US3269742A

US3269742A - Convertible ski

Info

Publication number: US3269742A
Application number: US343279A
Authority: US
Inventors: Steve J Funyak; Robert F Funyak
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1964-02-07
Filing date: 1964-02-07
Publication date: 1966-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 1983-08-30

Description

Aug. 30, 1966 5. J. FUNYAK ETAL 3,269,742

CONVERTIBLE SKI Filed Feb. 7, 1964 United States Patent 3,269,742 CONVERTIBLE SKI Steve J. Funyak and Robert F. Funyak, both of 1202 1st St., Nanty-Glo, Pa. Filed Feb. 7, 1964, Ser. No. 343,279 3 Claims. (Cl. 280--11.13)

This invention relates to a convertible ski having a handle adapted to be used by children and beginners, the handle being removable for conventional use of the ski.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of the kind indicated, which involves a conventional ski and a readily removable handle, whose mounting does not impair the fitness of the ski for regular use, and does not interfere with the gliding and other actions of the ski when in place on the ski. When the handle is in place on the ski, the beginners or the childs grip on the handle stabilizes the device and prevents sidewise and forward rear falls off the ski.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a device of the present invention, with its handle secured in place;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of FIGURE 1; and,

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view of FIGURE 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the illustrated device comprises a conventional ski runner having an upturned forward end 12 and provided, on its upper surface 14, intermediate its ends, with any suitable ski-boot fastenings 16, 18.

At a location substantially midway between the fastenings 16, 18 and the forward end 12 of the runner 10, the underside 20 of the runner is formed with a centered, longitudinally elongated recess 22, which is spaced from the side edges 24 of the runner. As shown in FIGURE 3, the recess 22 is preferably rectangular and relatively narrow, compared to its length.

An anchor plate 26, of the same size and shape as the recess 22, is enagged in the recess, and has an undersurface 28 which is flush with the underside 20 of the runner, so that the presence of the anchor plate 26 does not interfere with the sliding or gliding properties of the runner 10.

Upstanding front and

rear bolts

30 and 32, are suitably fixed to the anchor plate 26, as indicated at 33, at locations adjacent to its ends, and extend upwardly through

bores

34 and 36, respectively, formed in the runner.

A handle 38 comprises a longitudinally elongated flat base plate 40, preferably of elliptical form and wider than the anchor plate 26, and is formed, adjacent its ends, with front and

rear holes

42 and 44, adapted to receive the front and

rear bolts

30 and 32, respectively. Wing nuts 46 are provided, to be secured down on the upper ends of the bolts and against the upper surface of the base plate 40, for holding the handle in place on the runner 12.

The handle 38 further comprises a single rod which has a relatively straight lower end portion 48 which, at its lower end, is suitably affixed to or is integral with the base plate 40, at a point intermediate the ends of the latter. The lower end portion 48 merges, at its upper end, in an upwardly and forwardly and rearwardly curved intermediate portion 50. The intermediate portion 50 terminates, at its upper end, in a straight, relatively long 3,269,742 Patented August 30, 1966 upwardly and rearwardly angled rear or upper portion 52.

The upper portion 52, as indicated in FIGURE 1, has a transverse horizontal handle bar 54 fixed, intermediate its ends, on the rear or upper end of the upper portion 52, the handle bar 54 being located directly in front of and spaced above the ski-boot fastenings 16, 18, in a position to be readily and securely grasped by the user of the de vice. The forward ofi-setting of the lower and intermediate portions of the handle rod, relative to the ski-boot fastenings, provides desirable clearance relative thereto, and, in addition, where the rod is endowed with some limited resilience, this formation thereof provides for free fiexing thereof relative to the runner while the device is in use.

When the handle 38 is removed, by backing off the nuts 46, and removing the handle from the

bolts

30 and 32, the nuts 46 are then restored on the bolts and tightened, so as to hold the anchor plate 26 in place in the recess 22.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a ski runner having forward and rear ends, and an upstanding handle fixed to the runner and spaced from the ends thereof, said runner having a mid-length point and said handle being located between the forward end of the runner and said mid-length point, and ski-boot fastening means on the runner at a location behind said mid-length point, said ski runner having an upper surface and an underside, the underside of the runner being formed with a recess spaced from the ends of the runner, an anchor plate secured in and conforming to said recess, said anchor plate having an underside flush with the underside of the runner, longitudinally spaced upstanding bolts fixed to the base plate and extending upwardly through and above the runner, a base plate bearing upon the upper surface of the runner and formed with holes receiving the bolts, nuts on the bolts bearing down upon the base plate, and said upstanding handle fixed to the base plate.

2. A device of the character described comprising a ski runner having forward and rear ends, an upstanding handle fixed to the runner and spaced from the ends thereof, said runner having a mid-length point and said handle being located between the forward end of the runner and said mid-length point, and ski-boot fastening means on the runner at a location behind said mid-length point, said ski runner having an upper surface and an underside, the underside of the runner being formed with a recess spaced from the ends of the runner, an anchor plate secured in and conforming to said recess, said anchor plate having an underside flush with the underside of the runner, longitudinally spaced upstanding bolts fixed to the base plate and extending upwardly through and above the runner, a base plate bearing upon the upper surface of the runner and formed with holes receiving the bolts, nuts on the bolts bearing down upon the base plate, and said upstanding handle fixed to the base plate, said recess being longitudinally elongated and spaced from the side edges of the runner, said base plate being wider than the anchor plate.

3. A device of the character described comprising a ski runner having forward and rear ends, an upstanding handle fixed to the runner and spaced from the ends thereof, said runner having a mid-length point and said handle being located between the forward end of the runner and said mid-length point, and ski-boot fastening means on the runner at a location behind said mid-length point, said ski runner having an upper surface and an underside, the underside of the runner being formed with a recess spaced from the ends of the runner, an anchor plate secured in and conforming to said recess, said anchor plate having an underside flush with the underside of the runner, longitudinally spaced unstanding bolts fixed to the base plate and extending upwardly through and above the runner, a base plate bearing upon the upper surface of the runner and formed with holes receiving the bolts, nuts on the bolts bearing down upon the base plate, and said upstanding handle fixed to the base plate, said recess being longitudinally elongated and spaced from the side edges of the runner, said base plate being wider than the anchor plate, said handle comprising a rod fixed at its lower end to the base plate between the bolts.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 9/ 1890 Nordenstrom 280-23 12/1918 Brandes 28012 9/1922 Barlow 280-1 1.13 8/1924 Kieft et a1 280-11.13 X 9/ 1928 Martinson 28011.13 12/1937 Anderson et al 280-23 X 8/1945 Ruhrne 280l2 2/1949 Dunkel 28023 FOREIGN PATENTS 8/ 1937 Denmark.

15 BENJAMIN HERSH, Primary Examiner.

MILTON L. SMITH, Examiner.

Claims

1. A DEVICE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A SKI RUNNER HAVING FORWARD AND REAR ENDS, AND AN UPSTANDING HANDLE FIXED TO THE RUNNER AND SPACED FROM THE ENDS THEREOF, SAID RUNNER HAVING A MID-LENGTH POINT AND SAID HANDLE BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE FORWARD END OF THE RUNNER AND SAID MID-LENGTH POINT, AND SKI-BOOT FASTENING MEANS ON THE RUNNER AT A LOCATION BEHIND SAID MID-LENGTH POINT, SAID SKI INNER HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE AND AN UNDERSIDE, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RUNNER BEING FORMED WITH A RECESS SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF THE RUNNER, AN ANCHOR PLATE SECURED IN AND CONFORMING TO SAID RECESS, SAID ANCHOR PLATE HAVING AN UNDERSIDE FLUSH WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RUNNER, LONGITUDINALLY SPACED UPSTANDING BOLTS FIXED TO THE BASE PLATE AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THROUGH AND ABOVE THE RUNNER, A BASE PLATE BEARING UPON THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE RUNNER AND FORMED WITH HOLES RECEIVING THE BOLTS, NUTS ON THE BOLTS BEARING DOWN UPON THE BASE PLATE, AND SAID UPSTANDING HANDLE FIXED TO THE BASE PLATE.