US 7,320,476 B2 | ||
Secure attachment of a boot to a sliding board | ||
Gaston Haldemann, Engelberg (Switzerland) | ||
Assigned to Look Fixations S.A., Nevers (France) | ||
Filed on Aug. 29, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/214,244. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 1538/04 (CH), filed on Sep. 20, 2004; and application No. 05013137 (EP), filed on Jun. 17, 2005. | ||
Prior Publication US 2006/0061065 A1, Mar. 23, 2006 | ||
Int. Cl. A63C 9/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 280—628 [280/629; 280/623; 280/611] | 8 Claims |
1. A toe-piece for attaching a boot to a sliding board, comprising
i) a body (2) wherein the body (2):
a) comprises a substantially horizontal axis (5) corresponding to a central, traverse, substantially horizontal upper rear edge of the body (2), and
b) comprises two substantially vertical axes (6) corresponding to a lateral, substantially vertical lower rear edge of the body (2),
ii) at least one jaw (3) wherein the jaw (3) is
a) rotationally movable about a substantially horizontal axis (5) in accordance with a first bearing of the jaw (3) on horizontal axis (5) of the body (2) for release in the event of a backward fall, and
b) rotationally movable about a substantially vertical axis (6) in accordance with a second bearing of the jaw (3) on vertical axis (6) of the body (2) for release in the event of torsion,
wherein the jaw (3) takes a bearing relative to the body (2) on an inclined surface (7) for release in the event of backward fall combined with torsion, this inclined surface (7) being on the body (2) intermediate between the horizontal axis (5) and the vertical axis (6) and being inclined relative to these two axes (5,6) and oriented toward the front of the toe-piece.
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