Kendall Karl Curtis

US Patent:

52361837, Aug 17, 1993

Filed:

Aug 9, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/742868

Inventors:

Kendall K. Curtis - Pueblo CO

International Classification:

B25B 510

US Classification:

269253

Abstract:

A vise for holding an object, such as a snow ski or water ski, in a relatively fixed position includes first, second and third support members mountable on a support surface, a plurality of rods supported in spaced parallel relation by the support members, first and second mounting members carried on the rods and first and second jaws removably mounted on the respective first and second mounting members. One of the rods is a rotatable rods having an external threaded surface. A handle is located at one end of the rotatable rod to facilitate the rotation thereof. Each of the amounting members has a plurality of bores for accommodating the passage of the respective rods therethrough. One of the bores of each mounting member has an internal threaded surface which is complementary with the external threaded surface, such that the mounting members are movable in respective opposite directions along the rods in response to the rotation of the rotatable rod, whereby the jaws mounted on the respective mounting members are selectively engaged with and disengaged from the object. In accordance with the present invention, the mounting members are configured to accommodate a variety of jaws such that the vise is adaptable for holding objects of different sizes and shapes, such as snow skis, water skis and ski footwear.