Ski locking device

Claim 1

A ski-locking device for use with a pair of crossed-over skis with their upper surfaces and the upcurved portions of their forward ends facing each other, the crossover being near the upcurved forward ends and well forward of the ski bindings, comprising a padlock-type of body with a securing mechanism and a pair of shackle-receiving openings therethrough having ratchet engaging members, a shackle comprising an elongated U-shaped rod with a U-bowl at one end and a series of locking ratchets near the other end of each of two elongated rod portions, which pass through said openings for securement by said securing mechanism and body, and a tongue member with an eye at one end encircling said rod at said U-bowl to enable swinging movement with respect to said rod and a U-shaped hook at a distal end, and a short bar secured rigidly to the tongue member near where said hook begins, whereby with the skis crossed over, the body engages at least one side of said ski close to one of the two vertices transverse to the crossover, and the U-bowl engages the distal side of the other said ski near the opposite vertex, the U-shaped hook engages the near side of that same said other ski at the vertex between the skis, and the bar engages the other ski, with the two shackle rod portions in contact with both skis along their normally bottom surface, so that the skis can neither be slid along nor rotated to a position where either can be removed from the lock, due partly to the orientations of their upturned end portions and to their thickening toward their bindings, and partly to the distance apart of the shackle rods and their length from the U-bowl to the body and to the length of the tongue member.

Claim 10

A method for locking together a pair of skis having upper surfaces with upcurved front end portions and bindings to the rear thereof, comprising crossing over the skis near their front ends with the front ends and the upper surfaces facing each other, placing a padlock-type of body having a securing mechanism and a pair of shackle-receiving openings therethrough, to engage one side of one said ski near one of the two vertices transverse to the crossover, placing a shackle comprising an elongated U-shaped rod with a U-bowl at one end a series of locking ratchets at the other end of each of two elongated rod portions so that said U-bowl engages the distal side of the other said ski near the opposite vertex, placing a tongue member with an eye at one end encircling said rod at said U-bowl for swinging movement with respect to said rod and a U-shaped hook at the other end, so that the U-shaped hook engages the near side of that same said other ski at the vertex between the skis, inserting the two rod portions through the body openings and bringing the U-bowl as close to the body as possible, and locking said securing mechanism.

Claim 11

A method for locking together a pair of skis having upper surfaces with upcurved front end portions and bindings to the rear thereof, comprising crossing over the skis near their front ends with the front ends and the upper surfaces facing each other, placing a padlock-type of body having a securing mechanism and a pair of shackle-receiving openings therethrough, to engage one side of one said ski near one of the two vertices transverse to the crossover, placing a shackle comprising an elongated U-shaped rod with a U-bowl at one end a series of locking ratchets at the other end of each of two elongated rod portions so that said U-bowl engages the distal side of the other said ski near the opposite vertex, placing a tongue member with an eye at one end encircling said rod at said U-bowl for swinging movement with respect to said rod and a U-shaped hook at the other end, so that the U-shaped hook engages the near side of that same said other ski at the vertex between the skis, inserting the two rod portions through the body openings and bringing the U-bowl as close to the body as possible, and locking said securing mechanism.