Title: Safety strap for skis

Abstract: A safety strap storage construction wherein a base plate is secured to the ski and a support plate is releasably coupled to the base plate. A ski boot is adapted to be mounted onto the support plate and remains in engagement with the ski boot during a release of the ski boot from engagement with the ski. A safety strap is provided in a cavity between the base plate and the support plate and is secured at one end thereof to the base plate and at the other end thereof to the support plate. A safety strap tensioning construction is mounted on the base plate to keep the safety strap taut while stored in the cavity between the base plate and the support plate. The mechanism for maintaining the safety strap in a taut condition can be a shiftable disk resiliently biassed to maintain the safety strap wound therearound in a taut condition or a plurality of clips or the like can be fixedly attached to the base plate with the safety strap being threaded therearound.

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Inventors: Svoboda, Josef (Schwechat, AT)

Application Number: 957087
Filing Date: 1978-11-02
Publication_date: 1980-10-21
Assignee: TMC Corporation (Baar, CH)
Primary Class(es): 280/618 280/637
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3865389	Feb, 1975	Delery	280/637.
3998474	Dec, 1976	Marker et al.	280/637.
4065151	Dec, 1977	Weinstein et al.	280/637.

Other Refs: 2417892227994

Oct, 1975	DE
Oct, 1943	CH

Primary Examiner: Mitchell, David M.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Blanchard, Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis