Ski-holding and transporting device

Claim 1

A device for facilitating the manual transportation of a pair of skis disposed in outwardly facing opposed mirror relationship, said device comprising a body adapted for attachment to the rear ends of the thus-disposed skis, a roller disposed generally below the body, means journalling the roller on the body, whereby the pair of skis in generally vertical position may be moved along a surface while supported thereon, means for selectively retaining the roller from rotation whereby the pair of skis may be stably supported by engagement between the roller and said surface when propped in generally vertical position, the means journalling thE roller being selectively movable from a first position in which the roller is freely rotatable to a second position, the roller sustaining the weight of the skis in both positions, the means for selectively retaining the roller from rotation comprising means engaged by the roller when it is in the second position to retain the roller from rotation, the means journalling the roller comprising an arm pivoted at one end to the body and at the other end carrying means upon which the roller is journalled, means for limiting the pivoting of the arm when the roller is in its said first position so that the surface of the roller is spaced from the body, in the said second position of the roller at least a portion of its surface engaging the body and being pressed thereagainst by the weight of the skis, means for stably retaining the roller in both of said positions, the body being generally U-shaped in cross-section and being made of elastomeric material, the body having opposed spaced generally parallel legs connected by a central bight, the legs having opposed skigripping formations thereon, said formations on the respective legs being spaced apart a distance which is less than the combined thickness of the two juxtaposed rear ends of the skis when the body is in relaxed condition, whereby the legs are resiliently pried apart and the ski-gripping formations firmly grip the outer surfaces of the rear ends of the skis when the device is applied thereto.

Claim 2

A device for facilitating the manual transportation of a pair of skis disposed in outwardly facing opposed mirror relationship, said device comprising a body adapted for attachment to the rear ends of the thus-disposed skis, a roller disposed generally below the body, means journalling the roller on the body, whereby the pair of skis in generally vertical position may be moved along a surface while supported thereon, means for selectively retaining the roller from rotation whereby the pair of skis may be stably supported by engagement between the roller and said surface when propped in generally vertical position, the means journalling thE roller being selectively movable from a first position in which the roller is freely rotatable to a second position, the roller sustaining the weight of the skis in both positions, the means for selectively retaining the roller from rotation comprising means engaged by the roller when it is in the second position to retain the roller from rotation, the means journalling the roller comprising an arm pivoted at one end to the body and at the other end carrying means upon which the roller is journalled, means for limiting the pivoting of the arm when the roller is in its said first position so that the surface of the roller is spaced from the body, in the said second position of the roller at least a portion of its surface engaging the body and being pressed thereagainst by the weight of the skis, means for stably retaining the roller in both of said positions, the body being generally U-shaped in cross-section and being made of elastomeric material, the body having opposed spaced generally parallel legs connected by a central bight, the legs having opposed skigripping formations thereon, said formations on the respective legs being spaced apart a distance which is less than the combined thickness of the two juxtaposed rear ends of the skis when the body is in relaxed condition, whereby the legs are resiliently pried apart and the ski-gripping formations firmly grip the outer surfaces of the rear ends of the skis when the device is applied thereto.

Claim 3

A device for facilitating the manual transportation of a pair of skis disposed in outwardly facing opposed mirror relationship, said device comprising a body adapted for attachment to the rear ends of the thus-disposed skis, the body being generally U-shaped in cross-section and made of elastomeric material, the body having opposed spaced generally parallel legs connected by a central bight, the legs having opposed ski-gripping formations thereon, said formations on the respective legs being spaced apart a distance which is less than the combined thickness of the two juxtaposed rear ends of the skis when the body is in relaxed condition, whereby the legs are resiliently pried apart and the ski-gripping formations firmly grip the outer surfaces of the rear ends of the skis when the device is applied thereto with the lower, straight ends of the skis overlying the bight of the body, a roller supporting the device, the roller being disposed beneath the bight of the body with its axis parallel thereto, the roller having a length which is on the same order as the width of the bight of the body measured along the axis of the bight, means journalling the roller, comprising an arm pivoted at one end to the body and at the other end carrying means upon which the roller is journalled, means for limiting the pivoting of the arm when the roller is in a first position so that the surface of the roller is spaced from the body and the roller is freely rotatable in a second position of the roller at least a portion of its surface engaging the body and being braked by being pressed thereagainst by the weight of the skis, and means for stably retaining the roller in both of said positions.

Claim 4

A device for facilitating the manual transportation of a pair of skis disposed in outwardly facing opposed mirror relationship, said device comprising a body adapted for attachment to the rear ends of the thus-disposed skis, the body being generally U-shaped in cross-section and made of elastomeric material, the body having opposed spaced generally parallel legs connected by a central bight, the legs having opposed ski-gripping formations thereon, said formations on the respective legs being spaced apart a distance which is less than the combined thickness of the two juxtaposed rear ends of the skis when the body is in relaxed condition, whereby the legs are resiliently pried apart and the ski-gripping formations firmly grip the outer surfaces of the rear ends of the skis when the device is applied thereto with the lower, straight ends of the skis overlying the bight of the body, a roller supporting the device, the roller being disposed beneath the bight of the body with its axis parallel thereto, the roller having a length which is on the same order as the width of the bight of the body measured along the axis of the bight, means journalling the roller, comprising an arm pivoted at one end to the body and at the other end carrying means upon which the roller is journalled, means for limiting the pivoting of the arm when the roller is in a first position so that the surface of the roller is spaced from the body and the roller is freely rotatable in a second position of the roller at least a portion of its surface engaging the body and being braked by being pressed thereagainst by the weight of the skis, and means for stably retaining the roller in both of said positions.