Claims
- 1. A ski carrier in the form of a ski binder cover constructed of flexible material, comprising:
- a tubular body member of flexible material, said body having a preselected circumference of a size adapted to be received around bindings of a pair of skis to protectively cover same, said flexible material body member having a ski binding covering area and having oppositely positioned open ends adapted to receive a pair of skis therethrough;
- one of said open ends is fixedly restricted in circumference so as to be adapted to permit the passing of a pair of ski boards therethrough but prevent the passing of ski bindings affixed to such ski boards therethrough;
- the other of said open ends being of a circumference that is openable and closeable between an open orientation and a closed orientation that provides a substantially fixedly restricted circumference, said open orientation being adapted to selectively permit the passing of ski bindings affixed to such ski boards therethrough while said closed orientation selectively prevents passing of ski bindings through said openable and closeable circumference;
- carrier means affixed to and extending from said tubular body member of flexible material at locations that are respectively generally proximate to said oppositely positioned open ends of said tubular body member;
- said tubular body member of flexible material includes anti-theft locking cable-receiving means for locking said tubular body member of flexible material to a fixed base and for preventing removal of skis from said ski carrier by simultaneously locking said other open end in its said substantially fixedly restricted closed orientation;
- said tubular body member of flexible material further includes releasable fastener means for permitting longitudinal opening of said tubular body member of flexible material in a longitudinal direction so that the ski carrier is adapted to receive a portion of a ski that includes ski binding members; and
- said anti-theft locking cable-receiving means includes a locking cable-engaging member on said releasable fastener means and a locking cable-receiving member on said tubular body member of flexible material, said locking cable-receiving member being secured to said tubular body member of flexible material at a location generally at said other open end and generally adjacent to the location of said locking cable-engaging member when said releasable fastener means is in a fully closed orientation.
- 2. The ski carrier of claim 1, wherein the carrier means is in the form of a shoulder strap attached to said body member.
- 3. The ski carrier of claim 2, wherein said body member includes a storage pocket substantially longitudinally aligned with said shoulder strap.
- 4. The ski carrier of claim 3, wherein said body member includes padding in the ski binding covering area thereof.
- 5. The ski carrier of claim 4, wherein said body member further includes attachment means located on the exterior of said body member for attaching a ski pole to the body member.
- 6. The ski carrier of claim 1, wherein said body member includes padding in said ski binding covering area thereof.
- 7. The ski carrier of claim 6, wherein the carrier means is in the form of a shoulder strap attached to said body.
- 8. The ski carrier of claim 1, wherein said body member has an exterior surface and further includes attachment means located on said exterior surface of said body member, said attachment means being for attaching a ski pole to the body member.
- 9. The ski carrier of claim 1, wherein said anti-theft locking cable-receiving means includes a series of members including a further locking cable-receiving member secured to said tubular body member of flexible material, said further locking cable-receiving member being at a location that is generally at said other open end of the tubular body member of flexible material and that is on a side of said releasable fastener means which is opposite to that of said locking cable-receiving member.
- 10. A flexible ski carrier adapted for use with skis to protect bindings thereof, to facilitate portability and to prevent theft, said carrier comprising:
- a carrier body member of flexible material and of tube-like configuration;
- a first open end in said body member of flexible material;
- a second open end in said body member of flexible material that is opposite said first open end;
- opening and closing means for defining said first open end to permit opening and closing of the substantially fixedly restricted opening defined thereby, said second open end defining an opening of limited size;
- releasable fastening means longitudinally oriented on said body member to permit at least partial longitudinal opening and closing of the body member of flexible material between an open position location and a closed position location, said releasable fastening means being adapted to facilitate placing said body member of flexible material about the binding of a ski;
- locking cable-receiving means for permitting locking of said releasable fastening means at said closed position location, said locking cable-receiving means including a member of said releasable fastening means and a locking cable-receiving member located on said body member of flexible material adjacent to said closed position location of the releasable fastening means, said locking cable-receiving means being for receiving a lockable cable means therethrough, said cable means being adapted for locking said carier and any ski received therein to a fixed base; and
- carrier means forming a part of said tube-like body member of flexible material to facilitate portability thereof.
- 11. The ski carrier of claim 10, wherein said carrier body member is formed from flexible material and padding means are provided at least in the area thereof adapted to surround ski bindings.
- 12. The ski carrier of claim 10, wherein said members of the locking cable-receiving means are in the form of rings suitably attached to said releasable fastening means and said carrier body member of flexible material.
- 13. The ski carrier of claim 10, wherein said locking cable-receiving means includes a series of members that include a further locking cable-receiving member secured to said carrier body member of flexible material, said further locking cable-receiving member being at a location that is generally at said first open end of the body member of flexible material and that is on a side of said releasable fastening means which is opposite to that of said locking cable-receiving member.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 025,027, filed Mar. 12, 1987, abandoned.
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