WO2003004113A1 - Improved carrier for skis and ski poles - Google Patents
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- WO2003004113A1 WO2003004113A1 PCT/US2002/021870 US0221870W WO03004113A1 WO 2003004113 A1 WO2003004113 A1 WO 2003004113A1 US 0221870 W US0221870 W US 0221870W WO 03004113 A1 WO03004113 A1 WO 03004113A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
- A63C11/00—Accessories for skiing or snowboarding
- A63C11/02—Devices for stretching, clamping or pressing skis or snowboards for transportation or storage
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- This invention relates to hand-held carriers for skis and ski poles, and in particular, to an improved hand-held carrier especially adapted for carrying parabolic or shaped skis.
- skis of this new design have become extremely popular for downhill skiing because they make turning and carving in snow substantially easier as compared with conventional skis.
- this ski design employs a boot heel plate in the bindings which raises the skier higher on the skis, thereby more evenly distributing the skier's weight over the skis for improved control.
- Skiers typically lock and transport their skis and ski poles with hand-held ski carriers. These ski carriers are presently produced in many different designs most of which use a clamping mechanism to hold the skis.
- ski carrier designs cannot accommodate parabolic or shaped skis because the boot heel plates incorporated in their bindings significantly increase the skis' mid-section width. Further, conventional ski carriers are inconvenient and time consuming to use as the skier must kneel down on the ground to place the skis in the carrier and fold the sides of the carrier together.
- a hand-held ski carrier which is capable of carrying parabolic, shaped, or conventional skis and is convenient to use.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hand-held ski and pole carrier according to a preferred embodiment of the invention with a pair of skis and a pair of poles shown fragmentarily and in phantom, in position in the appropriate compartments and ski pole clamping cavities of the carrier;
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hand-held ski and pole carrier of FIG. 1 shown with its closures in the open position;
- FIG. 3 is an end elevational view of the carrier of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG.4 is an end elevational view of the carrier of FIG. 1 with skis and poles (shown in cross-section) in position in the appropriate compartments and ski pole clamping cavities of the carrier.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 show a hand-held carrier 10 for carrying skis and associated ski poles according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
- the carrier 10 as set forth more particularly herein below, comprises a w-shaped open ended receptacle 12 defining first and second elongated compartments 14, 16 each sized for holding the section of a ski which mounts the ski-boot binding hardware (not shown).
- the carrier 10 further comprises first and second closures 20, 18 pivotally coupled to the receptacle 12 with integrally formed hinges 22, 24.
- the closures 18, 20 respectively close off the tops of the first and second compartments 14, 16.
- the receptacle 12 and closures 18, 20 define generally cylindrical first and second cavities 26, 28 for clamping a pair of ski poles (not shown) in the carrier 10.
- the closures 18, 20 further include integral handle sections 30, 32 which come together to form a single carrying handle 34 when the closures 18, 20 are pivoted to close off the tops of the compartments 14, 16.
- the details of the w-shaped open ended receptacle 12 include a bottom wall 36 bounded by a pair of upstanding parallel side walls 38, 40.
- Each side wall 38, 40 includes an upper edge surface 42, 44 with a recess 46, 48 extending longitudinally from one end of the receptacle 12 to the other.
- These side wall recesses 46, 48 form the receptacle defined portion of the cylindrical ski pole clamping cavities 26, 28.
- a central partition wall 50 extending parallel to the side walls 38, 40 projects up from the bottom wall 36 to divide the interior of the receptacle 12 into the two compartments 14, 16.
- the upper portion 52 of the partition wall 50 is typically rounded and has relief notches 54 at each end thereof for enabling the exterior end surfaces of the first closure 20 to be flush with the exterior end surfaces of the partition wall 50 when the first closure 20 is closed.
- the upper portion 52 of the partition wall 50 also has a longitudinal cable lock aperture 56 extending therethrough.
- the side and the bottom walls 38, 40 36 of the receptacle 12 are reinforced with a plurality of integrally formed ribs 58.
- the closures 18, 20 include L- shaped closure portions 60, 62 integrally formed with the handle sections 30, 32.
- Each L-shaped closure portion 60, 62 defines a horizontal top wall 64, 66 and an inner wall 68, 70 depending from the top wall 64, 66.
- the handle sections 30, 32 are each constructed with two roughly triangular-shaped support members 72, 74 integrally formed with the ends of their respective closure portion 60, 62, and a handle member 76, 78 extending between the upper ends of the support members 72, 74.
- the outer lower corners of the support members 72, 74 include notches 80, 82 which together with their respective closure portion top walls 64, 66 define closure edge surfaces 84, 86.
- Each closure edge surface 84, 86 has a recess 88, 90 extending longitudinally between the ends of the closure 18, 20.
- the recesses 88, 90, 46, 48 defined in the closures 18, 20 and the receptacle 12 form the two ski pole clamping cavities 26, 28 when the closures 18, 20 are in a closed relation with the receptacle 12.
- the handle support members 72 of the second closure 18 are wider than the handle support members 74 of the first closure 20, and include apertures 92.
- the wider handle support member 72 of the second closure 18 overlap the upper portion 52 of the partition wall 50 and the support member apertures 92 axially align with the longitudinal cable lock aperture 56 thereby allowing a conventional cable lock (not shown) to be inserted therethrough to lock the second closure 18 in the closed position.
- the support members 72, 74 of the closures 18, 20 also include complimentary convex and concave arcuate inner edge surfaces 94, 96.
- the lower portion of the convex inner edge surface 94 includes a notch 95 that receives therein a projection 97 extending from the lower portion of the concave inner edge surface 96.
- This arrangement requires sequential opening and closing of the closures 20, 18 thereby advantageously permitting the second closure 18 to be used for locking the first closure 20, as the second closure 18 must be pivoted to the open position first (after removing the cable lock) in order to pivotally open the first closure 20.
- the notch 95 and projection 97 at the lower portions of the edge surfaces 94, 96 further insure that the first closure 20 cannot be forced open when the second closure 18 is in the closed position.
- the closures 18, 20 and receptacle 12 of the carrier 10 can be manufactured from any suitable material although a plastic such as ABS is preferred because it allows each of these three components to be molded using conventional plastic molding techniques.
- FIGS. 1 and 4 show a pair of skis 100 and a pair of ski poles 102 appropriately secured in the carrier 10.
- the interior of each compartment 14, 16 can be lined with padding 98 made from foam, soft rubber or any other equivalent material to aid in holding the skis 100 in place and avoid slippage during transportation.
- the padding 98 also allows the compartments 14, 16 of the carrier 10 to be "sized" for accommodating virtually all conventional ski widths including state of the art boot lifts 104 (which elevate the ski boots higher above the top surfaces of the skis than normal) that are presently used with parabolic skis.
- the carrier 10 of the invention enables one to easily transport skis from one location to another.
- the hinged closures 18, 20 disposed above the openings of the compartments 14, 16 advantageously allow skis be simply dropped into the compartments 14, 16 rather than having to sandwich them into position as is required with conventional ski carriers.
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US687664A (en) * | 1901-08-10 | 1901-11-26 | John Thos Smith | Egg-crate. |
US3640420A (en) * | 1969-12-19 | 1972-02-08 | Edward Kelley Corp | Cooler chest |
US3848785A (en) * | 1973-05-14 | 1974-11-19 | J Bott | Ski rack for motor vehicles |
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