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An apparatus for attaching a shoe to a gliding element. The apparatus includes a blocking/anchoring mechanism of the shoe in an anchoring zone thereof extending substantially from the front end of the shoe to the area of the metatarso-phalangeal journal zone or in front thereof. The apparatus includ

An apparatus for attaching a shoe to a gliding element. The apparatus includes a blocking/anchoring mechanism of the shoe in an anchoring zone thereof extending substantially from the front end of the shoe to the area of the metatarso-phalangeal journal zone or in front thereof. The apparatus includes an arrangement for rocking the blocking/anchoring mechanism, this rocking arrangement being positioned in the anchoring zone of the shoe and being designed so as to allow for a predetermined angle of movement of the shoe assembly with respect to the gliding element. Preferably, the maximum angle of movement of the blocking/anchoring mechanism is between about 5.degree. and 30.degree..

대표청구항 ▼

[What is claimed is:] [1.]an attachment mechanism adapted to be attached to the shoe along an attachment zone of the shoe, to thereby attach the shoe to the gliding element along the attachment zone of the shoe, said attachment zone extending substantially from a front end of the shoe substantially

[What is claimed is:] [1.]an attachment mechanism adapted to be attached to the shoe along an attachment zone of the shoe, to thereby attach the shoe to the gliding element along the attachment zone of the shoe, said attachment zone extending substantially from a front end of the shoe substantially to an area of a metatarso-phalangeal zone of a user's foot, said attachment mechanism having a lower surface adapted to extend in a position substainally parallel to a top surface of the gliding element when the shoe is in a lowered position;an angular movement structure positioned substantially in said attachment zone to affix said attachment mechanism to the gliding element at a predetermined area for angular movement of said attachment mechanism relative to the gliding element during skiing, said angular movement structure comprising an elastic biasing element to bias said attachment mechanism to a "null" rotational position, defined by said substantially parallel position, a forward end of the attachment mechanism being pivotal downwardly from said substantially parallel position when the shoe is in a raised position; andan engagement structure having at least a portion spaced from said predetermined area, along said attachment zone, for effective engagement with said attachment mechanism and for limiting said angular movement of said attachment mechanism, said angular movement structure thereby providing a predetermined extent of angular movement of the shoe with respect to the gliding element.