US 4,991,875 AGranted

Ski pole mounted windscreen

OwnerJames W. McDermottinventor

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Abstract

A windscreen is described that is selectively mountable to snow ski poles for use by the skier as a screen against the elements when riding on a ski chair lift. The windscreen sheet is also flexible and may be rolled to a storage condition about one of the ski poles. Fasteners are provided to selectively secure the sheet to the ski poles such that the skier may hold the screen in an expanded, operative orientation. The fasteners may also be released to facilitate rolling of the sheet onto one of the poles and securing the rolled sheet in position on the pole for storage and transport on the downhill run. The fasteners are further provided to selectively secure the sheet to the poles against axial motion thereon.

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A ski pole mounted windscreen to be mounted between a pair of elongated ski pole shafts and dimensioned to shield the head and torso of a user riding on a ski chair lift, comprising:

a sheet of flexible material having opposed first and second longitudinal edges jointed by transverse end edges;
the end edges being spaced apart by a distance approximately equal to the seated height of the user's head and torso;
the first and second longitudinal edges being spaced apart by a distance approximately equal to the width between a user's shoulders;
first fastener means along the first longitudinal edge for fastening the first longitudinal edge to a first securing means fixed on a first ski pole shaft and for securing the first longitudinal edge to the first ski pole shaft against longitudinal movement thereon;
said sheet being sufficiently flexible to be rolled onto itself from an unrolled operative condition, to a rolled storage condition around the first ski pole;
a second fastener means along the second longitudinal edge for selectively securing the second longitudinal edge to a second securing means fixed on a second ski pole against longitudinal movement thereon with the sheet in said operative condition, and for selectively securing the second longitudinal edge to the first ski pole shaft with the sheet in said rolled storage condition;
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wherein the sheet dimensions and the first and second fastener means are positioned in relation to one another and to the ski poles to enable a user, while seated on a chair lift to:
(a) unroll the sheet from the rolled storage condition around the first ski pole, (b) connect the second fastener means to the second ski pole, (c) grasp the first and second ski poles and hold them in front of the torso with the sheet spanning the torso laterally across the shoulders and longitudinally along the torso and head for protection against climatic elements, (d) to subsequently disconnect the second fastener means from the second ski pole, (e) roll the sheet back onto the first ski pole shaft to the rolled storage condition, and (f) fasten the second fastener means to a third fastener means to maintain the sheet in the rolled storage condition.

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Abstract

A ski pole mounted windscreen to be mounted between a pair of elongated ski pole shafts and dimensioned to shield the head and torso of a user riding on a ski chair lift, comprising:

a sheet of flexible material having opposed first and second longitudinal edges jointed by transverse end edges;
the end edges being spaced apart by a distance approximately equal to the seated height of the user's head and torso;
the first and second longitudinal edges being spaced apart by a distance approximately equal to the width between a user's shoulders;
first fastener means along the first longitudinal edge for fastening the first longitudinal edge to a first securing means fixed on a first ski pole shaft and for securing the first longitudinal edge to the first ski pole shaft against longitudinal movement thereon;
said sheet being sufficiently flexible to be rolled onto itself from an unrolled operative condition, to a rolled storage condition around the first ski pole;
a second fastener means along the second longitudinal edge for selectively securing the second longitudinal edge to a second securing means fixed on a second ski pole against longitudinal movement thereon with the sheet in said operative condition, and for selectively securing the second longitudinal edge to the first ski pole shaft with the sheet in said rolled storage condition;
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wherein the sheet dimensions and the first and second fastener means are positioned in relation to one another and to the ski poles to enable a user, while seated on a chair lift to:
(a) unroll the sheet from the rolled storage condition around the first ski pole, (b) connect the second fastener means to the second ski pole, (c) grasp the first and second ski poles and hold them in front of the torso with the sheet spanning the torso laterally across the shoulders and longitudinally along the torso and head for protection against climatic elements, (d) to subsequently disconnect the second fastener means from the second ski pole, (e) roll the sheet back onto the first ski pole shaft to the rolled storage condition, and (f) fasten the second fastener means to a third fastener means to maintain the sheet in the rolled storage condition.

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