초록 ▼

There is disclosed herein relatively simple locking devices for sporting items such snowboards and the like. In one form of the locking device, the same includes a member which can be affixed to a binding of a snowboard, and includes a releasable cable which can be wrapped around a fixed or stationa

There is disclosed herein relatively simple locking devices for sporting items such snowboards and the like. In one form of the locking device, the same includes a member which can be affixed to a binding of a snowboard, and includes a releasable cable which can be wrapped around a fixed or stationary object so as to secure the sporting item thereto for safe storage. In one embodiment, the cable is normally retained in a flanged section of a pad of the locking system, but can be released therefrom for attachment to the fixed or stationery object. In another embodiment, the cable can be retained around a boot binding assembly.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A locking apparatus for sporting equipment such as a snowboard and the like having a support member for a boot or shoe, and comprisinga plate adapted to be affixed to mounting points of the equipment used for the support member, and a lock device including a lock and a cable, the lock device bein

1. A locking apparatus for sporting equipment such as a snowboard and the like having a support member for a boot or shoe, and comprisinga plate adapted to be affixed to mounting points of the equipment used for the support member, and a lock device including a lock and a cable, the lock device being affixed to the plate, there being a restraining area around the lock about which the cable can be wrapped for storage of the cable on the equipment when the equipment is in use, the cable being releasable from the lock and restraining area to allow the cable to be wrapped about a fixed object and secured back to the lock to thereby attach the sporting equipment to the fixed object to prevent or minimize theft of the sporting equipment.