Container for sports equipment
OwnerEdward W. Baumgardnerinventor
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Abstract
A container is for elongated playing devices and associated game items. It provides protection during storage, handling, and shipping by freight carriers against damage and it offers resistance to theft. Principal parts of the container are made of a plastic material. Its cavity is formed in one or more standardized tubular extrusions to which molded end caps are affixed. Accessories provide for hand and shoulder carrying and lockable hardware secures the cavity. Access to the container cavity is by removal of lockable end caps and in certain embodiments by separation at the unions between two or more tubular sections. The manufacture of the container is adaptable to the requirements of a multiplicity of sports and games.
Claims3
A container assembly for transport and secured storage therein of elongated sports equipments, having means for locking and an adjustable strap for two point suspension of said container during manual handling and carrying, wherein the improvement comprises:
- (a) an elongated tube of uniform cross section substantially elliptical in shape but having truncations at opposite extremities of the major elliptical axis thereby forming first and second flat areas that extend along the length of said tube, said first flat area adapted for attachment of said adjustable strap thereto, said second flat area for stabilizing said container when it is placed on supporting surfaces;
- (b) a pair of interchangeable and removable end caps having deep skirts for adjustably fitting upon opposing ends of said tube of truncated elliptical cross section for providing means of closure and access to a cavity of adjustable length within said container, each said end cap having at least one stationary portion of a lockable draw catch assembled thereto for securing said container cavity, said draw catch stationary portion located on said major elliptical axis in near proximity to the edge of said end cap skirt;
- (c) at least one pair of adjustment plates, each having a manually operable portion of said draw catch mounted thereon, each said adjustment plate having a multiplicity of holes uniformily spaced along the longitudinal axis thereof;
- (d) at least two holes, of the size and spacing of said adjustment plate holes, located along the longitudinal center line in said first flat area in near proximity to each end of said tube;
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- (e) at least one stud bolt for assembly of each adjustment plate and said manually operable portion of said draw catch to said elongated tube at selectable longitudinal locations by insertion of said bolt through matching holes of said plate and said tube so that manual closure of said draw catch positions its respective end cap longitudinally upon said elongated tube for minor adjustment of the length of said container cavity.
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