Apparatus for holding a snowboard during repair and maintenance

A center support for use in the maintenance of snowboards and adapted to be attached to a work station intermediate a spaced pair of snowboard end holders to provide additional support to the center of the snowboard during snowboard base maintenance, said center support comprising a board contacting center support head and a center support base to which said board contacting center support head is mounted, said center support base having an upper section and a lower section both constructed and arranged such that said upper section is liftable upwardly relative to said lower section to effect release from a first configuration wherein said lower section and said upper sections are rigidly fixed relative to one another and movable into a second configuration wherein said upper section can be rotated about an upright axis and thereafter rotated about a generally horizontal axis relative to said lower section to thereby enable said upper section to be swung outwardly and downwardly to provide clearance when in use to permit a snowboard to be moved into a vertical orientation and otherwise secured for edge maintenance purposes.

A portable holder for use as a snowboard support during maintenance operations at a work station, said holder being adapted to support one of the opposing end portions of the snowboard, the portable holder comprising a base section adapted to be fixed to the work station in a generally upright position and a snowboard support head mounted to said base section to permit movement of said support head relative to said base section between a first position where said support head is generally horizontal to provide support for a snowboard end portion during snowboard base maintenance to a second position where said support head is generally vertical, said holder including an end clamp mounted to said support head for movement therewith for gripping an end of the snowboard to secure same to said support head to permit the snowboard to be held securely during snowboard maintenance operations and to permit said holder to be readily converted between snowboard base maintenance and snowboard edge maintenance operations.

A portable holder for use as a snowboard support during maintenance operations at a work station, said holder being adapted to support one of the opposing end portions of the snowboard, the portable holder comprising a base section adapted to be fixed to the work station in a generally upright position and a snowboard support head mounted to said base section to permit movement of said support head relative to said base section between a first position where said support head is generally horizontal to provide support for a snowboard end portion during snowboard base maintenance to a second position where said support head is generally vertical wherein said base section has a pair of opposing sides, said support head being mounted to said base section such that when said support head is in the generally vertical second position, said support head is located outwardly of one said side of said base section, said support head being mounted to the base section for generally pivotal movement between said horizontal first position and said generally vertical second position and means for locking said support head in either said generally horizontal first position or said generally vertical second position.