HEEL DEVICE WITH WALK CONFIGURATION

• Main Author: FRITSCHI, Andreas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 26.12.2018
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE; GAMES; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ROLLER SKATES; SKATES; SKIS; SPORTS

The invention relates to an automatic heel unit for a ski binding, in particular a ski-touring binding, comprising a heel retainer, for retaining a ski boot in a heel area of the ski boot, and a heel retainer support on which the heel retainer is mounted so as to be movable along an adjustment path relative to the heel retainer support. The automatic heel unit has a holding configuration in which the heel retainer is located in a holding setting and the heel retainer can interact with the heel area of the ski boot held in the ski binding in such a way that the heel area of the ski boot is held in a lowered position. Furthermore, the automatic heel unit has a walking configuration in which the heel retainer is located in a walking setting and the heel area of the ski boot held in the ski binding is freed from the heel retainer and can be lowered toward the ski without being locked by the heel retainer in the lowered position. The heel retainer in its walking setting is located farther to the rear than in its holding setting and is movable from its walking setting to its holding setting and back again along a first area of the adjustment path. Starting from its walking setting, the heel retainer is movable along the first area of the adjustment path, beyond its holding setting, upward from the first area of the adjustment path into a second area of the adjustment path separate from the first area of the adjustment path and adjoining the first area of the adjustment path, and back again.