Ski lock
OwnerSterling W. Bellinventor
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Abstract
A locking device for securely engaging a pair of snow skis with sliding surfaces juxtaposed. The lock comprises a pair of ski encompassing jaws pivotally connected at one end and lockable at the other end. The jaws may be separable at the pivotal end and may also include an integral securement device for securing the lock to a post, rack or the like.
Claims5
A hand-portable ski locking device for securing a pair of snow skis together with sliding surfaces juxtaposed, said locking device being dimensionally adapted to fit in close fitting relationship around the skis and comprising two interlockable metal jaws, said jaws cooperating in a hinge relationship through a discrete arcuate distance from a locked position and thereafter being separable by further arcuate movement;
- the jaws being interlockably engageable at a first end to provide a rigid clamp when engaged about a pair of skis and being lockable by having an integral combination locking device at a second end of said jaws, the jaws including side members at said first end to inhibit lateral movement of said jaws in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of said hinge relationship when the jaws are engaged in said hinge relationship.
A method for securing a pair of skis together comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a pair of hand-portable jaws dimensionally configurated to clamp a pair of skis at their position of least combined cross sectional area when the skis are unidirectionally oriented with their sliding surfaces juxtaposed;
- providing one end of the jaws with extensions which cooperate in hinged relation from a closed position through a discrete arcuate distance and are thereafter separable;
- inhibiting lateral movement of the extensions in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the jaws by placing side members adjacent the extensions;
- adapting the jaws to accommodate skis of different widths by selectively inserting a removable spacer block on an internal face of said jaws, the spacer block having a preselected thickness;
- orienting the skis unidirectionally with the sliding surfaces in contact;
- clamping the skis with the jaws by bringing the extensions together in hingeable interlocking relationship and arcuately closing the jaws about the skis at their position of least combined cross sectional area;
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- locking the jaws.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.