| 摘要 |
The present invention is directed at securing a sportsboard apparatus from theft and discloses a simple, multiple element apparatus which engages elements of a standard sportsboard and further provides for a method by which the sportsboard may be secured to a stationary article avoiding theft. The apparatus operates simply with few moving parts and fits standard sportsboard designs. A cross bar is intimate to the sportsboard's body and located within a cylindrical cup which is recessed below the sportsboard's outer surface, the cross bar being securely fixed to the board's core structure. The apparatus incorporates a hooked element which surrounds the crossbar and a pin element which encloses the cross bar within a space formed between pin and hook element's engagement end. While the hook and pin elements enclose the cross bar below the sportsboard's outer surface, the apparatus's elements positioned above the sportsboard's outer surface insure firm, secure engagement between apparatus and sportsboard. Importantly, the apparatus elements above the outer surface of the sportsboard are free to rotate or spin independent of the hook element and about the pin element's axis without affecting the engagement between apparatus and sportsboard. The apparatus engaged sportsboard may be secured to a stationary article to prevent the sportsboard's unauthorized movement utilizing padlock and security cable elements.
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