Patent ID: 6082154
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A63C,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for securing, and in combination with, a surfboard, comprising:a) a U-shaped member having parallel leg members encircling said surfboard, said leg members having free ends with notches thereon;b) said U-shaped member having a locking mechanism engaging the notches on the free ends of said leg members for locking onto said U-shaped member;c) means for attaching said U-shaped member to the roof rack of an automobile for securing the surfboard to the roof rack of the automobile; andd) said locking mechanism comprising a block shaped member with two spaced openings extending between first and second opposite side wall portions of said block shaped member for accommodating the free ends of said U-shaped member, a locking means within said block shaped member for locking said block shaped member on said free ends, and a pair of movable legs, each leg pivoted at one end on third and fourth side wall portions, respectively, of said block shaped member, said legs when retracted being flush against the respective third and fourth side wall portions of said block shaped member and when deployed form a pair of legs adapted to being used for raising an end of said surfboard above a ground surface when said surfboard is positioned on the ground surface.