Universal sport board rack and hanging system

Abstract

A rack for storing and displaying surfboards, sailboards and other kinds of sport boards and sporting equipment. The rack is conveniently though not necessarily wall-mountable, and can also support an additional system for the hanging, drying, storage and display of wet suits and other dampened gear.

1 . A support system for sportboards and other articles comprising one or more support members, with each said support member comprising a substantially vertical portion, permitting attachment to a wall or other support, and an essentially horizontal portion extending away from said wall or other support, for the support of sportboards and other articles, such essentially horizontal portion having one or more openings, said openings being formed to accept substantially vertical separation pegs, which serve to separate the supported articles from each other and to support them. 
   
   
       2 . The support system of  claim 1 , where said support members are essentially “J”-shaped, said essentially horizontal portion comprising a second substantially vertical portion. 
   
   
       3 . The support system of  claim 2 , where said one or more openings are in the central, essentially horizontal portion of the “J” shape of the support members. 
   
   
       4 . The support system of  claim 1 , further comprising a drying system for drying wet articles, said drying system comprising a longitudinal member of which at least the upper half is substantially circular in cross-section, said member being supported by hanging means attached to the support member or members at one end of the hanging means and further attached to each end of the longitudinal member, said longitudinal member being further equipped at either end with spacing devices mounted at substantially right angles to both the member and its hanging means, said spacing devices being for the purpose of maintaining distance between said member and an adjacent surface. 
   
   
       5 . The support system of  claim 4 , wherein the longitudinal member of the drying system is a hollow tube capable of storing said hanging means, said longitudinal member being further equipped with snug-fitting end caps which, by being slipped over an end of said longitudinal member with said hanging means protruding from it, can secure said hanging means to said longitudinal member; and wherein said spacing device fits snugly into a hole provided through a side of said end cap and into a side of said longitudinal member, thereby locking said end cap to said longitudinal member.