Wheeled carrier incorporating ski travel

An item carrier, comprising:

• a container configured to store at least one item;
• a set of wheels rotatably attached to the container;
• a pair of skis comprising a left-side ski and a right-side ski;
• and
• a ski support assembly securing the pair of skis to the container and operable to selectively reposition the pair of skis with respect to the container;
• wherein
• the item carrier is configured to selectively adopt, by operating the ski support assembly:
• a first configuration, in which the left-side and right-side skis are positioned in respective stowed positions and do not provide ski-travel ability to the container, and further in which the set of wheels provides rolling mobility to the container, and
• a second configuration, in which the left-side and right-side skis are positioned in respective deployed positions at which the pair of skis provides ski-travel mobility to the container;
• wherein, when the item carrier is arranged in the second configuration, the set of wheels is positioned within indentations formed in the left-side ski and the right-side ski.

An item carrier, comprising:

• a container configured to store at least one item;
• a set of wheels rotatably attached to the container;
• a pair of skis comprising a left-side ski and a right-side ski;
• and
• a ski support assembly securing the pair of skis to the container and operable to selectively reposition the pair of skis with respect to the container;
• wherein
• the item carrier is configured to selectively adopt, by operating the ski support assembly:
• a first configuration, in which the left-side and right-side skis are positioned in respective stowed positions and do not provide ski-travel ability to the container, and further in which the set of wheels provides rolling mobility to the container, and
• a second configuration, in which the left-side and right-side skis are positioned in respective deployed positions at which the pair of skis provides ski-travel mobility to the container;
• wherein the set of wheels comprises at least one left-side wheel and at least one right-side wheel arranged closer to a left side and a right side of the container, respectively, wherein a space is defined between the at least one left-side wheel and the at least one right-side wheel, and further wherein the left-side and right-side skis are repositionable between the respective stowed positions and the respective deployed positions within said space;
• wherein the left-side and right-side skis in the respective deployed positions are positioned adjacent to an inner side of the at least one left-side wheel and an inner side of the at least one right-side wheel, respectively, the inner sides facing one another;
• and
• wherein, when the item carrier is arranged in the second configuration, the at least one left-side wheel and the at least one right-side wheel are positioned within respective indentations formed in an outer side of the left-side ski and an outer side of the right-side ski, the outer sides facing away from one another.

An item carrier, comprising:

• a container configured to store at least one item;
• a set of wheels rotatably attached to the container;
• a pair of skis comprising a left-side ski and a right-side ski;
• and
• a ski support assembly securing the pair of skis to the container and operable to selectively reposition the pair of skis with respect to the container;
• wherein
• the item carrier is configured to selectively adopt, by operating the ski support assembly:
• a first configuration, in which the left-side and right-side skis are positioned in respective stowed positions and do not provide ski-travel ability to the container, and further in which the set of wheels provides rolling mobility to the container, and
• a second configuration, in which the left-side and right-side skis are positioned in respective deployed positions at which the pair of skis provides ski-travel mobility to the container;
• wherein the set of wheels is arranged between the left-side ski and the right-side ski such that the left-side ski and the right-side ski are repositionable with respect to the container between the respective stowed positions and the respective deployed positions externally of the set of wheels;
• wherein the left-side and right-side skis in the respective deployed positions are positioned adjacent to an outer side of the at least one left-side wheel and an outer side of the at least one right-side wheel, respectively, the outer sides facing away from one another;
• and
• wherein, when the item carrier is arranged in the second configuration, the at least one left-side wheel and the at least one right-side wheel are positioned within respective indentations formed in an inner side of the left-side ski and an inner side of the right-side ski, the inner sides facing one another.