Patent ID: 8360474

Claim:
A ski equipment and accessories transport device comprising: (a) a hand-cart configured for a user to adjust an attitude of the hand-cart until a load supported by the hand-cart is substantially balanced for rolling travel about a wheel axis of the hand-cart; (b) at least one ski mount assembly supported by the hand-cart and configured to hold a pair of skis joined to the hand-cart by the ski mount in a substantially vertical attitude when said hand-cart is substantially balanced for rolling travel; (c) a platform supported by the hand-cart and extending substantially from proximate said ski mount assembly to a lower end portion of said hand-cart, the platform including a plate defining a planar surface of sufficient area to carry at least one pair of ski boots and a securable container sufficiently voluminous to accommodate at least one pair of shoes; (d) said pair of skis is held in such a way by said ski mount assembly that said pair of skis is positioned outside the planar surface of said plate; (e) the securable container joined to the plate, the securable container further accommodating at least one item of the user in addition to the at least one pair of shoes, and (f) a locking apparatus configured to lock the hand-cart and the securable container to a structure.