US 12,268,951 B2
Rear portion of a ski mountaineering binding
Davide Indulti, Fiorano Modenese (IT); and Marco Solarino, Reggio Emilia (IT)
Assigned to ATK SPORTS S.r.l., (IT)
Filed by ATK SPORTS S.r.l., Fiorano Modenese (IT)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,258.
Claims priority of application No. 102022000002501 (IT), filed on Feb. 11, 2022; and application No. 102022000018186 (IT), filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256319 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. A63C 7/00 (2006.01); A63C 9/00 (2012.01)
CPC A63C 7/005 (2013.01) [A63C 9/003 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rear portion of a ski mountaineering binding, comprising:
a base which is fixable to a ski;
a turret which is borne by the base and which is rotatable with respect to the base in order to assume a first turret position, wherein it is fixable to the heel of a ski boot, so that it is possible to ski downhill, and in order to assume a second turret position, wherein it is not fixable to the heel of a ski boot, so that it is possible to walk uphill;
a brake for a ski;
wherein:
the brake comprises a braking lever which is rotatable to assume a braking position, in which it can brake a ski when the base is fixed to the ski, and a non-active position, in which it is non-active;
the brake comprises first elastic means for rotating the braking lever towards the braking position;
the braking lever is arranged so as to be pressable by the heel of the ski boot, when the base is fixed to the ski and the turret is in the first turret position, in order to reach the non-active position against the action of the first elastic means;
further comprising:
a rotation member which is rotatingly borne by the base and which in turn bears the braking lever so that a rotation of the rotation member corresponds to a rotation of the braking lever, and vice versa;
connecting means which connect the rotation member and the turret to one another, in such a way that the rotation member and the turret are solidly constrained to one another, when the turret is in the second turret position and when the braking lever is in the non-active position, so that it is possible to walk uphill; and
wherein the rotation member and the braking lever are solidly constrained to one another.