| US 7,568,599 B2 | ||
| Ski tote including a backpack strap for carrying a pair of skis | ||
| Julie Hall, 4514 E. Verbena Dr., Phoenix, Ariz. 85044 (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/249,885. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/618118, filed on Oct. 12, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0076378 A1, Apr. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A45F 3/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 224—250 [224/655; 224/651; 224/917] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A method of supporting, orienting and carrying of a pair of skis as a unit, the method comprising:
placing the skis within a backpack strap;
supporting a pair of bindings of said skis within a pair of v-shaped straps, each said v-shaped strap secured to a substrate
of said backpack strap at each end forming the v-shape in the longitudinal direction of the pair of skis;
positioning said pair of v-shaped straps respectively underneath said pair of bindings to support the bindings while allowing
the pair of skis to extend therethrough and holding said pair of skis against said substrate;
closing the backpack strap by surrounding the skis and covering the v-shaped strap with a pair of flaps extending from said
substrate of the backpack strap wherein said pair of flaps of said substrate has a closed configuration and an open configuration;
attaching a pair of shoulder straps to said substrate;
securing the backpack strap in a closed configuration by overlapping said pair of flaps of said substrate; and
supporting the skis on a back of a user by said pair of shoulder straps.
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