DEVICE FOR FASTENING SKIS TO A BICYCLE TRAILER

Abstract

The invention relates to an device for attaching a ski to a bicycle trailer, which device is characterised by: a ski-side connector piece, in the form of a ski boot sole, comprising a front and a rear insertion part for insertion into the front and rear jaws of a standard safety binding for alpine skis; means for attaching the device to the bicycle trailer; and a leg section that fixedly connects the connection piece to the attachment means.

Claims

1. A device for mounting a ski on a bicycle trailer, comprising: a ski-side connecting piece with a front and a back insertion part configured for insertion into the front and the back jaws of a standardised safety binding for downhill skis, and a trailer-side connecting piece coupled to the ski-side connecting piece by a leg section.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the trailer-side connecting piece has a kingpin, which is configured for being received in an axle slot of a bicycle trailer.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the kingpin has a quick lock for locking the kingpin in the axle slot, which can be triggered by pressing a pushbutton on the outer end face of the kingpin.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the ski-side connecting piece has a non-slip contact area, which counteracts a lateral swiveling of the front insertion part out of the safety binding.

5. The device according to claim 1 wherein the leg section coupling the ski-side connecting piece to the trailer-side connecting device is at a substantially right angle relative to the contact area of the ski-side connecting piece.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the leg section and the trailer-side connecting piece comprise one or more of a metallic material, a glass fiber material, a carbon fiber.

7. A system a first device comprising a ski-side connecting piece with a front and a back insertion part configured for insertion into the front and the back jaws of a standardized safety binding for downhill skis, and a trailer-side connecting piece coupled to the ski-side connecting piece by a leg section; a second device comprising a ski-side connecting piece with a front and a back insertion part configured for insertion into the front and the back jaws of a standardized safety binding for downhill skis, and a trailer-side connecting piece coupled to the ski-side connecting piece by a leg section; and a cross brace for connecting and stabilizing the leg sections of the first device and the second device.

8. A bicycle trailer comprising: a first device comprising a ski-side connecting piece with a front and a back insertion part configured for insertion into the front and the back jaws of a standardized safety binding for downhill skis, and a trailer-side connecting piece coupled to the ski-side connecting piece by a leg section; a second device comprising a ski-side connecting piece with a front and a back insertion part configured for insertion into the front and the back jaws of a standardized safety binding for downhill skis, and a trailer-side connecting piece coupled to the ski-side connecting piece by a leg section; and a pair of skis mounted thereon.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein for each of the first device and the second device, the trailer-side connecting piece has a kingpin which is configured for being received in an axle slot of a bicycle trailer.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the kingpin has a quick lock for locking the kingpin in the axle slot, which can be triggered by pressing a pushbutton on the outer end face of the kingpin.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein for each of the first device and the second device, the ski-side connecting piece has a non-slip contact area, which counteracts a lateral swivelling of the front insertion part out of the safety binding.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein for each of the first device and the second device, the leg section coupling the ski-side connecting piece to the trailer-side connecting device is at a substantially right angle relative to the contact area of the ski-side connecting piece.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein for each of the first device and the second device, the leg section and the trailer-side connecting piece comprise one or more of a metallic material, a glass fiber material, a carbon fiber.

14. The bicycle trailer according to claim 8, wherein for each of the first device and the second device, the trailer-side connecting piece has a kingpin which is configured for being received in an axle slot of a bicycle trailer.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein the kingpin has a quick lock for locking the kingpin in the axle slot, which can be triggered by pressing a pushbutton on the outer end face of the kingpin.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein for each of the first device and the second device, the ski-side connecting piece has a non-slip contact area, which counteracts a lateral swivelling of the front insertion part out of the safety binding.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein for each of the first device and the second device, the leg section coupling the ski-side connecting piece to the trailer-side connecting device is at a substantially right angle relative to the contact area of the ski-side connecting piece.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein for each of the first device and the second device, the leg section and the trailer-side connecting piece comprise one or more of a metallic material, a glass fiber material, a carbon fiber.

Description

[0019] The invention is explained in detail below by means of figures, which show a simple embodiment of the device according to the present invention, in which

[0020] FIG. 1 shows a side view of the device according to the present invention;

[0021] FIG. 2 shows a top view of the device according to the present invention depicted in FIG. 1; and

[0022] FIG. 3 shows a rear view of the device depicted in FIG. 1.

[0023] The device depicted in FIGS. 1 to 3 has a ski-side connecting piece 1, a kingpin 2 as means for mounting the device on the bicycle trailer and a leg section 3 connecting the connecting piece 1 and the kingpin 2.

[0024] The ski-side connecting piece is designed in the manner of a ski boot sole and consists of a plate with substantially rectangular cross section having a front insertion part 4 and a back insertion part 5, with which the ski-side connecting part can be inserted into a standardised safety binding for downhill skis. The insertion parts in each case have a lower base 6, 7 and a shoulder 8, 9 set thereon, which interact with the front and back part of a safety binding and with which the connecting piece can be securely held on the ski by the safety binding.

[0025] The kingpin 2 is designed as a pushbutton axle and has retaining balls 11, 12 on its free end to be inserted into the axle slot of a bicycle trailer, with which retaining balls the kingpin 2 can be locked in the axle slot. To release the retaining balls 11, 12 a dust cap 13 is provided, with the activation of which the retaining balls can be moved radially inward.

[0026] The leg section is perpendicular to the contact area of the ski-side connecting piece 1 and is connected on its lower side via a connecting flange 14 with the ski-side connecting piece. The leg section can be formed in particular from a square hollow profile or from a square solid profile.

[0027] The axle journal 2, which runs perpendicular to the leg section 3 and transversely to the longitudinal axis of the ski-side connecting piece 1, connects to its upper side. The leg section 3 and the kingpin 2 can, for example, both be produced from steel and be welded to each other.