Patent ID: 6092402
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A63C,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A ski pole anti-theft device for retention of ski poles, comprising:(a) a first shaped member, including first and second shaped openings, said first shaped member disposed in a first plane, said first shaped member further including a first face surface and a third face surface, said first and third face surfaces disposed parallel to each other and separated by the thickness of the first shaped member;(b) a second shaped member including third and fourth shaped openings, said second shaped member disposed in a second plane, said second shaped member further including a second face surface and a fourth face surface, said second and fourth face surfaces disposed parallel to each other and separated by the thickness of said second shaped member;(c) each of said first and second shaped members having a respective cross member portion disposed between its respective shaped openings;(d) means for pivotally connecting said cross member portion of said first shaped member to the cross member portion of said second shaped member about a pivot axis, said first face surface juxtaposed to said second face surface when said respective cross member portions are pivotally connected to each other, said third and fourth face surfaces disposed axially by the respective thickness of each said first and second shaped members, in opposite directions to each other along said pivot axis, when said respective cross member portions are pivotally connected to each other, whereby when said first shaped member is co-extensively aligned with said second shaped member, said first and third shaped openings are aligned to thereby form a first enclosed opening and said second and fourth shaped openings are aligned to thereby form a second enclosed opening such that when a shaft of a ski pole is placed in said first shaped opening of said first shaped member, and said first shaped member is thereafter co-extensively aligned with said second shaped member, the third shaped opening of said second shaped member is positioned around the shaft of said ski pole, so that when said first shaped member is co-extensively aligned with said second shaped member, the shaft of said ski pole is entrapped within said first enclosed opening; and,(e) means for resistantly retaining said first shaped member substantially co-extensively aligned with said second shaped member, whereby when at least one ski pole shaft is disposed within said first or second enclosed opening, said means for resistantly retaining said first shaped member co-extensively aligned with said second shaped member precludes rotatively pivoting said first shaped member in relation to said second shaped member a sufficient distance to enable said ski pole to be removed from said ski pole anti-theft device, wherein said means for resistantly retaining said first shaped member substantially co-extensively aligned with said second shaped member include said first shaped member having at least a first aperture of a first cross-sectional area and include said second shaped member having at least a second aperture of a second cross-sectional area, said first aperture and said second aperture substantially aligned when said first shaped member is co-extensively aligned with said second shaped member, said means for resistantly retaining further including lockable means adapted to be locked including a first portion, said first portion of said lockable means disposed through said first and second apertures when said first shaped member is co-extensively aligned with said second shaped member before said lockable means is locked.