Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
Patent
1989-03-24
1990-09-11
Cusick, Ernest G.
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier associated with vehicle roof or trunk lid
224315, 224917, 224316, 224324, 224 4201, 280814, 296 377, B60R 904
Patent
active
049555197
ABSTRACT:
The ski case is a slim depth rectangular container designed to store, transport, and act as an overall ski equipment handling device. The case has two relatively asymmetrical major components--the top being the closure component of a ski equipment storage device as well as a sled to enable the transport of skis, boots, poles, and other miscellaneous ski-related material from the vehicle parking lot to the base lodge or elsewhere without the inconvenience and difficulty associated with carrying such items on one's person. The lower half of the case acts as the support and pivot for the top half as well as the mechanism for carrying the ski case on a motor vehicle roof or trunk. The lower half has a quick disconnect male-female dovetail system for easy and rapid removal from the auto roof top. The two components are lined with a velcro attached foam rubber which acts as the frictional support and restraint of the ski case contents. Given that the foam insert is pliable and removable, the ski case acts as a storage for any other items restricted only by the inner dimensions of the ski case. The ski case male dovetail guide component has clamp or screw-on guides for connection to existing roof racks or directly to car roofs, trunks of vehicles and bumpers as well. Used as a sled, the container's bottom half now is inverted and flexible elastic built-in straps can be used as securing straps for materials to be carried on the sled such as ski boots, lunch coolers, coats, etc. Given the versatility of the box liner system, the ski case can easily carry snowboards (a newly found sport), cross country skis, small sleds, and snowshoes.
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