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Under normal skiing conditions, two lateral arms of a jaw unit cooperate with the toe end of a ski boot in order to maintain the boot in the axis of the ski and are held in position with a force designated as the inherent stiffness of release. When an excessive twisting effort is exerted on the skie

Under normal skiing conditions, two lateral arms of a jaw unit cooperate with the toe end of a ski boot in order to maintain the boot in the axis of the ski and are held in position with a force designated as the inherent stiffness of release. When an excessive twisting effort is exerted on the skier\s leg, the arms both move in a transverse direction with respect to the ski in order to permit lateral disengagement of the boot. A toe abutment feeler member is in contact with the front end of the boot and cooperates with a spring-loaded piston unit in order to reduce the inherent stiffness of release as well as resistance to torsional disengagement in the event of a forward fall of the skier and/or of an axial thrust exerted by the boot, thus achieving considerably enhanced safety.

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A toe abutment member for a ski binding, comprising a jaw unit constituted by two lateral arms intended to cooperate with the front portion of a ski boot in order to maintain said boot normally along the longitudinal axis of the ski, means mounting said arms for arcuate movement about a vertical axi

A toe abutment member for a ski binding, comprising a jaw unit constituted by two lateral arms intended to cooperate with the front portion of a ski boot in order to maintain said boot normally along the longitudinal axis of the ski, means mounting said arms for arcuate movement about a vertical axis with respect to said ski in order to permit lateral disengagement of the ski boot when an excessive twisting effort is exerted on the skier\s leg, a resilient device normally maintaining said arms in a stationary boot-retaining position with a predetermined force designated as the inherent stiffness of release, a movable feeler member on said abutment member adapted to contact the front or toe portion of the boot, and means actuated upon movement of said feeler member to act upon said resilient device for reducing the inherent stiffness of release thereof whenever said feeler member is moved by the boot in response to a forward fall position of the skier and/or of an axial thrust exerted by the ski boot.