Snowboard storage compartment
OwnerJeffrey N. Hymaninventor
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Abstract
A storage compartment for mounting to a snowboard having a plurality of pre-existing threaded mounting holes includes a base member, a lid member hinged to the base member, and an insert fitted within the base member for receiving loose objects such as a wrench, wax, a locking cable and/or personal items. An anchoring post is secured to the base member. A closed loop end of a locking cable is passed around the anchoring post and the other end of the locking cable extends through an aperture formed in an end wall of the lid or base member where it is secured to a fixed object. A lock is provided to lock the lid member to the base member to prevent removal of the locking cable and theft of the snowboard when the snowboard is secured to the fixed object.
Claims19
A storage compartment adapted for mounting to a snowboard having a plurality of pre-existing binding mounting holes, comprising in combination:
- a base member having a bottom, opposed end and side walls, and at least two arcuate slot openings in the bottom, positioned so that each slot will align with at least one pre-existing binding mounting hole not utilized to secure bindings to said snowboard;
- a lid member hingedly attached to the base member, wherein said base member and said lid member fit cooperatively together in a closed position to form an enclosed space within the storage compartment;
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- locking means for securing said base member and said lid member in a closed position,
- wherein said base member further comprises an anchoring post adapted to receive one end of a locking cable, said anchoring post positioned so that when the base member and lid member are in a closed position, said one end of the locking cable is securely attached within said enclosed space, and
- wherein said base member and/or said lid member has an aperture sized to permit said locking cable to extend outside said enclosed space while the base member and lid member are in a closed position and said one end of the locking cable is secured within said enclosed space.
A storage compartment adapted for mounting to a snowboard having a plurality of threaded binding mounting holes in a patterned configuration, said storage compartment comprising:
- a base member having a bottom, opposed end and side walls, and at least two arcuate slot openings in the bottom, positioned so that each slot will align with at least one pre-existing threaded binding mounting hole not utilized to secure bindings to said snowboard, the arcuate slot openings being sized to admit the shaft of a screw capable of threading engagement with the preexisting threaded binding mounting holes;
- a lid member hingedly attached to the base member, wherein said base member and said lid member fit cooperatively together in a closed position to form an enclosed space within the storage compartment;
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- locking means for securing said base member and said lid member in a closed position,
- an insert of a flexible, resilient material sized to fit within said enclosed space and having recesses therein shaped to receive and securely hold one or more tools useful for adjusting bindings to the surface of a snowboard or for treating a surface of a snowboard,
- wherein said base member further comprises an anchoring post adapted to receive one end of a locking cable, said anchoring post positioned so that when the base member and lid member are in a closed position, said one end of the locking cable is securely attached within said enclosed space,
- wherein the top surface of the lid member is provided with a gripping surface and in the closed position forms a stomp pad, and
- wherein said base member and/or said lid member has an aperture sized to permit said locking cable to extend outside said enclosed space while the base member and lid member are in a closed position and said one end of the locking cable is secured within said enclosed space.
A snowboard having a plurality of binding mounting holes oriented in a patterned configuration and having a removable and adjustable storage compartment mounted thereon, said storage compartment comprising:
- a base member having a bottom, opposed end and side walls, and at least two arcuate slot openings in the bottom, positioned so that each slot aligns with at least one of the plurality of binding mounting holes;
- a lid member hingedly attached to the base member, wherein said base member and said lid member fit cooperatively together in a closed position to form an enclosed space within the storage compartment;
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- locking means for securing said base member and said lid member in a closed position,
- wherein said base member further comprises an anchoring post adapted to receive one end of a locking cable, said anchoring post positioned so that when the base member and lid member are in a closed position, said one end of the locking cable is securely attached within said enclosed space,
- wherein said base member and/or said lid member has an aperture sized to permit said locking cable to extend outside said enclosed space while the base member and lid member are in a closed position and said one end of the locking cable is secured within said enclosed space,
- wherein said base member is secured to said snowboard by at least one fastener extending through each of said arcuate openings to engage a binding mounting hole, such that securing said base member to the snowboard does not interfere with securing bindings to the snowboard using other binding mounting holes not used in securing the base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.