Snowboard support and display rack

• US 6,935,517 B1
• Filed: 06/09/2003
• Issued: 08/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Brent Reed, Robert Reed
• Original Assignee: Brent Reed, Robert Reed
• Inventors: Reed, Robert, Reed, Brent
• Primary Examiner(s): NOVOSAD, JENNIFER ELEANORE
• Application Number:
  US10/457,740
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 211/85.7, 211/70.5, 211/175, 211/106.01, 211/87.01, D65/52, D65/53, 248/201, 248/301, 248/304, 248/235
• US Class Current: 211/85.7
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/00 Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/00 Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials A47F5/0006 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 11/028 Storage in cupboards or ski-racks, e.g. with clamping devices

Abstract

A snowboard support and display rack, for selectively supporting and displaying a snowboard upon a vertical support structure. The rack comprises a left engagement member and a right engagement member, each comprising a front prong, a rear prong, a junction located therebetween, and a base member contiguous with and extending perpendicularly inward from the rear prong. After attachment to the support structure of the left and right engagement members at the same height, the prongs each extend vertically upward. Each engagement member has a vertical slot defined by the prongs and the junction located therebetween, into which the snowboard is selectively lowered for support and display of the snowboard. The engagement members are separately selectively mounted to the vertical support structure by attaching the rear surface of the base member to the support structure. In a second embodiment of the rack, the two engagement members are attached to one another by a centrally located substantially rectangular base member.

Claims

1. A snowboard support and display rack for a snowboard having a top surface, a bottom surface, a toe, and a heel, comprising a pair of engagement members selectively attachable to a vertical support structure at the same height and at a position which is elevated with respect to the ground, each engagement member comprising a front prong, a rear prong, a junction connecting the front prong to the rear prong, and a base member extending from the rear prong at a right angle, said base member having a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the base member further includes two circular openings extending fully from the front surface to the rear surface, and wherein the engagement members are attached to the support structure by selectively inserting a screw into each of the circular openings, and by subsequently threading the screws into the support structure, wherein the junction has an upper surface, wherein the engagement members are attached to the support structure by selectively attaching the base members to the support structure, wherein said prongs extend vertically upward from the junction after the engagement members have been selectively attached to the support structure, wherein the front prong has a front surface and a rear surface, and wherein the rear prong has a front surface, and wherein each of the engagement members has a vertically oriented slot defined by the rear surface of the front prong, the upper surface of the junction, and the front surface of the rear prong, and wherein the snowboard is selectively lowered into the slots of the engagement members in order to display and support the snowboard upon the rack, and wherein the top surface and the bottom surface of the snowboard are bracketed by the slots of the engagement members when the snowboard is being supported upon the rack.

2. The snowboard support and display rack as recited in claim 1, wherein the rear surface of the front prong, and the front surface of the rear prong, are substantially lined with a protective insert comprising a strip of resilient material, for protecting the snowboard from becoming damaged upon selective insertion of the snowboard into the rack.

3. The snowboard support and display rack as recited in claim 2, wherein the front prong extends upwards a smaller distance than the rear prong, in order to facilitate insertion of the snowboard into the rack, and removal of the snowboard from the rack, when the rack is being deployed to selectively support the snowboard.

4. The snowboard support and display rack as recited in claim 3, wherein the pair of engagement members comprises a left engagement member and a right engagement member, said engagement members having a substantially identical structure, except that they differ in the direction in which the base member extends from the rear prong, said left engagement member having a structure which is a mirror image of the structure of the right engagement member.

5. The snowboard support and display rack as recited in claim 4, wherein the weight of the snowboard rests substantially upon the upper surface of the junctions between the front prongs and the rear prongs.