Patent ID: 6691537
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B63B,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A sportsboard locking apparatus for a sportsboard having an attachment channel having an elongated insertion groove indented on a surface of said sportsboard and an engagement groove perpendicular extended along said insertion groove, wherein said sportsboard locking apparatus comprises:an engagement member having an engaging latch transversely formed at a foot end of an outer surface thereof and a first shackle bore, wherein a thickness of said engagement member is smaller than a width of said insertion groove and a height of said engaging latch is smaller than a height of said engagement groove, therefore said engagement member is capable of inserting into said insertion groove to engage said engaging latch in said engagement groove of said attachment channel of said sports board; a locking member having a predetermined thickness and a second shackle bore; and means for slidably attaching said locking member to said engagement member that limits said locking member to move longitudinally with respect to said engagement member between a locking position and an unlocking position; wherein at said locking position, a lower end of said locking member is positioned overlappedly with said locking latch while said first and second shackle bores are coaxially aligned with each other to form a through shackle bore for retaining and locking said locking latch inside said engagement groove of said attachment channel by filling said insertion groove with a lower portion of said locking member while said first and second shackle bores are exposed outside said attachment channel, wherein by upwardly sliding said locking member with respect to said engagement member moves said locking member to said unlocking position that said locking member is capable of moving away from said insertion groove so that said engagement member is able to be removed from said attachment channel; wherein said engagement member is constructed to have an engaging channel indented transversely on said outer surface at a lower portion thereof so as to define said engaging latch at said foot end such that said engaging channel has a depth slightly smaller than a depth of said engagement groove and a width slightly larger than a distance between said attachment surface of said sportsboard and a top edge of said engagement groove so as to define a first side surface, a second side surface and a bottom surface thereof and thus said engaging latch relatively protrudes from said bottom surface of said engaging channel.