Patent Application
20240175195
The present invention relates to a storage device for receiving winter sports gear and/or winter sports equipment, and a shelving system for receiving such a storage device.
It is widely known that the practice of winter sports, such as for example skiing or snowboarding, requires an increased outlay on equipment and winter sports articles, which absorb a certain amount of moisture during use through contact with snow and ice as well as the human body.
After practicing the winter sport, these winter sports articles, as well as the equipment, are to be stored until the next use, wherein however this equipment and the winter sports articles must be properly stored so that they can dry.
If storage is carried out incorrectly, the winter sports articles can undergo an unpleasant odor formation and/or an unwanted microbiological growth (mold formation) due to the moisture. In addition, the moisture gives the user a very unpleasant feeling during the next usage.
There is therefore a demand to store the winter sports articles and the necessary equipment (preferably ski and/or snowboard boots) in such a way that they dry as quickly as possible—mostly overnight—and preferably are able to be used again the next day.
For this purpose, it is known for example from the state of the art to provide separate drying rooms (specifically by hotels and overnight accommodations as well as at valley stations in ski regions) in large amounts, in which ski and/or snowboard boots can be hung up, dry out overnight and are provided, even preheated, to a user the next day.
A disadvantage of such systems is, however, that corresponding drying rooms have no specific order, wherein also only ski and/or snowboard boots can be stored locally by a user and the further ski equipment, such as for example protective helmet, gloves, ski goggles etc. must be stored, kept or dried separately.
Especially also in the field of ski and/or snowboard rental, this results in a very high logistical requirement, since ski and/or snowboard boots must be repeatedly stored separately from protective helmets, gloves etc. and must only be gathered together upon collection by a user in order to be able to provide these articles and/or winter sports gear to the operator as a set. However, as the collection of the articles by a user is concentrated mostly in the morning, an enormous outlay of labor at one point is established in such a business, which cannot be shifted.
Hence the desire for space-saving storage devices for receiving winter sports gear and/or winter sports equipment arises, which occupy little room and can be positioned close to the slopes.
The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a storage device for receiving winter sports gear and/or winter sports equipment, which at least partly improves the previously described disadvantages of the state of the art and/or makes a resource-saving logistical use possible and/or implements a space-saving possibility for storage and/or makes a more efficient or more energy-saving storage possible and/or reduces a logistical outlay for storage.
The above object is achieved according to the invention by a storage device for receiving winter sports gear and/or winter sports equipment as described below, and a shelving system for receiving such a storage device.
According to the invention, the storage device for receiving winter sports gear and/or winter sports equipment is formed with at least one housing forming a receiving area. In the receiving area:
As the storage device has at least two support arms for receiving a pair of ski and/or snowboard boots as well as a helmet holding element, protective helmet and ski and/or snowboard boots can be stored together compactly and in a simple manner, whereby an allocation takes place.
Now, when the guest/user, for example in a hotel, returns after skiing and/or snowboarding, they can stow their ski and/or snowboard boots together with the protective helmet in the storage device and for example put them down in a heated room, in which they can dry out and be heated overnight. The next day, the guest/user can find the storage device in the room with their ski and/or snowboard boots together with their matching protective helmet, whereby separate storage no longer has to be performed and the logistical outlay can be reduced.
Also, in the case of rental companies, for example in the case of an order, a pair of ski and/or snowboard boots can already be prepared with a matching protective helmet. When a customer/user arrives, the storage device with the ski and/or snowboard boots together with the matching protective helmet can be issued, which not only reduces the logistical outlay, but also creates the possibility of already performing preparatory work, so that—if several customers appear in the shop at the same time—the processing time can be shortened.
The at least two support arms can extend from the housing in the direction of the receiving area and be formed so as to be introduced into the ski and/or snowboard boots.
The at least two support arms can be formed in such a way that the ski and/or snowboard boots are received in such a way that the access opening points downwards, so that liquids that may be present in the ski and/or snowboard boot can escape via the access opening of the boot by force of gravity.
The at least two support arms can be positioned symmetrically on both sides with respect to the at least one helmet holding element.
The at least one holding element can have a receiving area, preferably a hook, that is mushroom-shaped at least in areas, which is formed so as to be placed against the inside area of the protective helmet and to support it.
In a received state on the helmet holding element, the protective helmet can have a horizontal alignment (such as when used by a user), wherein the inside area of the protective helmet is open at the bottom via-à-vis the surroundings.
Preferably, the at least one helmet holding element is positioned in the housing in such a way that, in a received state of the protective helmet on the at least one helmet holding element, the protective helmet is arranged in an area of the instep of the ski and/or snowboard boots in a received state of the ski and/or snowboard boots on the at least two support arms.
Such an arrangement of the at least two support arms with respect to the at least one helmet holding element implements the lowest possible packing density of the protective helmet together with the pair of ski and/or snowboard boots, in which the geometric shape of the ski and/or snowboard boots in the area of the instep is used so as to stow the protective helmet in a space-saving manner.
In other words, in preferred embodiments of the invention, an arrangement can be provided, wherein the protective helmet is arranged in the bend of the ski and/or snowboard boots such that the total required space is minimized and is particularly preferably optimized for storage in a cuboidal housing.
The housing can surround the receiving area, preferably cuboidally, on at least two, particularly preferably on at least four, sides.
Preferably, the at least two support arms and/or the at least one holding element have at least one ventilation device, which at least one ventilation device is formed so as to supply an airflow to an inside of the ski and/or snowboard boot and/or protective helmet.
Thus, by the ventilation device and the supply of an airflow into the inside of the ski and/or snowboard boots and/or the protective helmet, a drying can be facilitated and ensured that a drying of the ski and/or snowboard boot and/or the protective helmet is implemented in the shortest possible time.
Advantageously, a heated airflow is supplied by the ventilation device.
The ventilation device can supply surrounding air with substantially ambient temperature to the inside of the ski and/or snowboard boots and/or the protective helmet in order to facilitate the drying and still energy for a possible heating of the supplied air can be saved during the supply.
The at least one ventilation device has a ventilation line at least in areas, which is preferably formed tubular.
The at least two support arms and/or the at least one helmet holding element can be formed tubular at least in areas, so that the ventilation device can conduct an airflow via the inside of the tubular formation to the ski and/or snowboard boot or the protective helmet.
It proved to be particularly favorable when the tubular formation of the at least two support arms and/or the at least one helmet holding element opens in an area vis-à-vis the surroundings in which, in a received state, the inside of the ski and/or snowboard boot and/or the protective helmet can be positioned.
The at least two support arms and/or the at least one holding element can have at least one heating device, wherein at least one heating device is formed so as to heat an inside of the ski and/or snowboard boots and/or the protective helmet.
Preferably, the at least one heating device has a resistance heater, preferably a heating wire, at least in areas.
The at least two support arms and/or the at least one helmet holding element, in an area in which they can be brought into contact with the ski and/or snowboard boots and/or the protective helmet in a received state, can have a resistance heater, so that the heating energy of the resistance heater can be transferred directly to the ski and/or snowboard boots and/or the protective helmet as far as possible without heat losses.
Preferably, the at least one heating device is formed without a ventilation device and/or is operated separately therefrom, so that the drying is facilitated by the heating, but potential odor pollutions are not distributed in the surroundings by a ventilation system.
The housing can be connected to at least one handle.
At least one handle can be formed in such a way that an operator, customer and/or user can lift, position and/or carry the storage device in a comfortable way. Ergonomic and convenient height dimensions and alignments for handles are for example to be taken from corresponding tables.
Preferably, the housing has a glove receiver extending in the direction of the receiving area, which is formed so as to receive a pair of gloves.
Through an additional arrangement of a glove receiver, in addition to the ski and/or snowboard boots and/or the protective helmet, a pair of gloves, which are also subject to similar requirements in use as the protective helmet and the ski and/or snowboard boots and should be supplied to a drying, can also be stowed in the receiving device so that they can be used again as quickly as possible.
The glove receiver can have two, preferably tubular, glove support arms extending in the longitudinal direction.
Preferably, the at least two glove support arms are positioned symmetrically on both sides with respect to the at least one helmet holding element.
Through a symmetrical positioning of the at least two glove support arms, a storage of a pair of gloves that is as compact and space-saving as possible relative to ski and/or snowboard boots and the protective helmet can be carried out for example, whereby the storage device can be configured as small and space-saving as possible.
The glove receiver can have at least one heating device and/or at least one ventilation device for heating and/or for supplying air into an inside of the gloves.
For example, the housing can define the cuboidally-shaped outer contour of the storage device and is preferably formed smaller than 450 mm×450 mm×500 mm, particularly preferably smaller than 410 mm×350 mm×400 mm, (length×width×height) .
Furthermore, protection is sought for a shelving system comprising several parallel shelves arranged one above the other for receiving a storage device according to the invention.
Through the design of a corresponding shelving system, several storage devices can be stored in a space-saving manner in as little room as possible, whereby for example in accommodations and/or rental companies the possibility is created of accommodating as many storage devices as possible in a space-saving manner and still being able to allocate them unequivocally to a user, with the logistical advantage that the individual items of winter sports gear and/or winter sports equipment do not have to be stored separately from one another.
Preferably, the shelving system has at least one air blower, which is formed so as to blow preferably heated air into the at least one ventilation device of the storage device via at least one receiving flange.
The shelving system can have an energy supply interface, which energy supply interface is connectable to a corresponding counterpart of the storage device and is formed so as to provide preferably electrical energy to the storage device, particularly preferably to the at least one heating device and/or ventilation device.
Such an energy supply interface can, for example, be formed as an inductive interface, wherein inductive electrical energy can be exchanged between shelving system and storage device.
Through the formation of the shelving system with at least one air blower and/or at least one energy supply interface, a distribution system which supplies several storage devices can be integrated in the shelving system in a particularly favorable way.
For example, by integrating at least one air blower in the shelving system, heated air can be provided to several storage devices. Via the air blower of the shelving system, air can be supplied via at least one ventilation device of the storage device to the ski and/or snowboard boots and/or protective helmets and/or gloves, in order to dry them, wherein the at least one ventilation device of the storage device merely still functions passively, in order to convey the air flow from at least one air blower of the shelving system to its usage site.
Such a design appears particularly favorable in production terms, whereby the (multiple) storage devices can be formed as simply as possible in manufacturing terms and more reasonable, whereas the shelving system receiving the plurality of storage devices represents the more complicated, in manufacturing terms, and more costly implementation.
Further advantages of the invention follow from the figures as well as the associated description of the figures, in which:
This first embodiment of a storage device 1 has a housing 3.
The housing 3 forms a receiving area 2, which receiving area 2 is surrounded in a square by the housing 3 from four sides.
A handle 17 is mounted pivotable on the housing 3 in order to be able to store, handle or carry the housing 3 or the storage device 1.
This handle 17 can be moved between a use position (see
Two support arms 4, which are formed so as to receive a pair of ski and/or snowboard boots 5, are provided in the receiving area 2 of the storage device 1.
These two support arms 4 extend from the housing 3 in the direction of the receiving area 2 and are formed so as to be introduced into the inside of the ski and/or snowboard boots 5.
The support arms 4 are positioned symmetrically on both sides with respect to a helmet holding element 6.
The helmet holding element 6 is connected to the housing 3 and also extends from the housing into the receiving area 2.
The helmet holding element 6 is formed so as to receive a protective helmet 7, wherein the helmet holding element 6 is formed mushroom-shaped in order to be placed against an inside area of the protective helmet 7 and to support it.
A glove receiver 18 is arranged symmetrically around the helmet holding element 6 and the support arms 4 and is implemented by the two glove support arms 20.
These glove support arms 20 extend in the longitudinal direction from the housing 3 into the receiving area 2 and are formed so as to enter into the inside of a glove 19 and thus receive them.
The glove support arms 20, the support arms 4 as well as, partly, the helmet holding element 6 are formed tubular, wherein the inside of these tubes serves as a ventilation device 8, more specifically a ventilation line 9.
Through this ventilation device 8, air can be blown into the support arms 4, the helmet holding element 6 and/or the glove support arms 20 from a rear of the storage device 1 (see
Through the ventilation device 8, a drying process of the gloves 19, the ski and/or snowboard boots 5 and the protective helmet 7 can thus be facilitated.
The storage device 1 can be connected to an air blower 14, for example via a receiving flange 15 of a shelving system 12, for ventilating the ventilation device 8 (reference is to be made to
The embodiment of
These sliding elements 21 are used to be able to put the storage device 1 down vis-à-vis the surroundings without damaging it or the surroundings or for example also to put the storage device 1 down or to move it in a shelving system 12.
The sliding elements 21 can be formed as wear elements, which are easily replaceable if a wear of the sliding elements 21 becomes too great or they become damaged.
To be able to represent this “packing” more clearly, the housing 3 is represented transparent in
Furthermore, the glove support arms 20 are positioned in such a way that, in a received state on the glove support arms 20, the gloves 19 enclose and/or surround the protective helmet 7 on both sides.
Thus, it can be easily recognized through
The embodiment of
In place of the previously described ventilation device 8, in the embodiment of the storage device 1 of
The design of the support arms 4, the helmet holding element 6 and the glove support arms 20, corresponds to the previously described embodiments, wherein however these are furthermore equipped with a heating wire (11).
This heating wire 11 of the heating device 10 can be used so as to heat the support arms 4, the helmet holding element 6 and the glove support arms 20 specifically at the contact points or contact areas with the gloves 19, the ski and/or snowboard boots 5 and the protective helmet 7, which optimizes and accelerates a drying of these items.
The heating wire 11 of the storage device 1 can be fed with electrical energy via the energy supply interface 16.
This energy supply interface 16 on the rear of the storage device 1, more specifically on the rear of the housing 3, is implemented through an induction coil.
If this induction coil is now positioned on a corresponding counterpart, for example a shelving system 12, electrical energy can be introduced into the induction coil of the energy supply interface 16 of the housing 3 via a supply coil.
The housing 3 of
The remaining features of the embodiment of the storage device 1 of
The shelving system 12 comprises several parallel shelves 13 arranged one above the other for receiving storage devices 1.
In this embodiment, the shelving system 12 can be filled by storage devices 1 on both sides.
The shelving system 12 is represented partly transparent in
The storage devices 1 can for example be formed corresponding to the preceding embodiments of
The shelving system 12 represented in
The shelving system 12 comprises several parallel shelves 13 arranged one above the other for receiving storage devices 1.
The receiving area for the storage devices 1 is delimited at the rear of the shelves 13 by a vertical stop 23, which has a receiving flange 15 for each receivable storage device 1.
This can be easily recognized in particular through the represented enlargement.
Each storage device 1 can be loaded into the shelving system 12 and pushed on the shelf 13 up to the vertical stop 23.
When the storage device 1 is pushed against the vertical stop 23, the ventilation device 8 and/or heating device 10 thus connects to the shelving system 12 via one of the receiving flanges 15.
The shelving system of
It can also be provided that a heating device for heating the air delivered by the air blower 14 is provided, so that the airflow delivered to the storage device 1 is heated.
The air blower 14 and the line system 22 of this embodiment are not represented in this figure for reasons of clarity.
The volume flow of air can subsequently be blown into the storage device 1 and the ventilation device 8 of the storage device 1 via the receiving flange 15 and the rear of the housing 3 of the storage device 1.
The represented shelving system 12 is formed movable vis-à-vis the ground by means of a pushing device 25.
The possibility of being able to move the shelving system 12 allows optimal use of an available room, wherein several shelving systems 12 can be pushed together—when they are not directly being loaded or unloaded.
The pushing device of this embodiment comprises rails 26, on which the shelving system 12 is mounted via rollers.
The rollers are connected to the actuating wheel 27 via a gear mechanism arranged in the side part, so that the shelving system 12 can be moved or displaced vis-à-vis the ground and thus the rails 26 by a rotational movement of the actuating wheel 27.
As is evident, it is entirely possible to arrange several shelving systems 12 on the same rails 26 in order to be able to implement an optimal use of space.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| A 50909/2022 | Nov 2022 | AT | national |
