EP2204223A1 - Ski und Skibindungsgehäuse - Google Patents

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EP2204223A1
EP2204223A1 EP09150068A EP09150068A EP2204223A1 EP 2204223 A1 EP2204223 A1 EP 2204223A1 EP 09150068 A EP09150068 A EP 09150068A EP 09150068 A EP09150068 A EP 09150068A EP 2204223 A1 EP2204223 A1 EP 2204223A1
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ski
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binding housing
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Even Wøllo
Aksel Pettersen
Thomas Holm
Øyvar Svendsen
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Rottefella AS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/005—Ski bindings with means for adjusting the position of a shoe holder or of the complete binding relative to the ski
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C5/00—Skis or snowboards
    • A63C5/003—Structure, covering or decoration of the upper ski surface
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C5/00—Skis or snowboards
    • A63C5/006—Appearance of the ski-tip, the rear end or the upper ski-edge
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C5/00—Skis or snowboards
    • A63C5/12—Making thereof; Selection of particular materials
    • A63C5/128—A part for the binding being integrated within the board structure, e.g. plate, rail, insert
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C9/20—Non-self-releasing bindings with special sole edge holders instead of toe-straps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C9/00—Ski bindings
    • A63C2009/008—Ski bindings with a binding element sliding along a rail during use or setting

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  • Cross-country or touring skiing is both very popular as a pastime and a competitive sport.
  • the sports practitioner walks or skis along the flat or slightly sloped course in skis.
  • Several techniques are known in this regard, from simply moving the skis forward whilst maintaining them parallel with each other, or using a technique more similar to ice skating, wherein the skis are pushed out to the side and angled, such that the sports practitioner is moved forward.
  • the ski boot or shoe of the practitioner In order to allow the sports practitioner to move efficiently whilst cross-country skiing, it is typical for the ski boot or shoe of the practitioner to be held in a rotatable manner.
  • the ski boot or shoe of the practitioner is provided with a fixing means, often a holding bar or pin forming part of the front or sole of the ski boot or shoe, which is clipped into part of the ski binding.
  • the ski boot or shoe is held only in one place by means of this holding bar or pin, and can thus rotate around the fixing portion provided on the ski binding.
  • the fixing point is provided at the front of the ski boot or shoe, and the heel of the ski boot or shoe can be lifted off the surface of the ski.
  • the sports practitioner When setting up the skis, the sports practitioner will adjust the position of the binding housing relative to the ski in order to accommodate their boot size correctly. This is often an awkward and time-consuming process, requiring the use of tools sometimes including specialist tools, or even requires the expertise of a professional ski manufacturer or reseller. Additionally, should the user be required to replace the binding housing, this can again pose problems which may only be rectifiable by a certified technical expert.
  • the present invention provides a ski and ski binding housing in accordance with the independent claims. Further preferred embodiments are given in the dependent claims.
  • the claimed invention can be better understood in view of the embodiments of the ski and ski binding housing described hereinafter.
  • the described embodiments describe preferred embodiments of the invention.
  • the attentive reader will note, however, that some aspects of the described embodiments extend beyond the scope of the claims.
  • the described embodiments indeed extend beyond the scope of the claims, the described embodiments are to be considered supplementary background information and do not constitute definitions of the invention per se . This also holds for the subsequent "Brief Description of the Drawings" as well as the "Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments.”
  • the present disclosure relates to providing a ski and ski binding housing which afford the sports practitioner the ability to quickly and easily relocate the elements of the binding, thus providing easy adjustment of the ski binding.
  • the binding itself is anticipated to essentially be a regular ski binding, albeit one with additional features in and around the binding housing area. More specifically, these features are binding housing recesses and a snap-in flap, a combination of studs and recesses, or a series of protrusions and grooves, all of which may act to permit the secure adjustment of the binding housing. Complimentary adjustment means are found in the corresponding ski.
  • the binding housing may include "wings" which guide the heel of the user's ski boot back on to the surface of the ski in a correct and controlled manner.
  • the adjustability of the binding housing and ski serve to further provide the benefit of easy binding replacement, to manufacturer, reseller and user, since all parts can easily be decoupled from each other.
  • ski-binding 10 are adapted to interact with the 'top surface' of a ski 1, i.e. the user side 2, not the mountain side 3 of the ski 1 during normal use.
  • the ski-binding 10 is mounted onto the user side 2 of the ski 1.
  • the ski binding 10 must be lightweight, strong, durable and workable, i.e. easy to manufacture, easily replaceable and cheap to produce.
  • a material which exhibits these properties is plastic.
  • the plastic of choice for the ski binding 10 is polyoxymethylene, which is known for its wear-resistant, low friction and light-weight properties.
  • the ski binding 10 may exist as a single piece which is at least the length of the user's ski boot 5.
  • the ski binding 10 may exist as a plurality of individual pieces 10a, 10b, which are positioned at least beneath the relevant sections of the ski binding housing 20.
  • ski-binding housing 20 On the user side surface of the ski 1, one or more sections of ski-binding housing 20 are attached. It is the binding housing 20 which accommodates the actual ski binding mechanism 10 which operates to secure the user's boot 5 to the ski 1.
  • the usual manner of interaction between the binding housing 20 and the ski 1 involves a slidable engagement, wherein the user side surface 2 of the ski 1 comprises longitudinal tracks or grooves 18 sized to receive a corresponding longitudinal protrusion 19 running along a part or the entire length of the binding housing 20.
  • the recessed track or groove 18 can be a feature of the binding housing 20, whilst the longitudinal protrusion 19 may exist on the ski 1. In both of these cases, the binding housing 20 and the ski 1 are held sufficiently close together and the housing elements can be slid into the desired position.
  • the longitudinal groove or track recess 18 on either the ski 1 or binding housing 20 can feature along the geometric centre of either the ski 1 or the housing 20.
  • the corresponding longitudinal protrusion 19 should therefore also feature along the geometrical centre of the corresponding ski 1 or binding housing 20.
  • the tracks or grooves 18 and corresponding longitudinal protrusions 19 could exist on both the ski 1 and binding housing 20 in different locations, for example along the parallel edges 8 of the ski 1 or housing 20.
  • Attaching and securing the binding housing 20 to the ski 1 can be done in one of many ways.
  • the ski 1 could comprise a series of periodically occurring indentations or grooves 22, size to accommodate an equivalently sized protrusion 24 from the overlying binding housing 20.
  • the protrusion 24 could be located at the distal end of a deformable flap which is biased such that, in its relaxed state, the protrusion 24 engages and interacts with a corresponding recess formed in the ski 1.
  • the application of force to the deformable flap 24 of the binding housing 20, either by a tool or the user's finger could deform the flap 24 and its protrusion out of its relaxed state such that the protrusion 24 and corresponding recess 22 disengage and cease to interact.
  • This particular arrangement of biased-flap protrusions 24 and corresponding recesses 22 is particularly advantageous when the binding housing and the ski 1 are mounted together in a slidable fashion.
  • the user can very quickly and easily deform the snap-in flap 24, thereby disengaging the interaction between the binding housing 20 and the ski 1, allowing the user to slide the binding housing 20 to a new position on the user side surface 2 of the ski 1.
  • the user may simply release the snap-in flap 24, thus allowing it to return to its normal biased position, whereby the protrusion associated with the flap 24 is able to engage with a corresponding recess 22 on the ski 1.
  • the binding housing 20 could contain one or more holes 26 through which a set screw 28 is threaded.
  • the binding housing 20 can be moved to its desired position whilst the set screw 28 is retracted via the user side 12 of the binding housing 20.
  • the binding housing 20 can be secured by simply tightening the set screw 28 until it contacts and interacts with the underlying ski 1.
  • the ski 1 itself may contain one or more recesses 30 size to accommodate the set screw 28 which is threaded through the overlying binding housing 20.
  • a plurality holes 30 in the user side surface of the ski 1 would provide multiple positions at which the binding housing 20 could be fixed via the set screw 28.
  • the ski 1 could be devoid of any corresponding recess holes.
  • a frictional engagement could also be employed.
  • an irregularly crafted user side surface 2 of the ski 1 could offer the friction necessary to prevent the set screw 28 from slipping and consequently hold the binding housing 20 in its desired location.
  • Sufficient friction could also be obtained through the utilisation of a lacquer or residue which exhibits sticky and/or frictional properties, capable of holding a threaded set screw 28 in a particular location.
  • the corresponding snap-in flap protrusion recesses 22 need not necessarily appear down the longitudinal spine of the user side surface 2 of the ski 1, but rather could feature along one, or, preferably both of the parallel edges 8 of the ski 1.
  • One or preferably both parallel edges 8 of the binding housing 20 could contain similar deformable snap-in flaps 44, each with its own protrusion sized to engage and interact with the corresponding recess 42 found along the parallel edge 8 of the ski 1.
  • a plate 80 can be inserted between the ski 1 and the ski binding 10 to create an angle at which the user's ski boot sits. For example, if the skier has developed an unfortunate habit of leaning to one side whilst skiing, this can be compensated for, partially or totally, by the inclusion of a plate 80 between the ski 1 and the binding 10. This plate 80 causes the skier to adopt the correct stance whilst on the mountain piste.

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Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1988004563A1 (en) * 1986-12-19 1988-06-30 Witco A/S Longitudinally adjustable ski binding
EP0383104A2 (de) * 1989-02-15 1990-08-22 HTM Sport- und Freizeitgeräte Aktiengesellschaft Ski
EP1366785A1 (de) * 2002-05-27 2003-12-03 Head Technology GmbH Ski, Verfahren zur Montage einer Skibindung an dem Ski und Verfahren zur Herstellung des Skis
DE102004024881A1 (de) * 2004-05-19 2005-07-14 Rottefella As Langlauf- oder Telemarkbindung
EP1600196A1 (de) * 2004-05-27 2005-11-30 Tyrolia Technology GmbH Einrichtung bestehend aus zumindest einer Bindungsplatte
EP1839713A1 (de) * 2006-03-29 2007-10-03 Salomon S.A. Langlaufskieinheit und Vorrichtung zur Befestigung von Langlaufski

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1988004563A1 (en) * 1986-12-19 1988-06-30 Witco A/S Longitudinally adjustable ski binding
EP0383104A2 (de) * 1989-02-15 1990-08-22 HTM Sport- und Freizeitgeräte Aktiengesellschaft Ski
EP1366785A1 (de) * 2002-05-27 2003-12-03 Head Technology GmbH Ski, Verfahren zur Montage einer Skibindung an dem Ski und Verfahren zur Herstellung des Skis
DE102004024881A1 (de) * 2004-05-19 2005-07-14 Rottefella As Langlauf- oder Telemarkbindung
EP1600196A1 (de) * 2004-05-27 2005-11-30 Tyrolia Technology GmbH Einrichtung bestehend aus zumindest einer Bindungsplatte
EP1839713A1 (de) * 2006-03-29 2007-10-03 Salomon S.A. Langlaufskieinheit und Vorrichtung zur Befestigung von Langlaufski

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