Free standing athletic equipment rack
OwnerTerry Botkininventor
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Abstract
Self supporting rack for athletic and sports equipment. The rack has a vertical center post with a base support at a bottom end of the pole. An upper end of the center post is unsupported. Equipment support assemblies are mounted upon the center post and are upon which athletic and sporting equipment is stored. The length of the support assemblies may be varied in order to stagger the stored items. The connection of the support assembly to the center post allows the support to be positioned anywhere along the length of the pole. The connection allows the assemblies to be extended from any exterior surface of the center post. The arms of the support assembly are also maintained in a substantially horizontal orientation by the connection when in use.
Claims13
A free standing athletic equipment rack, comprising:
- a single upright center post having:
- a top end,
- a bottom end,
- a substantially vertical centerline, and
- a length located along said centerline and measured between said top end and said bottom end;
- a base connected to said bottom end of said center post for maintaining said center post in an upright position;
- said upright center post having a substantially square cross-sectional shape wherein said upright center post is continuous across said cross-section and said top end of said upright center post is laterally unsupported;
- an equipment support assembly selectively positionable at any location along said center post's length;
- said equipment support assembly having a length and being substantially horizontally oriented;
- said equipment support assembly comprising:
- a first arm and a second arm, one arm opposite the other arm and each arm astride said center post at opposite sides of said center post,
- connection means between said first arm and said second arm for urging said arms toward one another and into frictional engagement with said center post positioned therebetween,
- restraining means for maintaining said equipment support assembly in substantially horizontal orientation, and
- carrying means for receiving an article of athletic equipment and securing the article therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.