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A device for binding a boot to a sports article allowing the heel of the boot to be raised with respect to the sports article, of the type in which the boot has a first connecting zone positioned at the front of the boot, and a second connecting zone positioned rearward of the first connecting zone.

A device for binding a boot to a sports article allowing the heel of the boot to be raised with respect to the sports article, of the type in which the boot has a first connecting zone positioned at the front of the boot, and a second connecting zone positioned rearward of the first connecting zone. The device includes an attachment arm having a fixed length, the attachment arm being articulated to the base of the device at a first of two fixed points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixed points of the attachment arm. A guiding mechanism slidably guides the first boot connecting zone relative to the base of the device.

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What is claimed is: 1. A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, sai

What is claimed is: 1. A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising: a base adapted to be supported on the sports article; an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article; the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm; a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot, while the first connecting zone of the boot moves relative to the attachment arm during said raising and lowering of the heel of the boot. 2. A device according to claim 1, further comprising: an elastic return mechanism to elastically return the attachment arm to a low position. 3. A device according to claim 1, wherein: the second connecting zone of the boot comprises a transverse cylindrical articulation pin fixed in place in a lower portion of the sole of the boot. 4. A device according to claim 1, wherein: the first connecting zone of the boot comprises a transverse pin fixed in place in a lower portion of the sole of the boot; and the guiding mechanism of the base comprises a guiding slot for guiding the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot along said path during the raising and lowering of the boot. 5. A device according to claim 1, wherein: the guiding mechanism of the base comprises a guide for allowing free longitudinal movement of the first connecting zone of the boot relative to the base, while constraining transverse and vertical movement of the first connecting zone. 6. A device according to claim 1, wherein: said path for the first connecting zone of the boot is defined by a series of points spaced at differing distances from said first fixing point during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot. 7. A device according to claim 1, wherein: said guiding mechanism of the base is adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot forwardly during raising of the heel of the boot. 8. A device according to claim 1, wherein: in a raised position of the heel of the boot, said attachment arm extends downwardly and forwardly to the base. 9. A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising: a base adapted to be supported on the sports article; an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article; the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm; the first of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned longitudinally between the first and second connecting zones for the boot; a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot. 10. A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising: a base adapted to be supported on the sports article; an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article, the attachment arm including a releasable latching mechanism to join the attachment arm to the boot by latching the second connecting zone of the boot; the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm; a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot. 11. A device according to claim 10, wherein: said releasable latching mechanism is movable between an open position, for allowing the second connecting zone of the boot to be received or released from the latching mechanism, and a closed position, for latching the second connecting zone of the boot; the second connecting zone of the boot describes an arc-of-a-circle path about the first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm while the latching mechanism is in a closed position latching the second connecting zone of the boot; and said path of the first connecting zone of the boot does not describe an arc-of-a-circle path about the first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm while the latching mechanism is in a closed position latching the second connecting zone of the boot. 12. A device according to claim 10, wherein: the second of the two points of the attachment arm is positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm. 13. A device according to claim 10, wherein: said guiding mechanism of the base is adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot forwardly during raising of the heel of the boot. 14. A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, said device comprising: a base adapted to be supported on the sports article; an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed length; the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm; a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot, the guiding mechanism of the base comprising a guide for allowing free longitudinal movement of the first connecting zone of the boot relative to the base and for allowing movement of the first connecting zone of the boot relative to the attachment arm during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot, while constraining transverse and vertical movement of the first connecting zone of the boot. 15. A device for binding a boot to a sports article, the device allowing a heel of the boot to be raised and lowered relative to the sports article, the boot having a first connecting zone at the front of the boot and a second connecting zone behind the first connecting zone, the first connecting zone including a transverse pin fixed in place in a lower portion of a sole of the boot, said device comprising: a base adapted to be supported on the sports article; an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article; the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm; a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot; the guiding mechanism of the base comprises a guiding slot for guiding the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot along said path during the raising and lowering of the boot the guiding slot of the guiding mechanism of the base having an open longitudinal end to allow the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot to be received within the guiding slot as the boot is being connected to the binding. 16. An assembly of a boot and a binding, said assembly comprising: a boot comprising: a sole; a first connecting zone at a front zone of the boot and a second connecting zone rearward of the first connecting zone, the first and second connecting zones of the boot comprising respective transverse pins fixed in place in the sole of the boot; a binding device for binding the boot to a sports article, said binding device comprising: a base adapted to be supported on the sports article; an attachment arm having two fixing points separated by a fixed distance during raising and lowering of the heel of the boot relative to the sports article, the second of the two points of the attachment arm being positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm; the attachment arm being articulated relative to the base at a first of the two fixing points of the attachment arm and adapted to be joined to the second connecting zone of the boot at a second of the two fixing points of the attachment arm; a guiding mechanism of the base adapted to slidingly guide the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot for movement along a path during the raising and lowering of the heel of the boot, while the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot moves relative to the attachment arm during said raising and lowering of the heel of the boot. 17. An assembly according to claim 16, wherein: said guiding mechanism of the base comprises a guiding slot for guiding the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot along said path during the raising and lowering of the boot. 18. An assembly according to claim 16, wherein: said guiding mechanism of the base is adapted to slidingly guide the transverse pin of the first connecting zone of the boot forwardly during raising of the heel of the boot. 19. An assembly according to claim 16, wherein: the second of the two points of the attachment arm is positioned rearward of the first of the two points of the attachment arm.