes spaced apart and interconnected toe and heel portions mounted on a ski for holding a ski boot in place thereon. The ski binding includes a mechanical shoe clamping and release system and an electronic controller, the heel portion of the binding including a pivotable clamp with which a spring and a probe engage. The binding is designed in such a manner that the point of application of the probe on the clamp lies between the point of application of the spring on the clamp and the transverse axis about which the clamp pivots, and that the distance between the point of application of the probe and that of the spring and/or the prestress of the spring are selected in such a manner that in the point of application of the probe would specify the relationship, are the same between the desired release values of the vertical and the horizontal torque such that the two different torque values effect the same linear shifting movement of the probe.

Abstract: This ski binding has a toe-holding unit, a heel holder and a connecting element, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the ski between the toe-holding unit and the heel holder, the heel holder being arranged at the rear end of the connecting element and guided slidingly movably in a guide rail fixed to the ski and, in the mounted state of the ski binding, the toe-holding unit being fastened directly by its support member on the upper side of the ski.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shock absorber for fastening of ski bindings to a ski (1) having an upper belt (3).Such shock absorbers are already known in the form of multi-layered strip-like inserts. A disadvantage of this known design is, since the strip-like inserts must be built in during the manufacture of the ski, an adjustment to different hole arrangements of ski binding parts.The goal of the invention is to enable an individual adjustment for shock absorbers of this type even when the ski has already been manufactured and for many different hole arrangements of ski binding parts.The set purpose is attained according to the invention by the insert (9, 10, 11) being stored in a sleeve (7), which in turn is inserted into a bore (6) of the ski (1) and is screwed into said bore (6). Each fastening screw is thereby constructed as a metal screw (12), which can with its thread be screwed to the high strength layer (11).

Abstract: A ski binding which includes a front jaw and a heel holder and a connecting element connected to and extending between the front jaw and the heel holder. In order to reduce the space needed for packaging the above type of ski binding, the invention provides that the connecting element is composed of first and second parts. The first part has a plastic coating having a recess therein extending in longitudinal direction of the connecting element. The first part also has two bolts with enlarged heads thereon, said bolts being received in keyhole-like recesses provided in the second part associated with the heel holder.

Abstract: In a ski (1) with a damping element (5) for damping shocks that act transversely to the longitudinal direction of the ski in the area of the ski binding, with a carrier body (3) for at least one layer of damping material (5), in particular elastomer damping material, which is arranged between the carrier body (3) and the ski (1) the carrier body (3) is connected directly to the upper chord (7) of the ski in a middle area (4) that is located between the front and rear ends, as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the ski, and is connected to the upper side of the ski (1) in front of and behind the middle area (4) through an interposed layer of damping material (5).

Abstract: A ski (1) which consists of a core (2), at least one upper surface layer and one lower surface layer. Recesses (6) are provided in the binding area, in which recesses containers (8) are fixed. Inserts to anchor fastening screws are inserted into the containers. Each insert consists of a layer of an elastomer material and of a layer of a fixed material, for example metal or glassfiber-reinforced plastic. In order to avoid in this ski (1) a drilling through the layer (10) of elastomer material and in order to also be able to stress this layer (10) with respect to tension and compression, the invention provides that this layer (10) is below the layer (9) of solid material and is fixedly connected both to the bottom wall (8a) of the container (8) and also to the layer (9) of solid material.

Abstract: A ski binding component, such as a front jaw, arranged movably in longitudinal direction of a ski on a ski-fixed guide rail and being releasably lockable in predetermined positions. To fix each chosen position of the ski binding component on the guide rail, a locking part with an operating member is provided and which is adjustable to two different elevational positions, which locking part is biassed by a spring. In order to be able to use such a ski binding component together with a heel holder connected by means of a metal band to the ski binding component, the invention provides that the operating member has three surfaces through which the locking part provides two defined locking positions. Thus, it is possible to adjust either the heel holder and the connected metal band relative to the front jaw or both the front jaw and the heel holder can be adjusted in longitudinal direction of the ski.

Abstract: A binding adapted for use with hard shell boots which allows the rider or shredder to laterally move and axial rotate the boot when connected thereto. The binding is essentially stepin type binding comprising a flexible heel piece, a heel plate, and a semi-rigid toe piece. A strap structure is attached to the flexible heel piece which enables the shredder to adjust the tension thereof. The heel plate is mounted to the inside surface of the flexible heel piece and holds the rear portion of the boot downward in the binding. In addition, the heel plate allows the shredder to laterally move, and if pivotally mounted, allows axial rotation of the boot while connected to the binding. An optional base member may be interposed longitudinally between the semi-rigid toe piece and the flexible heel piece.

Abstract: A vibration damping device for skis including a rigid plate for supporting ski boot bindings and having at least two holes which act as seats for at least one rigid spacer. At least one resilient member is arranged coaxially to the rigid spacer, and the spacer interacts with a screw for interconnection with the ski and for supporting the resilient member. The resilient member has a washer for supporting the rigid plate. The device thus allows the optimum damping of the vibrations which occur along an axis which is vertical with respect to the ski, without altering the possibility of transmitting the efforts imparted along different axes.