U.S. patent application number 11/537205 was filed with the patent office on 2008-04-03 for sport board stand.
Invention is credited to Thomas Shibel.
Application Number | 20080078731 11/537205 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39260092 |
Filed Date | 2008-04-03 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080078731 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Shibel; Thomas |
April 3, 2008 |
Sport board stand
Abstract
A Sport Board Stand has a Base, a Main Member protruding from
the Base, perpendicular to the Base Top Surface, and a plurality of
Cross Members protruding from the Main Member perpendicular to the
longitudinal axis of the Main Member. Sport boards are placed on
the Sport Board Stand, between any pair of Cross members, with the
longitudinal axis of the sport board relatively parallel to the
longitudinal axis of the Main Member, and a wide surface of the
sport board relatively planar to one of the Cross Members between
which it has been placed. The weight of the sport board is rested
on the Base of the Sport Board Stand and a wide surface of the
sport board is rested or leaned against one of the Cross Members
between which it has been placed. In addition, a means of securing
sport boards is provided via Flexible Cords protruding from the
Main Member, elastic enough and long enough to reach the distal
ends of the Cross Members. A Flexible Cord is pulled around the
sport board and the Flexible Cord Retaining Loop is secured to the
Flexible Cord Retaining Portion at the distal end of the Cross
Member against which the sport board is rested or leaned.
Inventors: |
Shibel; Thomas; (Huntington
Beach, CA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
TOM SHIBEL
5636 OCEAN TERRACE DRIVE
HUNTINGTON BEACH
CA
92648
US
|
Family ID: |
39260092 |
Appl. No.: |
11/537205 |
Filed: |
September 29, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
211/85.7 ;
211/205 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47F 7/00 20130101; A47F
5/04 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
211/85.7 ;
211/205 |
International
Class: |
A47F 7/00 20060101
A47F007/00 |
Claims
1. A freestanding stand for the storage and/or display of sport
boards, skis, poles, wet suites, and other sports equipment and the
like, comprising of; a Base (1); a Main Member Retaining Portion
(2), extending from said base, said Main Member Retaining Portion
defining a Base Top Surface, said Base Top Surface being
substantially parallel to said Base; a Main Member (3), protruding
from said Main Member Retaining Portion, wherein the longitudinal
axis of said Main Member is substantially perpendicular to said
Base Top Surface; a plurality of Cross Member Retaining Apertures
(4), penetrating said Main Member, said Cross Member Retaining
Apertures being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal
axis of said Main Member and said Cross Member Retaining Apertures
being angularly displaced from one another, axially about the
longitudinal axis of said Main Member; a plurality of Flexible Cord
Retaining Apertures (7), penetrating said Main Member, said
Flexible Cord Retaining Apertures being substantially perpendicular
to the longitudinal axis of said Main Member and said Flexible Cord
Retaining Apertures being angularly displaced from one another,
axially about the longitudinal axis of said Main Member; a
plurality of Cross Members (5), said Cross Members protruding from
said Cross Member Retaining Apertures; and a plurality of Flexible
Cords (8), said Flexible Cords protruding from said Flexible Cord
Retaining Apertures and being elastic and of length sufficient to
reach the distal end of a nearest Cross Member.
2. The stand of claim 1, wherein a plurality of Wheel Retaining
Portions (10), extend from said Base, said Wheel Retaining Portions
defining a Base Bottom Surface, said Base Bottom Surface being
substantially parallel to said Base Top Surface.
3. The stand of claim 2, wherein a plurality of Wheels (11), extend
from said Wheel Retaining Portions.
4. The stand of claim 3, wherein a Flexible Cord Retaining Portion
(6), extends from each of the distal ends of each of said Cross
Members.
5. The stand of claim 4, wherein a Flexible Cord Retaining Loop
(9), extends from the distal ends of each of said Flexible Cords.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not Applicable
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not Applicable
REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, TABLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM OR COMPACT
DISC APPENDIX
[0003] Not Applicable
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The field of the present invention relates to the scalable
design of a stand for the storage and/or display of sport boards,
skis, poles, wet suites, and other sports equipment and the
like.
[0005] There are known several types of sporting board racks and
hangars, equipment racks and other types of stands, racks and
hangars, none of which have the features, scalability or utility of
this invention.
[0006] A very small number of the known patents and applications
are listed below;
United States Patents
TABLE-US-00001 [0007] 739275 Sep. 22, 1903 Abbe 211/67 1292314 Jan.
21, 1919 Hays 211/163 4807763 Feb. 28, 1989 Jankovsky 211/60.1
4971593 Nov. 20, 1990 Mayhall 211/70 5318189 Jun. 07, 1994 Lee
211/205 5833079 Nov. 10, 1998 Roberts 211/85.7 5862924 Jan. 26,
1999 Dumont 211/85.7
United States Patent Applications
TABLE-US-00002 [0008] 200630132180 Jul. 17, 2003 Chen 211/85.7
20060163182 Jul. 27, 2006 Borseth 211/85.7
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0009] It is an object of the present invention to provide various
sizes of sport board stands for the storage and/or display of sport
boards, skis, poles, wet suites, and other sports equipment and the
like. The scalability of this invention includes varying the number
of Cross Members and Flexible Cords to accommodate more or fewer
boards. The Sport Board Sands, once built, will not have scaleable
or more or fewer parts rather the design is scaleable such that
changing the measurements of various parts, increasing or
decreasing the number of Cross Members and Flexible Cords enables
Sport Board Stands of various sizes to be produced to accommodate
different sizes and different numbers of sport boards. For example,
a large size Sport Board Stand could accommodate surfboards, and/or
water skis, and/or snow skis, and/or poles and the like. An
intermediate size Sport Board Stand could accommodate skim boards,
and/or knee boards, and/or wake boards, and/or body boards, and/or
boogie boards and the like. And a small size Sport Board Stand
could accommodate skate boards and/or roller boards and the
like.
DRAWINGS
Brief Description of the Drawings
[0010] FIG. 1 is an elevation view of the assembled Sport Board
Stand.
[0011] FIG. 2 is a close up view of the distal ends of a cross
member and a flexible retaining cord.
[0012] FIG. 3 is a plan view of the assembled Sport Board
Stand.
[0013] FIG. 4 is an elevation view of the assembled Sport Board
Stand with design and manufacturing details for assembly using
modular parts.
[0014] FIG. 5 is a plan view of the assembled Sport Board Stand
with design and manufacturing details for assembly using modular
parts.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] Referring to FIG. 1 we see an elevation view, with partial
cross section, of an assembled Sport Board Stand, wherein the Cross
Members are installed into the Main Member, perpendicular to the
longitudinal axis of the Main Member and parallel to each other in
the horizontal or elevation plane. The Cross Members are also shown
angularly offset from each other, axially about the longitudinal
axis of the Main Member. The Main Member is inserted into the Main
Member Retaining Portion which is affixed to the Top Surface of the
Base. Additionally, we can see that the Bottom Surface of the Base
sits atop of and is supported by the Wheel Retaining Portions,
which sit atop of and are supported by the Wheels.
[0016] Referring to FIG. 2 we see a close up view of one of the
cross members and its flexible cord retaining portion, and the
distal end of one of the flexible cords and its retaining loop,
wherein as shown the retaining loop is temporarily affixed to the
flexible cord retaining portion in the prescribed fashion for
retaining a sport board.
[0017] Referring to FIG. 3 we see a plan view of an assembled Sport
Board Stand, wherein the Cross Members are installed into the Main
Member, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the Main Member
and angularly offset from each other, axially about the
longitudinal axis of the Main Member. The Main Member is shown
inserted into the Main Member Retaining Portion which is affixed to
the Top Surface of the Base, and is relatively centrally located on
the Base Top Surface.
[0018] Referring to FIG. 4 we see an elevation view of an assembled
Sport Board Stand with design and manufacturing details for modular
construction. The graphics of the modular parts shown will vary
slightly between sizes of Sport Board Stands. The number of modular
parts will vary on the bill of materials depending on the number of
sport boards to be accommodated. Additionally, dimension details of
the modular parts shown will vary accordingly on drawings for each
size of Sport Board Stand. The detail shown in this drawing is a
method by which the Cross Member Retaining Apertures, Flexible Cord
Retaining Apertures and Flexible Cord Retaining Portions can be
modularized. In this case, there exists one design for each of the
different pieces, each of which can be scaled to fit the
appropriate Main Member and Cross Members for the Sport Board Stand
being built.
[0019] Referring to FIG. 5 we see a plan view of an assembled Sport
Board Stand from below with design and manufacturing details for
modular construction and integrated support construction of the
Base. The graphics of the modular parts shown will vary slightly
between sizes of Sport Board Stands. The number of modular parts
will vary on the bill of materials depending on the number of sport
boards to be accommodated. Additionally, dimension details of the
modular parts shown will vary accordingly on drawings for each size
of Sport Board Stand. The Base will be fabricated as one piece with
the design intent of supporting the weight of the Sport Board
Stand, a full compliment of sport boards and other sport equipment
and the like. The detail shown in this drawing is a method by which
the Base can be modularized. In this case there exists one design
for the Base, which can be scaled appropriately to fit the Sport
Board Stand being built.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0020] FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 define the unique utility of a Sport Board
Stand while FIGS. 4 and 5 demonstrate the preferred embodiment. A
modular design is intended to aid manufacturing, packaging and
shipping. It is also intended that Sport Board Stands be
manufactured from water resistant and corrosion resistant materials
wherever possible.
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