Patent ID: 7673919

Claim:
A method of releasably securing recreational equipment to adjacent equipment, comprising: engaging a bendable elongate device with recreational equipment in a non-slip, soft, and non-scratch manner, the bendable elongate device comprising a bendable strip of wire enclosed by an elongate piece of soft foam material selected from the group consisting of foam rubber and sponge rubber, wherein the elongate piece of soft foam material abuts the strip of wire, the bendable elongate device having a degree of rigidity so as to retain its form when bent or straightened, and the bendable elongate device having a diameter between about 0.5 inch and about 2.5 inches and having a length of at least about 10 inches; bendably wrapping the bendable elongate device around at least a portion of the recreational equipment in a non-slip engagement; bendably wrapping the bendable elongate device around at least a portion of equipment that is adjacent to the recreational equipment in a non-slip engagement; and twisting-tying free ends of the bendable elongate device so as to secure the recreational equipment to the adjacent equipment.