Combined ski boot retainer and carrier

Claim 1

A PORTABLE SKI BOOT RETAINER AND CARRIER IN THE FORM OF AN ARTICULATED FRAME STRUCTURE COMPRISING THREE RIGID FRAME SECTIONS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND FRAME SECTIONS EACH OF WHICH IS OF L-SHAPED CONFIGURATION AND HAS A LONG LEG AND A SHORT LEG, AND A THIRD LINEARLY STRAIGHT FRAME SECTION OF AN EFFECTIVE LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE COMBINED LENGTHS OF SAID SHORT LEGS, MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTING THE DISTAL ENDS OF THE SHORT LEGS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND FRAME SECTIONS TOGETHER FOR RELATIVE SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME SECTIONS, MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTING ONE END OF THE THIRD SECTION TO THE DISTAL END OF THE LONG LEG OF THE SECOND SECTION FOR RELATIVE SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID THIRD AND SECOND FRAME SECTIONS, SAID FRAME SECTIONS BEING RELATIVELY MOVABLE BETWEEN A FOLDED RECTANGULAR CONDITION OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE WHEREIN SAID SHORT LEGS ARE HORIZONTAL AND COPLANAR, THE LONG LEGS ARE VERTICAL AND PARALLEL, AND THE THIRD FRAME SECTION IS HORIZONTAL AND HAS ITS OTHER END ABUTTING THE DISTAL END OF THE LONG LEG OF THE FIRST SECTION, AND AN UNFOLDED CONDITION OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE WHEREIN THE SHORT LEGS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND FRAME SECTION ARE VERTICAL AND FOLDED FLAT UPON EACH OTHER IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP, THE LONG LEGS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FRAME SECTIONS ARE HORIZONTAL AND COPLANAR, AND THE THIRD FRAME SECTIONS IS DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE LONG LEG OF WHICH IT IS HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT AN ANGLE GREATER THAN 90*, A CARRYING HANDLE SECURED TO SAID THIRD FRAME SECTION, AND MEANS RELEASABLY SECURING THE SOLE PORTION OF A SKI BOOT IN FACETO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO EACH OF SAID LONG LEGS WHEREBY THE SKI BOOTS ARE MOVABLE WITH SUCH LEGS AND ASSUME A NESTED RELATIONSHIP WHEN THE FRAME STRUCTURE IS IN ITS FOLDED CONDITION.