ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,595, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ROTTEFELLA AS (Lierstranda, Norway).
"Release mechanism for a ski binding" was invented by Thomas Goverud-Holm (Hof, Norway), Magnus Anderssen (Nesodden, Norway), Oyvar Svendsen (Oslo, Norway), Jorn Frode Danielsen (Drobak, Norway), David Klovning Flem (Slependen, Norway) and Edward Jones (Lommedalen, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a release mechanism for a ski binding system, wherein the system comprises a ski shoe wherein pins moveable in each direction are arranged and at least one intermediate spring element, wherein the pins are adapted to slide in a...