Ski equipment support rack
AssigneeLee-Rowan Company
InventorMichael H. Reedy
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Abstract
A ski equipment support rack for mounting to a wall and for removably and uprightly supporting skis, ski poles, and other accessories of the sport. This ski equipment support rack comprises bent metal wire elements fixed together in relative positions by welded joints. For supporting two skis urged together to have mutually adjacent bottom surfaces, the ski equipment support rack has structure defining a slot extending in the lateral direction. On either side of the slot, the ski equipment support rack has wire segments on which the oppositely extending bindings of the two skis can be removably supported.
Claims18
A ski equipment support rack for attaching to a wall, comprising:
- first means for removably receiving two generally upright skis that have mutually adjacent bottom surfaces and for removably supporting the two skis such that a plane cutting between the adjacent bottom surfaces is spaced forwardly from the wall;
- second means for engaging the skis to restrict the revolution thereof about the first means;
- third means for attaching to the wall and for securely supporting the first and second means;
- the first means includes a forward member and a rearward member that is horizontally spaced rearwardly from the forward member, the members defining a slot therebetween;
- and,
- both the forward and the rearward members are segments of rod elements.
A bent wire frame for supporting ski equipment, comprising:
- a back portion for attaching to a wall;
- a first member anchored to the back portion and comprising a first support segment spaced forwardly from the back portion;
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- a second member anchored to the back portion and comprising a second support segment that is disposed relative to the first support segment to define therebetween an open-ended slot;
- the slot extending laterally relative to the back portion;
- the two support segments cooperatively providing removable support for the oppositely extending bindings of two generally upright skis that have mutually adjacent bottom sides.
A ski equipment support rack comprising:
- a back portion for attaching to a wall;
- a first bracing segment having a rearward section interconnected with the back portion and projecting forwardly to a forward section;
- a first support segment supported by the forward section and extending in the lateral direction relative to the back portion between a proximal section and a distal section;
- a second bracing segment having an interengaging section interengaged with the first support segment proximate the proximal section, and projecting forwardly to an engaging section;
- a second support segment joined to the engaging section and extending laterally therefrom in the distal direction to an opposite section;
- wherein the first and second support segments can removably support two skis that have mutually adjacent bottom surfaces by providing upper surfaces upon which the oppositely extending bindings of the skis can be removably supported;
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- further comprising restricting means supported by the back portion for restricting revolution of the removably supported skis about the first and second support segments.
A ski equipment support rack comprising:
- a back portion for attaching to a wall;
- a first bracing segment having a rearward section interconnected with the back portion and projecting forwardly to a forward section;
- a first support segment supported by the forward section and extending in the lateral direction relative to the back portion between a proximal section and a distal section;
- a second bracing segment having an interengaging section interengaged with the first support segment proximate the proximal section, and projecting forwardly to an engaging section;
- a second support segment joined to the engaging section and extending laterally therefrom in the distal direction to an opposite section;
- wherein the first and second support segments can removably support two skis that have mutually adjacent bottom surfaces by providing upper surfaces upon which the oppositely extending bindings of the skis can be removably supported;
- wherein the back portion is planar;
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- each one of the first and second bracing segments and the first and second support segments has a laterally opposite counterpart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.