Storage means

Abstract

A board holder comprising a wall mounting bracket 1 supporting a curved steel bar 2. The bar 2 is able to pivot or swing up and down with respect to the bracket and will tend to swing downwards under gravity unless such swing is arrested. The bar 2 is curved so that it doubles back on itself in front of the bracket 1. This creates a space 3 between opposite portions of the bar with an entrance 4 opening into the space for receiving a snow board or surfboard, etc. The board, etc, is held between a first contact part 6 and a second contact part 7 of the bar. Gravity, coupled with the weight of the bar 2 and the board 5 serve to hold the board in position with a lower part 11 of the board 5 butting against the wall 12. The board 5 thus angles outwardly from the wall up towards the board holder.

1 . Storage means, having a wall mounting, and a first contact part which turns to and joins or merges with a second contact part such that the first and second contact parts are substantially continuous with respect to one another, the first and second contact parts being capable of collectively pivoting with respect to the wall mounting, there being a space between the first and second contact parts and an opening into the space; the storage means being formed such that when it is in use the wall mounting can be mounted to a wall so that a snow board, a surfboard, a skateboard, a wake board, a kite board, a water ski, or a snow ski, can be guided by hand into the space by way of the entrance and released so that gravity acting on the board or ski, as the case may be, and on the first and second contact parts causes the board or ski to be jammed between the first and second contact parts at three or more distinct contact points, to hold the board or ski in an elevated disposition at or adjacent the wall. 
   
   
       2 . Storage means according to  claim 1 , formed so that it functions as described in  claim 1  when a part of the board or ski which is substantially planar is jammed between the first and second contact portions. 
   
   
       3 . Storage means according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and second contact parts form different portions of a curved bar. 
   
   
       4 . Storage means according to  claim 1 , formed so that the first contact part is nearer the wall mounting than the second contact part, one of the contact points is on the first contact part, and two of the contact points are on the second contact part. 
   
   
       5 . Storage means according to  claim 1 , formed so that the first contact part is nearer the wall mounting than the second contact part, one of the contact points is on the first contact part, and two of the contact points are on the second contact part, and wherein the contact parts have cushioning arranged to protect the board or ski, as the case may be, from marking when it is jammed between the contact parts. 
   
   
       6 . Storage means according to  claim 5 , wherein the cushioning is in the form of a soft sleeve or sleeves. 
   
   
       7 . Storage means according to  claim 1 , wherein there is a snow board, a surfboard, a skateboard, a wake board, a kite board, a water ski, or a snow ski jammed between the two contact parts. 
   
   
       8 . Storage means according to  claim 1 , specifically adapted for use with a snow board. 
   
   
       9 . Storage means according to  claim 1 , wherein the first contact part forms part of the wall mounting. 
   
   
       10 . Storage means according to  claim 9 , wherein the contact parts have cushioning arranged to protect the board or ski, as the case may be, from marking when it is jammed between the contact parts. 
   
   
       11 . A method of using storage means when the storage means is mounted on a wall, the storage means formed according to  claim 1 , comprising the steps of:
 i) passing at least part of the board or ski through the entrance into the space, and   ii) allowing the first and second contact parts to swing downwards about the wall mounting to jam against the board or ski such that the board or ski is held in an elevated disposition.   
   
   
       12 . A method according to  claim 11 , wherein the board or ski is a snowboard, a surfboard, a skateboard or a wake board. 
   
   
       13 . Storage means, having a wall mounting, and a first contact part which turns to and joins or merges with a second contact part such that the first and second contact parts are substantially continuous with respect to one another, the first and second contact parts being capable of collectively pivoting with respect to the wall mounting, there being a space between the first and second contact parts and an opening into the space;
 the storage means formed such that when it is in use the wall mounting can be mounted to a wall so that a snow board, a surfboard, a skateboard, a wake board, a kite board, a water ski, or a snow ski, can be guided by hand into the space by way of the entrance and released so that gravity acting on the board or ski, as the case may be, and on the first and second contact parts causes a substantially planar part of the board or ski to be jammed between the first and second contact parts at three or more distinct contact points, to hold the board or ski in an elevated disposition at or adjacent the wall;   the first contact part being nearer the wall mounting than the second contact part, one of the contact points being on the first contact part and two of the contact points being on the second contact part; and   the contact parts having cushioning arranged to protect the board or ski, as the case may be, from marking when it is jammed between the contact parts.   
   
   
       14 . Storage means according to  claim 13 , wherein there is a snow board, a surfboard, a skateboard, a wake board, a kite board, a water ski, or a snow ski jammed between the two contact parts.