Carrier for skis and ski poles

• US 4,114,838 A
• Filed: 11/22/1976
• Issued: 09/19/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Beach Solar Supply Incorporated
• Original Assignee: James E. Knauf
• Inventors: Knauf, James E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blix, Trygve M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Noland, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US05/743,927
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 224/45 S, 224/58, 224/49, 224/55, 224/1 A, 224/1 R, 224/5 Z, 224/5 BC, 224/22, 224/5 R, 294/31.2, 294/74, 24/81 SK, 24/16 R, 24/DIG. 18, 280/37.11 SK, 280/11.37 A, 2/323, 2/338
• US Class Current: 294/157
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/006 comprising a suspension strap or lanyard
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/917 Ski carrier
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/14 Bale and package ties, hose clamps

Abstract

A carrier for skis and ski poles comprises an elongated main strap of webbing material. A pair of transversely directed short end straps are attached at their midportions to opposite ends of the main strap. The end straps carry complementary Velcro patches at their ends which hold the end straps in place around opposite ends of the skis. The end straps are slidably moved toward the midportion of the skis and are automatically tightened as they are moved. Rigid blocks at the strap intersections provide increased strength and security. The ski poles extend through slots formed adjacent opposite ends of the main strap. The midportion of the main strap is loose so as to fit over the shoulder of the skier for carrying both the skis and ski poles while leaving the hands free. The carrier can be folded upon itself into a compact self-holding package for carrying in the pocket.

Claims

1. A carrier for skis comprising an elongated main strap, an end strap extending transversely to said main strap adjacent to each end thereof, the midportions of said end straps being secured to the opposite ends of said main strap, a Velcro patch carried by the inside of one end of each of said end straps, a complementarily formed Velcro patch carried by the outside of the opposite end of each of said end straps, said Velcro patches adapted to engage each other to secure said end straps around said skis, each of said end straps being adapted to extend around one end of a pair of skis, said end straps adapted to be tightened by sliding movement from the end of said skis toward the midportion of said skis, said end straps in use being disposed adjacent to and on opposite sides of the bindings of said skis, and a pair of elongated slots formed in said main strap adjacent to the opposite ends thereof, said slots being adapted to hold the opposite ends of a pair of ski poles when said carrier is in use, said end and said main strap being foldable and then folding into a substantially thin compact package not substantially larger in either transverse direction than the width of said main straps and adapted to be held in such folded position by engagement between the Velcro patches of the other of said end straps.

2. The structure described in claim 1, and a substantially square rigid reinforcing block mounted between the midportion of each of said end straps and the adjacent end of said main strap.

3. The structure described in claim 2, the stitching extending along all four sides of each of said blocks to secure said end straps to said main strap and simultaneously hold said blocks in place.

4. The structure described in claim 3, and semi-circular substantially rigid reinforcing means extending around the end of each of said slots.