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US 4,968,060 AGranted
Ski transport, storage, and anti-theft device
OwnerJohn F. Rooneyinventor
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Abstract
A device to which skis can be selectively attached for easily transporting the skis from one location to another when the skis are not in use, as well as facilitating storage and preventing theft of the skis while they are being stored. The device also preferably imprints snow for identification or other purposes when employed to transport the skis over snow.
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A device to which skis can be selectively attached for easily transporting the skis from one location to another when the skis are not in use, comprising:
- a frame having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, the frame comprising:
- a plurality of arms positioned along the transverse axis of the frame and extending in opposite directions away from the transverse axis of the frame, each of the arms having a surface adapted to frictionally engage one end of each of a pair of skis placed on the frame, respectively;
- a flange connected to the arms and positioned along the longitudinal axis of the frame and extending in a second direction away from the transverse axis of the frame, the flange having a first surface and a second surface adapted to frictionally engage one face of each of the pair of skis placed on the frame, respectively;
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- a plurality of transversely separated legs extending in a third direction away from the transverse axis of the frame, each of the legs having a notch wherein each of the notches in the legs comprises a channel which is connected to a rounded recess, the height of the channel being less than the diameter of the recess;
- a wheel having a first stub axle extending outwardly away from a first end of the wheel and a second stub axle extending outwardly away from a second end of the wheel, the first and second stub axles being journaled in respective notches in the legs of the frame, the first and second stub axles being inserted through the respective channels into the respective recesses and retained in the recesses;
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- means for removably attaching each of the pair of skis to the frame.
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A device to which skis can be selectively attached for easily transporting the skis from one location to another when the skis are not in use, comprising:
- a frame having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, the frame comprising:
- a plurality of arms positioned along the transverse axis of the frame and extending in opposite directions away from the transverse axis of the frame, each of the arms having a surface adapted to frictionally engage one end of each of a pair of skis placed on the frame, respectively;
- a flange connected to the arms and positioned along the longitudinal axis of the frame and extending in a second direction away from the transverse axis of the frame, the flange having a first surface and a second surface adapted to frictionally engage one face of each of the pair of skis placed on the frame, respectively;
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- a plurality of transversely separated legs extending in a third direction away from the transverse axis of the frame, each of the legs having a notch;
- means for removably attaching each of the pair of skis to the frame;
- a wheel having a first stub axle extending outwardly away from a first end of the wheel and a second stub axle extending outwardly away from a second end of the wheel, the first and second stub axles being journaled in respective notches in the legs of the frame;
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- feet connected to the legs remotely from the transverse axis and extending in the second direction beyond an exterior surface of the wheel for preventing the device from moving when the pair of skis is attached to the device and a user stores his or her skis, whereby the device facilitates storage of the skis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.