Board pocket

Abstract

A board pocket or flap shaped device to store objects on a flat rigid or semi-rigid surface for convenient retrieval. The board pocket may be used during a board sport and attached to a board such as a surfboard, paddle-board, kite-surfing board, wake-board, or wind-surfing board. The pocket may also be used for boards used in land and air sports such as skateboards and sky-surf boards. The board pocket employs a thermo-elastic polymer to grip, by friction, the objects to be stored therein. Any objects, for example, surfwax or car keys may be stored and retrieved from the board through a slit or opening in the pocket. The pocket is attached to the board by an adhesive or fastener.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A board pocket comprising: a flexible material having at least one wall and an outer edge wherein at least a majority of the outer edge of the material is attached to a rigid or semi-rigid surface thereby forming a pouch, the pouch having an interior, wherein an opening is defined within the pouch that allows objects to be placed within the interior of the pouch. 
     
     
         2 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein a minority of the outer edge is not attached to the rigid or semi-rigid surface and the minority of the outer edge that is not attached to the rigid or semi-rigid surface defines the opening of the pouch. 
     
     
         3 . The board pocket of  claim 1  further comprises wherein the entirety of the outer edge is attached to the rigid or semi-rigid surface and the opening is defined within the at least one wall. 
     
     
         4 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein the wall of the flexible material is flat. 
     
     
         5 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein the wall of the flexible material forms a hemi-spherical or raised pouch. 
     
     
         6 . The board pocket of  claim 1  further comprising a drain hole defined within the at least one wall, wherein, the drain hole communicates with the interior of the pouch. 
     
     
         7 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein the flexible material is composed of natural rubber. 
     
     
         8 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein the flexible material is composed of a thermoplastic polymer. 
     
     
         9 . The board pocket of  claim 8  wherein the thermoplastic polymer has a Durometer hardness rating of Shore 00 from about 0 to about 100. 
     
     
         10 . The board pocket of  claim 8  wherein the thermoplastic polymer has a Durometer hardness rating of Shore A from about 0 to 80. 
     
     
         11 . The board pocket of  claim 8  wherein the thermoplastic polymer has a Durometer hardness rating of Shore D from about 0 to about 30. 
     
     
         12 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein the majority of the outer edge has a flattened section that can be mated to the rigid or semi-rigid surface. 
     
     
         13 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein the flexible material is attached by an adhesive material. 
     
     
         14 . The board pocket of  claim 13  wherein the adhesive material is double sided and wherein one side of the adhesive adheres to the flexible material and another side is capable of being attached to the rigid or semi-rigid surface. 
     
     
         15 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein the opening further comprises a fastener in order to close the opening. 
     
     
         16 . The board pocket of  claim 1  wherein the flexible material is of any shape that allows objects of interest to be placed within the pouch. 
     
     
         17 . The board pocket of  claim 11  wherein the shape of the flexible material is square, rectangular, rhomboid, circular, semi-circular, or oval. 
     
     
         18 . A board pocket comprising: a flexible material, wherein the flexible material has an inner wall and an outer wall that are joined at an outer edge and define a pouch, having an interior, and wherein an opening is defined within the outer wall that allows access to the interior of the pouch.