Ski packs

Claim 1

A SKI PACK FOR PACKING AND CARRYING SKIS AND SKI POLES COMPRISING A RIGID WIRE FRAME CONSISTING OF A PAIR OF VERTICALLY DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY SPACED BACK FRAME MEMBERS, AN UPPER AND A LOWER ARM EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE UPPER AND LOWER END RESPECTIVELY OF EACH SAID VERTICAL BACK FRAME MEMBER, AN UPPPER AND A LOWER VERTICALLY SPACED LONGITUDINAL FRAME MEMBER EXTENDING RESPECTIVELY BETWEEN UPPER FORWARD ENDS AND THE LOWER FORWARD ENDS OF SAID FORWARDLY EXTENDING ARMS OF SAID VERTICAL BACK FRAME MEMBERS, EACH VERTICAL BACK MEMBERS HAVING A FORWARDLY EXTENDING OFFSET SPACER MEANS FOR SPACING SKI POLES FROM SKIS WHEN PACKED IN SAID SKI PACK, A RELATIVELY THICK SOMEWHAT RESILIENT PLASTIC COATING DISPOSED OVER SAID LONGITUDINALLY SPACED VERTICAL BACK FRAME MEMBERS AND THE UPPER AND LOWER ARMS EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM, A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED SKI AND SKI POLE ENGAGING AN ANCHORAGE GATES EACH HINGED AT ITS LOWER END TO SAID LOWER LONGITUDINAL FRAME MEMBER AND ENGEGABLE WITH SAID UPPER LONGITUDINAL FRAME MEMBER WHEN CLOSED, RESILIENT PAD ON THE REAR FACE OF EACH SAID ANCHORAGE GATE COMPRESSIBLE AGAINST SKIS AND SKI POLES RESTING AGAINST SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED BACK FRAME MEMBERS WHEN SAID ANCHORAGE GATES ARE CLOSED, AT CLOSED ONE OF SAID SKI AND SKI POLE ANCHORAGE GATES HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH TO ACCOMMODATE LOCKING MEANS THERETHROUGH ENCOMPASSING SAID UPPER LONGITUDINAL FRAME MEMBER, A MANUALLY OPERABLE OVER-CENTER TYPE SPRING LATCH MEANS CARRIED BY SAID UPPER LONGITUDIANL FRAME MEMBER ENGAGING EACH SAID HINGED SKI AND SKI POLE ENGAGING AND ANCHORAGE GATE AND RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID GATES IN THEIR CLOSED POSITON, AND A HAND GRIP MEANS FOR MANUALLY CARRYING SAID SKI PACK CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID UPPER ARMS EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID VERTICAL BACK FRAME MEMBERS.