Lock for skis

Claim 2

In an improved ski lock for use with a pair of skis, the lock including a shackle formed to fit around the skis and a body attachable to the shackle and including a planar side to face and abut the skis, the lock shackle and body when attached together defining between the shackle and the planar side of the body an enclosed free space for lockably retaining the skis, and the lock body having means for operating the lock located on the side of the body opposite the planar side, the improvement comprising a projection carried on the lock body and extending outwardly therefrom on the side of the body carrying the lock operating means, the outer end of the projection being adapted to contact a retained ski should the lock body be incorrectly attached to the shackle with the planar side of the body facing away from the skis, and the projection providing a clearance between the lock body proper and the retained skis when the body and shackle are so incorrectly attached together and having a length sufficient to allow removal of the skis from the lock and to provide access to the lock operating means.

Claim 3

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 1 in which the length of the body projection is greater than the difference between the maximum width of the retained skis and the width of the skis at the point where the lock is attached to the skis when properly installed.

Claim 4

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 1 in which the length of the body projection is sufficient to prevent the lock body and shackle from defining an enclosed free space having a length less than the maximum ski width when the lock body and shackle are incorrectly attached together.

Claim 5

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 1 in which the means For operating the lock includes a key and in which the length of the body projection approximates the length of the key.

Claim 6

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 1 in which the means for operating the lock includes number combination means and in which the length of the body projection is sufficient when the body and shackle are incorrectly attached together to permit access to the number combination means.

Claim 7

In a lock for use with a pair of skis placed bottom to bottom, each ski having a tip portion and a tail portion each of relatively broad and thin cross-section and having a midsectional portion of relatively narrow and thick cross-section, and each ski being bowed with a bottom camber, the lock comprising a lock body and a shackle for lockable connection with the lock body, the lock body including a planar side to face and abut the skis and having means for oprating the lock located on the side of the body opposite the planar side, the shackle rigidly formed in the shape of a squared U and having two parallel legs, the shackle including a central tongue disposed parallel to the shackle legs and having a minimum thickness substantially equal to the distance between the bottoms of the skis along their midportions when the tip and tail portion of the skis are in engagement, the shackle and lock body when locked together defining between the shackle and the planar side of the body an enclosed free space into which the tongue extends for lockably retaining the skis, the length of the enclosed free space being less than the maximum but greater than the minimum width of the skis, and the width of the enclosed free space being less than the sum of the maximum thicknesses of the skis but at least as great as the sum of the thicknesses of the skis at the point along the length of the skis where the width of the skis is equal to the length of the enclosed free space, the improvement comprising a projection carried on the lock body and extending outwardly therefrom on the side of the body carrying the lock operating means, the outer end of the projection beng adapted to contact a retained ski should the lock body be incorrectly attached to the shackle with the planar side of the body facing away from the skis, and the projection providing a clearance between the lock body proper and the retained skis when the body and shackle are so incorrectly attached together and having a length sufficient to allow removal of the skis from the lock and to provide access to the lock operating means.

Claim 8

In a lock for use with a pair of skis placed bottom to bottom, each ski having a tip portion and a tail portion each of relatively broad and thin cross-section and having a midsectional portion of relatively narrow and thick cross-section, and each ski being bowed with a bottom camber, the lock comprising a lock body and a shackle for lockable connection with the lock body, the lock body including a planar side to face and abut the skis and having means for oprating the lock located on the side of the body opposite the planar side, the shackle rigidly formed in the shape of a squared U and having two parallel legs, the shackle including a central tongue disposed parallel to the shackle legs and having a minimum thickness substantially equal to the distance between the bottoms of the skis along their midportions when the tip and tail portion of the skis are in engagement, the shackle and lock body when locked together defining between the shackle and the planar side of the body an enclosed free space into which the tongue extends for lockably retaining the skis, the length of the enclosed free space being less than the maximum but greater than the minimum width of the skis, and the width of the enclosed free space being less than the sum of the maximum thicknesses of the skis but at least as great as the sum of the thicknesses of the skis at the point along the length of the skis where the width of the skis is equal to the length of the enclosed free space, the improvement comprising a projection carried on the lock body and extending outwardly therefrom on the side of the body carrying the lock operating means, the outer end of the projection beng adapted to contact a retained ski should the lock body be incorrectly attached to the shackle with the planar side of the body facing away from the skis, and the projection providing a clearance between the lock body proper and the retained skis when the body and shackle are so incorrectly attached together and having a length sufficient to allow removal of the skis from the lock and to provide access to the lock operating means.

Claim 9

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 6 in which the length of the body projection is greater than the difference between the maximum width of the retained skis and the width of the skis at the point where the lock is attached to the skis when properly installed.

Claim 10

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 6 in which the length of the body projection is sufficient to prevent the lock body and shackle from defining an enclosed free space having a length less than the maximum ski width when the lock body and shackle are incorrectly attached together.

Claim 11

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 6 in which the means for operating the lock includes a key and in which the length of the body projection approximates the length of the key.

Claim 12

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 6 in which the means for operating the lock includes number combination means and in which the length of the body projection is sufficient when the body and shackle are incorrectly attached together to permit access to the number combination means.

Claim 13

In an improved ski lock for use with a pair of skis, the lock including a shackle having a pair of legs formed to fit around the skis and a body attachable to and having openings for receiving the shackle legs, each of the shackle legs carrying a series of notches and the lock body including a locking mechanism selectively engageable with the notches, the lock body including a planar side to face and abut the skis when retained in the lock, and the lOck shackle and body when attached together defining between the shackle and the planar body side an enclosed free space for lockably retaining the skis, the improvement in which the notches on one shackle leg are linearly offset with respect to the notches on the other shackle leg so that engagement of the body locking mechanism with the notches carried on a selected shackle leg positions the planar side of the lock body in tight abutment against the retained skis.

Claim 14

In an improved ski lock for use with a pair of skis, the lock including a shackle having a pair of legs formed to fit around the skis and a body attachable to and having openings for receiving the shackle legs, each of the shackle legs carrying a series of notches and the lock body including a locking mechanism selectively engageable with the notches, the lock body including a planar side to face and abut the skis when retained in the lock, and the lOck shackle and body when attached together defining between the shackle and the planar body side an enclosed free space for lockably retaining the skis, the improvement in which the notches on one shackle leg are linearly offset with respect to the notches on the other shackle leg so that engagement of the body locking mechanism with the notches carried on a selected shackle leg positions the planar side of the lock body in tight abutment against the retained skis.

Claim 15

An improved ski lock as defined in claim 11 in which the shackle legs are marked differentially so that they may readily be visually distinguished from one another, and in which the body openings for receiving the shackle legs are also marked differentially so that they may be visually distinguished from one another, whereby the lock user may readily associate the notch location on a given shackle leg with a given body opening.