Patent ID: 7232033

Claim:
A portable chain storage apparatus for storing a chain, wherein said chain comprises a plurality of chain links, each of said chain links having a link diameter, a latitudinal axis and a link width, each of said chain links being interconnected with at least one other chain link, each of said chain links having an inner and outer surface, said chain storage apparatus comprising: a frame having an opening at a first end; a chain link engagement means formed by inwardly opposing members of said frame adapted to engage a plurality of non-adjacent portions of said chain through said opening, such that each of said non-adjacent chain portions includes at least one chain link, and wherein said at least one chain link of each of said chain portions is engaged by said chain link engagement means; a stopping means that prevents said at least one chain portion from disengaging with said engagement means; and a locking means adapted to engage at least one chain link of a single chain portion, wherein said locking means includes a lock and unlock position, such that in the unlock position said locking means allows said plurality of non-adjacent portion of said chain ingress and egress to said engagement means, and in the lock position said at least one chain link is prevented from disengaging with said engagement means.