US1580292A - Ski fitting - Google Patents

Description

April 13 1926.

9 1,580,292 G. w. EASDALE ET AL SKI FITTING/ Original File-:1 March 20. 1924 a m M dents oi the city of- Ottawa,

of Ontario and Dominion ot Patented Apr.

1 1 UNIT GEORGE WASHINGTON EAsn Application filed. M

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Be it known that we, GEORGE lV srn'NeroN EASDALE and FRANK lViLrnnn BEDARD, sub.-*

'ects of the King invented certain ments in Ski Fittings, mg is a specification.

ot GreatBritain, and resi- 111 the Province new of which the follow- This invention relates to improvements in ski fittings, and the objects ot the lnventiou are to provide an nomically constru ter for securely h on a ski.

Further objects are bination with fastening means boot, flexible and fixedly-mounted on a ski etlective, durable and ecocteddeviceo't this characolding the boot ot a ski-er adjustable securing means gage with said boot, whereby the boot or plates and held there.

' Still further obj ects fastening means of be made of mater that will be of good appearance, will not in any way are the provision of ial that will not wear out, i and that hamper on the contrary, Wlll greatly facilitate and add to the pleasure Y can be fitted to any Yet further obj ski fitting of this entirely eliminate Yet another object is the provision of device of this description of ski-ing, and which boot and ski. cots are to provide a light character that will almost the use of straps.

a that will be read ily adjustable and that, while being flexible,

will not friction with snow,

be cumbersome -or likely to cause or to exert an unnecessary strain on any part of the foot of the et still further object is the provision of a ski fitting of this character that can be much more economically manufactured and placed on the market than anything of the kind at present in use.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially in the device an embodiment of which is described in the present specification and illustrated by the accompanying part of the same.

Referring now drawings that form to the drawings, in which Canada, have. and useful Improve ting detached from the sin.

to provide, in comv carriedby a.

and designed to enretained securely on tightly into the side I this character that can the ski-er but,

' when the ski boot is formed therein,

arch 20, 1924, Seria1 No. 700,612. Renewed December 30, 1925. l

'. like characters of. reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure:

' Figure. 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of our improved ski fitting with a boot.

Figure 2 is a plan view withthe boot shown in dotted lines.

' Figure 3 is a perspective'detail of the fit- 6 .Figure 4: 's a detail of a modified form of the engaging means'carriedby the boot.

.Figure 5 is a section on 1ine 5-5 of Fig- A designates aski, and

indicates the side plates,

well-known construction, between which the vfront ot' the boot tits, and which are provided with the, usual toe strap 11. The toe of the boot, as hereshown, has fixed In the drawings,

of any secured on the sole a T-shaped plate 12 protruding slightly beyond thetoe of the boot :and having a receiving opening .13 therein. l

- This plate, constitutes one element in our improved fittingand, while it is here shown asfsecured'ingthe sole of the boot and ofT- shaped construction, it can be of any'suitable I material and is adapted to be carried by the boot in any convenient way. For instance, being manufactured, it may be embedded in the sole of the boot and instead of, as here shown, protruding beyond the toe of the boot it may be, as shown in the modified form in Figure 4;, carried in the sole of the boot, the essential feature of this element being that it is adapted to engage, with an adjustable retaining member 14 secured on the ski and comprising a plate 15 designed, through openings 16 therein, to be fixedly mounted on'the ski, and formed with a looped end 17 adapted to pivotally engage with a U-shaped member 18": This member 18 is in turn pivotally connected at its outer ends to a tongue or lever member 18 formed with side flaps 18 and in turn pivotally connected at its lower end with a plate or metallic strap 19, through an eye 19 the other end of the member 19 being bent to detachably engage with the boot carried plate 12. The tongue or lever member 18, it will be noted, is pivotally connected to the member 18 substantially midway of the length of the former, 1 and, pivotally connected at its lower end to the plate 19, will on being moved upwardly to a vertical position cause the strap 19 to move outwardly releasing the tension thereon while on the lever or tongue 18 being moved downwardly to the position as illustrated in the different figures, the plate 19 will be drawn back'wardly thereby tensioning it and retaining it in a tensi'oned position, providing a steady pull forward on the boot to hold the boot securely between the side plates 10.

It is also possible with our improved fitting to dispense with the toe strap. The buckle on the ski fastenings being a tightening buckle, the pull on the boot to retain it securely within the plates is auton'iatically continuous.

From the foregoing, the operation of our improved fitting will be apparent, and also the essential and novel features of it comprising a tightening buckle operatively mounted on the ski, in combination with engaging means carried by the boot, and means Xedly mount on the ski for holding the buckle, and adjustable means carried by the buckle and adapted to engage with the engaging means, all designed to exert a continuous and even pull on the forward part of a ski boot to retain it securely between the side plates on the ski.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of our invention, within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all inatter contained in the accompanying specification and claims shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What we claim as our invention is:

l. A ski-fitting of the character described, comprising engaging means on the ski boot, a plate rigidly secured to the ski and formed with a loop at one end, a yoke member adapted to pivotally engagewith said loop, a lever pivotally connected to the yoke member and a strip pivotally mounted on the lever member and adapted to detachably engage with the engaging means on the boot whereby on said lever being moved to vertical position and beyond, the boot engaging plate is moved outwardly and whereby on said le ver being moved downwardly to a horzon'tal position, the boot engaging plate is tensioned.

2. Ina device of the character described, the eon'ibination with engaging means on the ski and boot, of a yoke pivotally connected to the ski, a tongue pivotally connected to the yoke, a strip or plate pivotally connected to the tongue and adapted to detachably engage with the engaging means on the boot.

3. The combination with a pair of rigidly mounted plates of a yoke pivotally mounted on one of said plates and a lever swinging-1y mounted in said yoke and a plate pivotally mounted on the lever and adapted to detachably engage with one of said pair of plates.

our hands. 1

In witness whereof we have hereunto set P GEORGE WASHENGTON EASDALE. FRANK WILFRED BEDARD.

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