Locking mechanism for skis and accessories

Claim 1

A LOCKING MECHANISM FOR SKIS, SKI POLES AND THE THE LIKE, COMPRISING, A TRANSVERSELY U-SHAPED PLATE INCLUDING AN ATTACHING WALL AND SPACED SIDE WALLS HAVING RECESSES, A COMBINED LOCK-HOUSING AND COIN BOX DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SPACED SIDE WALLS TO PROVIDE ARTICLE REPOSITORY CHAMBERS, SAID HOUSING HAVING A COIN SLOT AND A FRONT OPENING IN THE SAME HORIZONTAL PLANE AS SAID RECESSES, A PATRON''S KEY CONTROLLED LOCK ON THE FRONT WALL OF THE COIN BOX, COOPERATING MEANS ON THE COIN BOX AND ATTACHING WALL INCLUDING A PROPRIETOR-OPERATED KEY CONTROLLED LOCK FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING THE COIN BOX TO SAID ATTACHING WALL, A BRACKET WITHIN THE COIN BOX PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING DISPOSED COAXIALLY WITH SAID OPENING IN THE HOUSING, A COVER PLATE SUPPORTED ON SAID BRACKET AND HAVING A KEEPER OPENING ALSO COAXIAL WITH SAID FRONT OPENING OF THE COIN BOX, A PATRON''S KEY CONTROLLED CAM HAVING A COIN POCKET AND A PERIPHERAL SHOULDER, SAID CAM MOUNTED ON SAID COVER PLATE, A STRIKE LEVER HAVING A SHOULDER AT ONE END AND PIVOTED AT ITS OTHER END TO SAID COVER PLATE, A SPRING NORMALLY BIASING SAID LEVER TOWARD SAID CAM PERIPHERY, WHEREBY WHEN THE SHOULDERS ON THE CAM AND THE STRIKE LEVER ARE ENGAGED THE CAM POCKET FACES THE COIN SLOT OF THE COIN BOX, AND AN ARTICLE SECURING MEMBER INCLUDING A HEAD SPANNING SAID ARTICLE REPOSITORY CHAMBERS AND HAVING A SHANK PROVIDED WITH TEETH, WHEREBY, WHEN THE SHANK IS PUSHED THROUGH THE COAXIAL OPENINGS OF THE COIN BOX, BRACKET AND CAM PLATE, THE SAID TEETH WILL ENGAGE THE STRIKE LEVER TO HOLD THE SAID HEAD IN THE RECESS UNTIL THE PATRON''S CONTROL KEY TURNS THE CAM TO RELEASE THE STRIKE LEVER AND THE COIN POCKET IS RETURNED INTO RECEIVING RELATION WITH THE SLOT OF THE COIN BOX AND THE SHOULDERS OF THE CAM AND STRIKE LEVER RE-ENGAGE.