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US 4,402,355 AGranted
Protective container for snow skis
OwnerCraig A. Wymore, Neal F. Semradinventors
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Abstract
A protective container for snow skis is provided comprising an elongate body having inner and outer wall members fabricated of a pliable material and which are retained in spaced apart relationship by a resiliently deformable cushion member placed therebetween with the inner wall defining a compartment for receipt of a set of snow skis therein. The inner and outer walls can include therebetween bladders made of an airtight material allowing pressurized air to be forced thereinto to function as the cushioning material. A sock comprising a single layer of pliable material is placed over the snow skis to facilitate the placement of the skis into the container.
Claims15
A protective container for snow skis comprising:
- (a) an enclosed elongate body member including ends thereof, said body member having spaced inner and outer walls, said walls being thin and pliable;
- (b) a compartment in said body defined by said inner wall and adapted to receive therein a pair of snow skis;
- (c) a passageway through one of said body ends communicating with said compartment;
- (d) cap means associated with said one of said ends to selectively close said compartment;
- (e) cushion means positioned between said inner and outer walls to resiliently retain said inner and outer walls in spaced relationship whereby blows impacting said outer wall are cushioned by said cushion means and are prevented from being transmitted to said skis;
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- (f) a ski sock adapted to be inserted into said compartment and being fabricated of a thin pliable material for placement over said snow skis prior to the insertion of said snow skis into said container compartment.
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A protective container for snow skis comprising:
- (a) an enclosed elongate body member including ends thereof, said body member having spaced inner and outer walls, said walls being thin and pliable;
- (b) a compartment in said body defined by said inner wall and adapted to receive therein a pair of snow skis;
- (c) a passageway through one of said body ends communicating with said compartment;
- (d) cap means associated with said one of said ends to selectively close said compartment;
- (e) cushion means positioned between said inner and outer walls to resiliently retain said inner and outer walls in spaced relationship whereby blows impacting said outer wall are cushioned by said cushion means and are prevented from being transmitted to said skis thereby;
- (f) a plurality of longitudinally and radially oriented ribs extending between said inner and outer walls providing a plurality of discrete areas bounded thereby;
- wherein
- (g) said cushion means comprises styrofoam particles placed fully within each of said discrete areas;
- and
- (h) a ski sock adapted to be inserted into said compartment and being fabricated of a thin pliable material for placement over said snow skis prior to the insertion of said snow skis into said container compartment.
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A protective container for snow skis comprising:
- (a) a body member;
- said body member having spaced inner and outer walls fabricated of a thin pliable material;
- (b) a plurality of air-tight bladders placed between said inner and outer walls engaging same;
- (c) an air valve associated with and communicating air to said bladders, said air valve extending through said outer wall;
- (d) a compartment in said body defined by said inner wall and adapted to receive therein a pair of snow skis;
- (e) a passageway through one of said body ends to selectively close said compartment;
- (f) cap means associated with said one of said ends to selectively close said compartment;
- (g) cushion means positioned between said inner and outer walls to resiliently retain said inner and outer walls in spaced relationship whereby blows impacting said outer wall are cushioned by said cushion means and are prevented from being transmitted to said skis thereby;
- wherein
- (h) said cushion means comprises air retained in said bladders;
- and
- (i) a ski sock adapted to be inserted into said compartment and being fabricated of a thin pliable material for placement over said snow skis prior to the insertion of said snow skis into said container compartment.
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A protective container for snow skis and ski poles comprising:
- (a) an enclosed elongate body member including ends thereof, said body having spaced inner and outer walls, said walls being thin and pliable;
- (b) a compartment in said body defined by said inner wall and adapted to receive therein a pair of snow skis and a pair of ski poles;
- (c) a passageway through one of said body ends communicating with said compartment;
- (d) cap means associated with said one of said ends to selectively close said compartment;
- (e) cushion means positioned between said inner and outer walls to resiliently retain said inner and outer walls in spaced relationship whereby blows impacting said outer wall are cushioned by said cushion means and are prevented from being transmitted to said skis and said ski poles;
- (f) said body member being foldable across a transverse axis thereof to a folded position;
- (g) strap means attached to and encircling said body member in said closed position for selectively retaining said body member in said closed position;
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- (h) a ski sock adapted to be inserted into said compartment and being fabricated of a thin pliable material for placement over said snow skis prior to the insertion of said snow skis into said container compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.