Ski rack for pickup trucks
OwnerRichard Dibbleinventor
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Abstract
A ski rack, for securing skis to the bed of a truck is disclosed having a mounting frame which rests upon the bed of a truck and is divided into three serially aligned connected compartments sharing common walls, with a common wall between a large middle compartment and a front compartment arranged to secure a front portion of the skis with the curved end thereof extending into the front compartment for storage, the middle compartment arranged to store a middle portion of the skis, a common wall between the middle compartment and a rear compartment arranged to secure a rear portion of the skis, and a rear compartment arranged to store additional ski equipment.
Claims25
A ski rack, for securing a ski to a generally flat surface comprising;
- a mounting frame having spaced, generally parallel, elongate left and right well side members with opposing first and second ends, said well side members being connected at points spaced from said ends, by spaced, generally parallel, elongate front and rear connecting members, said connecting members extending between said left and right well side members and forming a generally rectilinear middle compartment therewith;
- wherein said front and rear connecting members forming said generally rectilinear middle box comprises means for securing a middle portion of a ski within said middle compartment.
A ski transporting and storage method, for use in the bed of a pickup truck, comprising:
- providing a mounting frame on the floor of the bed of a pickup truck, said mounting frame having spaced, generally parallel, opposing elongate left and right well side frame members longitudinally arranged between wheel wells extending upwardly from said bed of said truck, and connected at points spaced from opposite ends of said well side frame members to spaced, generally parallel, elongate front and rear connecting members, said connecting members extending between said left and right well side members and forming a generally rectilinear middle compartment therewith;
- providing means for securing a middle portion of a ski within said middle compartment, along that portion of said front and rear connecting members which forms said generally rectilinear middle box.
A compartmented ski rack, for securing skis to the bed of a truck, having a mounting frame which defines three serially aligned connected compartments with adjoining compartments sharing common framing, the common framing between a middle compartment and a front compartment comprising means to secure a front portion of skis with the curved end thereof extending into the front compartment for storage, the middle compartment arranged to store a middle portion of said skis, common framing between the middle compartment and a rear compartment comprising means to secure a rear portion of said skis, and a rear compartment arranged for general storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.