Easy carrying equipment

A device for the easy and comfortable carrying of goods, comprising a connecting handle, to which a user can add or change a padding by forcing its edges in grooves (8) by use of stoppers (19), shown in different embodiments (1A,1B,1C), able to connect every type of hookable object with the use of some accessories, cable shaped (32,32a,32b,4) able keep tight a plurality of not hookable objects and to permit their connection to the handle in a proper position. The handle is also built so as to permit easy and lasting printing of messages. All parts of the device are shaped so as to permit their manufacture in plastic material, and so as to create new fastening methods.

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Description

[0001] This is a Continuation-in-part Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/947,701, which was a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/729,374, which was a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/973,350, now abandoned. This patent application claims priority of International Application No. PCT:IT96/00115, filed Nov. 27, 1995 which is in turn claimed priority of Italian Patent Application No. NA95A000055, file Nov. 27, 1995, which in turn claimed priority of Italian Patent Application No. NA95A000029, filed Jun. 5, 1995.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/947,701, filed on Sep. 7, 2001, now abandoned. This patent application claims priority of International Application No. PCT/1T96/00115, filed Jun. 4, 1996, which, in turn claimed priority of Italian Patent Application No. NA95A000055, filed Nov. 27, 1995, which in turn claimed priority of Italian Patent Application No. NA95A000029, filed Jun. 5, 1995.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT

[0003] Not Applicable

REFERENCE TO “MICROFICHE APPENDIX”

[0004] Not Applicable

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0005] This invention relates to a device for carrying objects.

[0006] In general goods are carried by means of containers, some of which are encumbering and troublesome to handle and this may be tiring for people. Moreover, for some objects a suitable carrier is often difficult to find. For this reason people going shopping carry bags, sacks, and boxes. Unfortunately, the handles of plastic bags and the strings of packages often “cut” the hands.

[0007] This is an improvement patent over Stoft (WO091111368), and contains a an accessory for said device: a cable set able to increase the power of a carrying device.

BACKGROUND ART

[0008] Some hand carrying tools are known having a central handle and a connecting apparatus at each end for carrying plastic shopping containers.

[0009] In some of these carrying tools the handles are made lighter by means of lateral grooves. The grooves create empty zones, which are not comfortable for the hands. Such a tool is disclosed in Stoft (W09111 1368), wherein a surface 60 is described as “writing surface” which can be attached either on the flat inner surface of a longitudinal shallow recess, either on the external surface of an other embodiment of said handle, having no recess. Pointing attention upon the embodiment without recesses, if said “writing surface” should be a surface supported by a thick body, if attached to such a handle without recesses, should cause serious trouble to the hand of a user. That means that said “writing surface” is an attached surface supported by a very thin body, as a sheet, useful only to being written upon. The same “writing surface”, if attached to the embodiment having recesses, should keep the same features, and cannot be intended as a stopper filling said recess and having enough mechanical resistance for performing the further feature of keeping in place a padding, (which instead is a feature of the present invention).

[0010] Handles having generally hook-shaped connecting apparatus at each end are also known, and are provided with thin passages which prevent the shopping containers from being freed when put down.

[0011] This means that:

[0012] the user must pay attention to place the shopping container handles in the thin passage.

[0013] at the moment of disconnection the user must extract the shopping container handles from the thin passage using both hands. In this cases the user, if in a hurry, can lose time in connecting or disconnecting.

[0014] said handles can carry only objects having a very thin hookable portion, as plastic shoppers.

[0015] In some known handles (Clark, GB2218901A) there is a recess at each end which opens upwardly, provided with only one horizontal resilient retainer which, when removed, leaves only a thin passage. This has the drawback that the unraveling of thin strings cannot be prevented by this type of hooking apparatus.

[0016] In some other cases the thin passage is completely closed (Ducruox, FR 201950561 A), but a two-hands maneuver is necessary for disengaging the load.

[0017] In some other handles mechanical parts are present which require a double “two-hands” maneuver.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0018] Accordingly, it is an object: of the present invention to provide a handle for carrying objects which is comfortable, in which the engagement and disengagement with the objects is easy and able to connect also ropes or not-thin parts of an object.

[0019] It is another object of the present invention to provide a handle for carrying objects in which a padding can be easily added, replaced or removed.

[0020] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a handle for carrying objects in which a removable surface is provided, which can be written or printed on.

[0021] These and further objects are achieved by the handle according to the attached claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] Further characteristics and advantages of the equipment according to the present invention will be made clearer in the description which follows of one of its possible embodiments, given as an example, but not limitative, with reference to the drawings, in which:

[0023] FIG. 1 shows a single-elasticity connecting handle 1A having a closure formed by two opposite members;

[0024] FIG. 2 is a front view of lateral stopper element 19;

[0025] FIG. 3 is a rear view of lateral stopper element 19;

[0026] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the handle shown in FIG. 1;

[0027] FIG. 5 shows a double-elasticity connecting handle 1B, which is the preferred embodiment of the connecting handle.

[0028] FIG. 6, illustrate how stopper 19 holds padding 28 in place on the connecting handle;

[0029] FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6 and shows the detail of how padding 28 is kept in place over the lower zone 7 of handle 1B

[0030] FIG. 8 shows how stoppers 19 can be disposed all together for the printing because external face 5 is parallel to the opposite side 22 of stopper 19

[0031] FIG. 9 illustrates the connecting handle of the invention being used to carry a shopping bag by hand;

[0032] FIG. 10 shows the rapid insertion maneuver of the handle of a plastic shopper into the double-elasticity connecting apparatus of handle 1B

[0033] FIG. 11 shows the rapid extraction maneuver of the handle of a plastic shopper from the double-elasticity connecting apparatus of handle 1B

[0034] FIG. 12 is a front view of a connecting hookable handle 1C which is a third embodiment of the connecting handle of the invention, comprising closed rings 84 and 84′ on each end of the handle;

[0035] FIGS. 13 and 14 show a cable set 32c, intended for use as an accessory to the connecting handle 1C embodiment shown in FIG. 12;

[0036] FIG. 15 is a cross sectional view of FIG. 16 showing how the use of cable set 32c can be used to wrap and hold skis;

[0037] FIG. 16 is a view showing how the skis shown in FIG. 15 are carried by the connecting handle embodiment 1C shown in FIG. 12;

[0038] FIG. 17 illustrates an additional cable set 32 intended to be used as an accessory to the connecting handle of the invention for the carrying of objects having no hooking zone or else of a plurality of objects;

[0039] FIG. 18 shows a group of encumbering object carried by use of one only carrying handle 1B in cooperation with two cable sets 32

[0040] FIG. 19 shows an electric wire 56 kept tight by a cable set 32.

[0041] FIG. 20 shows an additional ring cable set 32a wherein a ring 40 has been inserted, to prevent an undesired removal of the stopper 35, when maneuvered in releasing direction.

[0042] FIG. 21 shows an additional cable set 32b wherein a simple cable 44 has a snap-hook 41 at an end FIG. 22 illustrates a means of connecting cable 44 to snap-hook 41;

[0043] FIG. 22 shows the connection 45 between cable 44 and snap-hook 41,

[0044] FIG. 23 shows two users 57,58 moving a sofa 59 by using two connecting handles 1B connected by ropes 60,61 passed under sofa 59.

[0045] FIG. 24 shows a handle 1D having additional hooks 97 connected to lower double-ended protrusion 97.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0046] The present invention broadly comprises a handle for carrying objects (or connecting handle or carrying handle or hooking handle) which is operatively arranged to be connectable to objects by connecting apparatuses at each end of the handle, as shown in the embodiments 1A, 1B, 1C of FIGS. 1, 5, 6, 12.

[0047] In the preferred embodiment 1B (shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 9, 18, 23) each connecting apparatus has the closure performance performed by two elastic opposite members (flexible tongue 4 and lower elastic protrusion 15a) wherein the hooking and holding strength is performed by a hook-shaped upper rigid protrusion 29, internal to said closure. This double elastic closure has two effects:

[0048] a) permits to reduce or eliminate the distance or little space or passage 11, which is a to wide passage in other handles which have a closure based on one only elastic member, when the inserted objects are thin; which is a to thin passage when objects to be inserted are wide, such as ropes.

[0049] b) permits a relevant opening space of said closure when opened, in which can be introduced wide objects, such as ropes, (FIG. 23)

[0050] c) gives a very easy maneuver for insertion of the parts of objects to be hooked and carried: it can be done by simply pulling upwards the handle against the part to be inserted (FIG. 10)

[0051] d) gives a very easy maneuver for the extraction of the hooked parts of the carried objects: it can be done by simply pulling away the handle in the releasing direction (FIG. 11).

[0052] The handle is made padding able (FIGS. 6, 7) by the existence of a front and rear groove 8, in which a complementary-shaped element or elongated lateral element or stopper 19 can be forced. The stopper keeps flat padding 28 in place by simply forcing its lateral edges 47 between lateral part 9 of stopper 19 and lower internal face 30 of each groove 8, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7. The performances of the connecting handle can be powered by the use of an accessory, a hookable sliding cable set 32, shown in the embodiments of FIGS. 13, 17, 20, 21, which permits the connecting to the handle:

[0053] a) of objects having no hooking zone;

[0054] b) of a plurality of objects.

[0055] Adverting Now to the Drawings:

[0056] FIG. 1 shows, indicated as IA, a single-elasticity connecting handle having a closure formed by two opposite members: a) flexible tongue 4; b) vertical rigid hook-shaped element 15. In detail, the central portion 1 of the handle has at each end 17,18 a connecting hooking apparatus 2, 2a., or hooking apparatus. With reference to end 17, the hooking apparatus 2 is formed by two protrusions (Upper protrusion or flexible tongue 4, lower protrusion 13) protruding from the substantially vertical face 17c of end 17. Upper protrusion or flexible tongue 4 extends from the upper part 17b of vertical face 17c; it is thin and elastic, and slightly curved downward for helping insertions. Lower protrusion 13 extends from the lower part 17a of vertical face 17c and comprises a substantially horizontal corbel 10 ending in a vertical rigid hook-shaped element 15, ending in a upper thickened ending 12, having a downwards inclined surface 6, for the helping of insertions. A distance or little passage 11 is left between element 4 and surface 6. Lower zone 7 of central portion 1 is hand-shaped; central zone 16 is a zone formed between parts 7, 14, so as to form, at each lateral side, a groove 8 in which an elongated lateral element or stopper 19 is forced in a position that locates its external surface or external side 5 slightly deeper than the edges 26 and 27 of lower zone 7 and of upper zone 14.

[0057] FIG. 2 shows front view of lateral element or stopper 19, showing a detail of its lateral part 9 and of its external side 5.

[0058] FIG. 3 shows the rear view of stopper 19, in which rear protrusions 21 have groove joints 20, to be connected to tongue joints 24, shown in FIGS. 4, 5, 7. Obviously this type of joint is an example, as any known type of joint could be used to hold the stopper in place.

[0059] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of handle 1A, and shows insertion of stoppers 19 in groove 8, in a position for which face 5 is slightly deeper than edges 26 and 27. FIGS. 6, 7 further illustrate how padding 28 is held in place: each edge 47 of padding 28 is forced between the inferior part of lateral part 9 of stopper 19 and lower internal face 30 of groove 8. FIG. 8 illustrates that stoppers 19 can be disposed all together for printing, since external side 5 is parallel to the opposite internal side 22 of stopper 19.

[0060] FIG. 5 shows a double-elasticity connecting handle IB, which is identical to handle IA except in the hooking apparatus 3, 3a located at each end of handle 1B. Hooking apparatus 3 eliminates or strongly reduces distance 11 between surface 6 and flexible tongue 4, since lower elastic protrusion 15a is thin and very elastic. The thin part gains in length because it protrudes from the inferior part 31 of double-ended corbel 10a. Therefore there is an empty supplemental space 23 between lower thin portion 28a of element 15a and hook shaped upper rigid protrusion 29 of double-ended corbel 10a, which is a part of lower double-ended protrusion 13a

[0061] Space 23 permits elastic movement of lower elastic protrusion 15a against flexible tongue 4 as to obtain the approximately complete closure of passage 11, due to the elasticity of both elements 4 and 15a. Passage 11 can easily be opened by the pushing or extracting of an object, as the handle of a plastic bag. Once inserted the load, the handle remains connected to it even when not hold by the user,. if left on a chair or in his car ready to be used again. Space 23 can also be used as a supplemental hooking space. FIG. 5 shows handle 1B with its stoppers 19 out of place, for ease understanding. Lower zone 7 of the handle is hand shaped,

[0062] FIG. 6 shows double-elasticity connecting handle 1B having a flat padding 28 kept in place: each edge 47 of padding 28 is forced between inferior part of lateral part 9 of stopper 19 and lower internal face 30 of groove 8.

[0063] FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 6 and shows the detail of how padding 28 is kept in place over the lower zone 7 of handle 1B:.

[0064] FIG. 8 shows how stoppers 19 can be disposed all together for the printing because external face 5 is parallel to the opposite side 22 of stopper 19

[0065] FIG. 9 shows the hand 52 of a user holding a connecting handle 1B connected to the handles 51 of a plastic shopper 50

[0066] FIG. 10 shows that the handle 51 of plastic shopper 50 can be inserted in the connecting apparatus 3 of connecting handle 1B by simply pulling upwards-connecting handle 1B in hooking position.

[0067] FIG. 11 shows that the handle 51 of plastic shopper 50 can be disconnected by in the connecting apparatus 3 of connecting handle 1B by simply pulling upwards-connecting handle 1B in disconnecting position.

[0068] FIG. 12 In the carrying of objects by a hooking handle as shown above, the upper part of hooking apparatus is weak for transportation, and it may happen that the handle could be wrongly held, causing the load to release from the upper part. This can be a problem for particular objects to be carried, and when the user has one hand inaccessible, and cannot easily repeat the hooking operation. Therefore, FIG. 12 illustrates a connecting hookable handle 1C, which differs from handles 1A and 1B because it has ring-shaped bodies 84, 84a at each side of central portion 1. By this way handle 1C cannot hook but can be hooked by snap hooks similar to snap hook 86, being part of additional cable set 32c

[0069] FIGS. 13, 14 shows additional cable set 32c, particularly useful for the carrying of a ski pair 96 (as shown in FIG. 16). It comprises a set 32, as shown above, further comprising snap hook 86 and flat element 94. The flat element has a hole 95 in its inferior side 88 through which is threaded cable 39. For the carrying of ski pair 96 flat element 94 is inserted with upper part 87 between skis 92 and 93 (FIGS. 15, 16), while skis 92,93 are wrapped by cable 39. Thus: a) skis 92,93 are not pressed in a straight position, risking to lose their slightly curved shape; b) set 32c cannot slide on skis in an undesired position, by cause that flat element 94 is compressed and blocked by the wrapped skis, such as in a sandwich. Element 94 can have any shape, because it is only meant to being compressed and blocked.

[0070] FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 16 showing the position of skis 92,93 and of flat body 94 when skis wrapped in cable set 32c.

[0071] FIG. 16 shows the position of handle 1C when holding a ski pair 96

[0072] FIG. 17 shows a n additional hookable sliding cable set 32 which permits to connect to the handle objects having no hooking zone or else a plurality of objects, which are kept tightened all together also before and after the carrying. Cable set 32 comprises a loop shaped cable 39 threaded through a sliding stopper 35.; two loops are so formed:

[0073] a) an upper loop 37, above stopper 35, useful to be connected to the handle;

[0074] b) a lower loop 33, under stopper 35, which can give way to a sliding loop 34 if the end 33a of lower loop 33 (or sliding end 33) is inserted into the beginning 33b of loop 33 beginning which is the portion immediately under stopper 35.

[0075] Stopper 35 works as an obstacle against the sliding of end 33a in a loosing direction. This generates a method for easily wrapping objects and keeps them tight, having the possibility of hooking them

[0076] By wrapping the inserted load 62 in sliding loop 34, the user can keep it tight by pushing stopper 35 against end 33a. This action makes larger the upper loop 37, which can be hooked by a hooking tool

[0077] FIG. 18 shows a group of encumbering objects (a chair 54, first 53 and second 55 piece of a big shore umbrella) kept tight by two cable sets 32 and hooked to connecting handle 1B.

[0078] FIG. 19 shows an electric wire 56 kept tight by a cable set 32.

[0079] FIG. 20 shows a ring cable set 32a wherein in loop 37 a ring 40 has been inserted, performing the additional function to prevent an undesired removal of the stopper 35, when maneuvered in releasing direction.

[0080] FIG. 21 shows an additional cable set 32b wherein a simple cable 44 has a snap-hook 41 at an end, a stopper 35 slid able on said cable and a loop 42 or a ring at the other end. The pulling upwards of loop 42 causes sliding loop 43 to close upon it and draws snap hook 41 against stopper 35.

[0081] FIG. 22 shows the connection 45 between cable 44 and snap-hook 41, which is performed because a fixed loop 36 obtained by melting with heat the end 46 of cable 44 (made of plastic melt able material or fibers). End 46 is melted so as to become hard and thick, so as to prevent removal from stopping collar 38.

[0082] FIG. 23 shows two users 57,58 moving a sofa 59 by using two connecting handles 1B connected by ropes 60,61 passed under sofa 59.

[0083] FIG. 24 shows a handle 1D having additional hooks 97 connected to lower double-ended corbel 13a.

[0084] All tools shown can be built in plastic material, such as Nylon and the like, permitting the production of a very inexpensive tool having great utility.

[0085] Having described the invention and its advantages, one can see that it is based on the use of several parts and that each part can have different embodiments and be used in different combinations. This gives to this new carrying equipment a great extent of uses, of which the devices described in the figures are only some examples. Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined not only by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents

Claims

1. A handle for carrying objects, said handle comprising:

two ends, each end comprising means for retaining objects,
a central portion having two sides, each side including a groove,
a stopper that is force to fit into each of the grooves, substantially fills the groove, and has a complementary-shape therewith, and stopper has a thickness and a resistance able to keep in place a padding;
whereby a user can add to said handle a removably attached padding covering a part of the central portion and being secured in place by the stoppers in the grooves.

2. The handle of claim 1 wherein said stopper has a lateral part and two opposite sides:

a) a external or front side being a substantially plan surface kept in view and built in a printable material;
b) a internal or rear side wherein points of said internal side laying on planes parallel to said external side,
whereby it is permitted the contemporaneous printing of a plurality of stoppers on their external sides by cause of the co planarity of said external sides when said stoppers lying on a plan surface by their internal sides and located one close to the other.

3. The handle of claim 2 wherein a plane containing said external side of said stopper and a plane containing a surface of said lateral part of said stopper form an oblique angle.

4. The handle of claim 2 further comprising at least a joint for the keeping in place of said stopper in said groove.

5. The handle of claim 4 further comprising a protrusion protruding from said rear side, having said joint.

6. The handle of claim 2 wherein said internal side of said stopper has at least one groove joint whereby said groove joint can be connected to a tongue joint located in said central portion.

7. The handle of claim 2 wherein said internal side of said stopper has at least one tongue joint whereby said tongue joint can be connected to a groove joint located in said central portion.

8. The handle of claim 1 further comprising a padding partially forced in said grooves by said stoppers.

9. The handle of claim 1 wherein each of said ends has a substantially vertical face having a connecting apparatus.

10. The handle of claim 9 wherein said connecting apparatus comprises:

a) a flexible tongue protruding from said substantially vertical face in its upper part, it is slightly curved downwards for helping insertions, it is thin and elastic, so as to permit a slight-finger-effort for the partial opening of said connecting apparatus;
b) a lower protrusion protruding from said substantially vertical face from its lower part, comprising a substantially horizontal corbel ending in a substantially vertical rigid hook-shaped element, ending in a thickened ending having a downwards-inclined surface, for the helping of insertions;
whereby said connecting apparatus is kept close by two opposite bodies, consisting of said flexible tongue and of opposite said substantially vertical rigid hook-shaped element; by cause of the existence of one only elastic body, a distance between the two bodies is required for easy insertion.

11. The handle of claim 9 wherein said connecting apparatus comprises:

a) a flexible tongue protruding from said substantially vertical face in its upper part, said flexible tongue being slightly curved downwards for helping insertions, being thin and and elastic, so as to permit a slight-finger-effort for the partial opening of said connecting apparatus;
b) a lower double-ended protrusion protruding from said substantially vertical face in its lower part, said lower double-ended protrusion comprising a substantially horizontal double-ended corbel ending in a lower elastic protrusion and in an upper rigid protrusion defining a supplemental space;
b1) said lower elastic protrusion comprising a substantially vertical elastic hook-shaped element, having a lower thin portion, so thin as to be elastic, and an upper thickened ending having a downwards inclined surface, said inclined surface standing opposite to said flexible tongue;
b2) said upper protrusion having an upper hook-shaped end extending upwards in a position lower than said inclined surface;
whereby said connecting apparatus is kept closed by two opposite elastic bodies, consisting of said upper flexible tongue and of opposite said lower elastic protrusion, whereby the distance between the ends of said two bodies can be zero and closure can be total, by cause of the existence of said two elastic bodies, whereby insertion maneuver is more easy than in connecting apparatuses based upon one only elastic body, whereby said supplemental space can be used as a supplemental hooking space, whereby the hooking feature is performed by an open rigid hook and the closure of said hook is performed by two opposite elastic members, one of which is protruding from the lower external part of said hook.

12. The handle of claim 9 wherein said connecting apparatus comprises at least one ring-shaped body to be hooked by a load having hooking means.

13. A handle for carrying objects, having a central portion having two sides and two ends, said portion having in each of said sides at least one groove, said central portion having at each of said ends having a substantially vertical face having means for retaining said objects characterized in that:

a) said groove is substantially filled by a complementary-shaped element or elongated lateral element or stopper;
b) said stopper is forced in said groove;
c) said stopper has a thickness and a resistance able to keep in place a padding when said padding partially compressed in said groove by said stopper;
d) said means for retaining objects comprise:
x) a flexible tongue protruding from said substantially vertical face in its upper part, said flexible tongue being slightly curved downwards for helping insertions, being thin and elastic, so as to permit a slight-finger-effort for the partial opening of said connecting apparatus.
y) a lower double-ended protrusion protruding from said substantially vertical face in its lower part, said lower double-ended protrusion comprising a substantially horizontal corbel ending in a lower elastic protrusion and in an upper rigid protrusion defining a supplemental space:
a) said lower elastic protrusion comprising a substantially vertical elastic hook-shaped element, having a lower thin portion so thin as to be elastic and an upper thickened ending having a downwards inclined surface, said inclined surface standing opposite to said flexible tongue;
b) said upper protrusion having an upper hook-shaped end extending upwards in a position lower than said inclined surface;
whereby said connecting apparatus is kept closed by two opposite elastic bodies, consisting of said upper flexible tongue and of opposite said lower elastic protrusion.

14. The handle for carrying objects according to claim 13, further comprising a hook able sliding cable set comprising:

a) a sliding stopper;
b) a loop shaped cable threaded through said stopper, so as to obtain
x) an upper loop, for connection with a hook, and
y) a lower loop having:
y1) a lower loop beginning, in proximity of said sliding stopper, and having
y2) a lower loop end or sliding end at the opposite side;
whereby it is possible to maneuver said loop so as to form a sliding loop by passing said lower loop end around said lower loop beginning under said stopper, said stopper working such as an obstacle against the sliding of said end in loosing direction; whereby it is possible to keep tight said sliding loop around a load by simply pushing said stopper against sliding end of said lower loop.

15. The handle for carrying objects of claim 14 further comprising at least one obstacle against the coming out of said stopper when maneuvered.

16. The handle for carrying objects of claim 15 wherein said at least one obstacle is a connector, included in said upper loop.

17. The handle for carrying objects of claim 16 further comprising at least one elongated element connected to said lower loop;

whereby it is possible to keep tight a ski pair avoiding the sliding of said cable set because said elongated element is compressed and blocked between skis and keeps the whole cable set prevented from sliding along skis in their length direction.

18. A handle for carrying objects, having a central portion having two sides and two ends, said portion having in each of said sides at least one groove, said central portion having at each of said ends having a substantially vertical face having means for retaining said objects characterized in that:

a) said groove is substantially filled by a complementary-shaped element or elongated lateral element or stopper,
b) said stopper is forced in said groove,
c) said stopper has a thickness and a resistance able to keep in place a padding when said padding partially compressed in said groove by said stopper,
d) said means for retaining objects comprise at least one ring-shaped body to be hooked by a load having hooking means.

19. A hook able sliding cable set comprising:

a) a sliding stopper, which can slide and be blocked,
b) a loop shaped cable threaded through said stopper so as to obtain:
b1) an upper loop, for connection with a hook, and
b2) a lower loop having:
x) a lower loop beginning, in proximity of said sliding stopper, and having
y) a lower loop end or sliding end at the opposite side;
whereby it is possible to maneuver said loop so as to form a sliding loop by passing said lower loop end around said lower loop beginning under said stopper, said stopper working such as an obstacle which can slide and be pressed against said sliding end and then blocked against the sliding of said end in loosing direction, whereby it is possible to tighten and keep tight said sliding loop around a load.

20. The hook able sliding cable set of claim 19 further comprising at least one obstacle against the coming out of said stopper when maneuvered, said obstacle connected to said upper loop.

21. The hook able sliding cable set of claim 20 wherein said at least one obstacle is a connector, included in said upper loop.

22. The hook able sliding cable set of claim 21 further comprising at least one elongated element connected to said lower loop;

whereby it is possible to keep tight a ski pair avoiding the sliding of said cable set because said elongated element is compressed and blocked between skis and keeps the whole cable set prevented from sliding along skis in their length direction.

23. The hook able sliding cable set of claim 22 wherein said elongated element having a hole in one side, said hole used for the connection to said lower loop of said cable set.

24. A carrying device for the carrying of skis, comprising:

a connecting handle comprising:
a) a central portion having two sides and two ends,
b) at least one groove in each of said sides,
c) at each of said ends having a substantially vertical face having means for retaining said objects,
d) at least two hookable sliding cable sets for the retaining of skis,
characterized in that:
e) said groove is substantially filled by a complementary-shaped element or elongated lateral element or stopper,
f) said stopper is forced in said groove,
g) said stopper has a thickness and a resistance able to keep in place a padding when said padding partially compressed in said groove by said stopper,
h) said means for retaining objects comprise at least one ring-shaped body to be hooked by hooking means connected to a load;
each of said sliding cable sets comprising:
i) a sliding stopper,
l) a loop shaped cable threaded through said stopper so as to obtain an upper loop, for connection with a hook, and a lower loop having a lower loop beginning, in proximity of said sliding stopper, and having a lower loop end or sliding end at the opposite side,
m) at least one obstacle against the coming out of said stopper when maneuvered, said obstacle connected to said upper loop, said obstacle being a connector,
n) at least one elongated element connected to said lower loop;
whereby it is possible transport a ski pair kept tight avoiding the sliding of said cable set because said elongated element is compressed and blocked between skis and because said loop shaped cable is threaded through said hole and therefore prevented from sliding along skis in their length direction.

25. The handle of claim 11 further comprising two hooks, each located under each of said corbels.

Patent History
Publication number: 20040145203
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 10, 2003
Publication Date: Jul 29, 2004
Inventor: Giancarlo Caputi (Napoli)
Application Number: 10470586
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Including Handle Having Article Or Cord Engaging Means Depending At Each End (294/170)
International Classification: A45F005/00;