Ski equipment carrier

• US 3,935,977 A
• Filed: 11/13/1974
• Issued: 02/03/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert B. Bonnett
• Original Assignee: Robert B. Bonnett
• Inventors: Bonnett, Robert B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Betts, Kenneth H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Schrecengost, R.
• Application Number:
  US05/523,648
• Time in Patent Office: 447 Days
• Field of Search: 224/45 S, 224/45 R, 224/46 R, 224/50, 224/52, 224/45 D, 224/42.1 F, 224/49, 211/60 SB, 280/11.37 K, 280/11.37 A
• US Class Current: 294/147
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 11/025 for skis or ski-sticks
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/3427 Clasp
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/44077 having inserted and receiving interlocking members connected by bendable, nonbiasing strap

Abstract

A ski equipment securing and carrying device including a body portion having a pair of hingedly interconnected cover segments, each cover segment including a ski receiving portion and ski pole receiving portion provided with yieldable members for respective accommodation therewithin of skis of various widths and thicknesses and ski poles of various diameters, the cover segments being hingedly interconnected for closure together with the ski receiving portion and pole receiving portion of one confronting the respective ski receiving portion and pole receiving portion of the other in cooperative relationship for respective clamped engagement of skis and ski poles within the ski and ski pole cavities by the yieldable members thereof. The cover segments may include latch means for fastening them together in a manner to inhibit removal of skis and poles secured therewithin, and elongated fastening elements may be attached thereto for securement thereof to an immovable object such as a tree or ski rack. The ski equipment carrying device may have a one-piece molded body portion which may be formed of polypropylene.

Claims

1. A ski equipment securing and carrying device including a body portion having a pair of polygonal cover segments, each of said cover segments having a ski receiving portion and a pole receiving portion, each said ski receiving portion being shaped to receive a ski therewithin and each said pole receiving portion being shaped to receive a ski pole therewithin, each said ski receiving portion and said pole receiving portion including yieldable members for respectively engaging a ski and a ski pole, hinge means hingedly interconnecting said cover segments for juxtaposed closure thereof with said ski receiving portion and pole receiving portion of one of said cover segments confronting the ski receiving portion and pole receiving portion of the other of said cover segments in cooperative relationship for respective clamped engagement by said yieldable members of a ski and a ski pole in relatively fixed position within each said ski receiving portion and said pole receiving portion thereof, and latch means for securing said cover segments in a juxtaposed closed relationship, said latch means comprising tab means positioned interiorly within one of said cover segments and tab means receiving aperture means opening interiorly of the other of said cover segments.

2. A ski equipment securing and carrying device as specified in claim 1 including an elongated flexible member having apertured ends shaped to fit over said tab means.

3. A ski equipment securing and carrying device including a body portion having a pair of polygonal cover segments, each of said cover segments having a ski receiving portion and a pole receiving portion, each said ski receiving portion being shaped to receive a ski therewithin and each said pole receiving portion being shaped to receive a ski pole therewithin, each said ski receiving portion and said pole receiving portion including yieldable members for respectively engaging a ski and a ski pole, hinge means hingedly interconnecting said cover segments for juxtaposed closure thereof with said ski receiving portion and pole receiving portion of one of said cover segments confronting the ski receiving portion and pole receiving portion of the other of said cover segments in cooperative relationship for respective clamp engagement by said yieldable members of a ski and a ski pole in relatively fixed position within each said ski receiving portion and said pole receiving portion thereof, latch means for securing said cover segments in a juxtaposed closed relationship, lock means mounted on and extending from one of said cover segments, the other of said cover segments having lock receiving means positioned for receiving said lock means therewithin in providing locked closure together of said cover segments, and an elongated flexible member having apertured ends shaped to fit over said lock means.

4. A ski equipment securing and carrying device including a body portion having a pair of polygonal cover segments, each of said cover segments having a ski receiving portion and a pole receiving portion, each said ski receiving portion being shaped to receive a ski therewithin and each said pole receiving portion being shaped to receive a ski pole therewithin, each said ski receiving portion and said pole receiving portion including yieldable members for respectively engaging a ski and a ski pole, hinge means hingedly interconnecting said cover segments for juxtaposed closure thereof with said ski receiving portion and said pole receiving portion of one of said cover segments confronting the ski receiving portion and pole receiving portion of the other of said cover segments in cooperative relationship for respective clamp engagement by said yieldable members of a ski and a ski pole in relatively fixed position within each said ski receiving portion and said pole receiving portion thereof, latch means for securing said cover segments in a juxtaposed closed relationship, lock means mounted on and extending from one of said cover segments, the other of said cover segments having lock receiving means positioned for receiving said lock means therewithin in providing locked closure together of said cover segments, and an endless elongated flexible member, said endless flexible member being positioned to extend through a ski receiving portion of at least one of said cover segments and providing a loop extending outwardly from said body portion for securement thereof to such as at least relatively fixed objects as will inhibit portability of the ski equipment securing and carrying device.

5. A ski equipment securing and carrying device comprising a one-piece molded body portion including:

a pair of polygonal cover segments, each of said cover segments having a ski clamping portion, a ski pole clamping portion and a handle portion, each of said ski clamping portions comprising a ski receiving cavity having a plurality of flexible nibs extending thereinto in juxtaposition to engage a surface of the ski received therewithin, each said ski pole clamping portion comprising a pole receiving cavity having shaped pole engaging flanges extending thereinto and positioned to flexibly engage a ski pole, said handle portion of each said cover segments being shaped to form a single carrying means when said cover segments are closed together, and hinge means hingedly interconnecting said cover segments for juxtaposed closure thereof with said ski receiving portion and a pole receiving portion of one of said cover segments confronting the ski receiving portion and pole receiving portion of the other of said cover segments in cooperative relationship for securement therewithin of skis and ski poles.

6. A ski equipment securing and carrying device as specified in claim 5 wherein said body portion is formed of polypropylene.

7. A ski equipment securing and carrying device including a body portion having a pair of substantially polygonal cover segments, each of said cover segments having a ski receiving recessed portion and a pole receiving recessed portion, each said ski receiving recessed portion being shaped to receive a ski therewithin and each said pole receiving recessed portion being shaped to receive a ski pole therewithin, each said ski receiving recessed portion including yieldable means positioned for engaging the side edges of a ski received within said ski receiving recessed portion in snug accommodation therewithin of skis of various width, each said pole receiving recessed portion including yieldable means for substantial clamping engagement therewithin of a ski pole, and hinge means hingedly interconnecting said cover segments for juxtaposed closure thereof with said ski receiving recessed portion and said pole receiving recessed portion of one of said cover segments confronting the ski receiving recessed portion and pole receiving recessed portion of the other of said cover segments, each said ski receiving recessed portion having yieldable members positioned therewith for engagement of a face of a ski on closure together of said cover segments in a cooperative relationship for clamped engagement by said yieldable members of a ski pole in relatively fixed position within said pole receiving recessed portion thereof and said yieldable members of each said ski receiving recessed portion each engage a face of a ski received therewithin so that skis of various thickness may be accommodated by the ski equipment securing and carrying device.

8. A ski equipment securing and carrying device as specified in claim 7 wherein said yieldable means of said ski receiving recessed portion comprises a plurality of ribs extending into said ski receiving recessed portion from opposed ends of said ski receiving recessed portion.

9. A ski equipment securing and carrying device as specified in claim 7 wherein said yieldable members of said ski receiving recessed portion comprises a plurality of flexible nibs extending into said ski receiving recessed cavity in juxtaposition to engage the face of a ski received therewithin.

10. A ski equipment securing and carrying device as specified in claim 7 wherein said yieldable means of said ski receiving recessed portion comprises a plurality of ribs extending into said ski receiving recessed portion from opposed ends of said ski receiving recessed portion and said member of said ski receiving recessed portion comprises a plurality of flexible nibs extending into said ski receiving recessed cavity in juxtaposition to engage the face of a ski received therewithin.

11. A ski equipment securing and carrying device as specified in claim 7 wherein said yieldable means of each said pole receiving recessed portion comprises shaped pole engaging flanges extending into said pole receiving recessed portion in juxtaposition to engage and clamp a ski pole received therewithin.