Ski equipment transport device
AssigneePortaSport, Inc.
InventorJoan Sargent
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Abstract
A ski equipment transport device includes a handle having a telescoping tubular frame which pulls out of a base member. A top keeper is clasped on to the handle between the opposite sides of the telescoping portions thereof and is attached thereto by a snap fit. A notch is provided on the top keeper for accepting and supporting skis. A strap fastened to one end of the top keeper hooks on to the keeper at the opposite end for retaining the skis. Slots or openings are provided within the base for accepting the butt end of the skis and the points of the ski poles. A wheel assembly is attached to the base so that the device is able to support itself in an upright position when fully loaded. The wheel assembly is at least partially removable from the base to permit the device to be positioned in an equipment locker.
Claims17
A ski equipment transport device comprising:
- a collapsible handle having a grasping portion;
- a top keeper forming a lateral extension to said handle, said keeper having clasping means which removably snaps onto said handle, said keeper having a notch for receiving ski equipment;
- a strap connected to said keeper on one side of said notch;
- attaching means for removable attaching said strap to said keeper on the opposite side of said notch, said attaching means for securing ski equipment in said notch;
- a base, said handle attached to said base, said base having a cup for receiving ski equipment therein;
- and a wheel assembly attached to the base.
A ski equipment transport device comprising:
- a collapsible handle;
- a base for supporting the device in an upright position, said base having at least one opening for receiving said handle, said base having a cup for receiving ski equipment;
- and a wheel assembly having two wheels positioned on either side of a wheel axle, said wheel axle attached to said base, said axle having a fixed portion connected to one wheel and a removable portion which snaps into said fixed portion, said removable portion connected to said second wheel and being removable along with said wheel from said base, said wheel assembly positioned on said base so that said base supports the device in an upright position, said movable portion of said axle is connected to said base at a pivot, said movable portion pivots to permit said second wheel to be positioned perpendicular to said first wheel.
A ski equipment transport device comprising:
- a telescoping U-shaped handle having the bight of the U-shape forming a grasping section, said handle is actuatable to two positions, a first position in which said handle is in a collapsed state and a second position in which said handle is in an extended state;
- a top keeper forming a lateral extension between opposite sides of said handle, said keeper having clasping means on opposing ends which snaps onto the side legs of the U-shaped handle, said keeper having a notch between said clasping means for receiving ski equipment;
- a strap connected to said keeper on one side of said notch;
- attaching means for removably attaching said strap to said keeper on the opposite side of said notch from said connection of said strap to said top keeper, said attaching means for securing ski equipment in said notch;
- a base, said handle attached to said base, said base having a cup for receiving one end of ski equipment therein;
- and a wheel assembly having two wheels positioned on either side of said base, a wheel axle attached to said base, said axle having a fixed portion connected to one wheel and a removable portion which snaps into said fixed portion of said axle, said removable portion connected to said second wheel such that said second wheel is removable along with said removable portion.
A top keeper for retaining ski equipment on a collapsible cart of the type having a telescoping handle made of at lest two pieces of tubing each positioned parallel to one another, said handle actuatable to a first collapsed position and a second extended position, at least one end of said handle attached to a base, and wheels attached to the base, said wheels for rolling the cart and ski equipment supported on the base, said keeper comprising:
- a body;
- clasping means on said body for removably snapping onto said handle;
- a notch positioned on said body for receiving ski equipment therein;
- strap means connected to said body on one side of said notch;
- attaching means for removable attaching said strap means to the other side of said notch for securing said strap means to said body and for retaining the ski equipment in said notch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.