RETRACTABLE SPORT SCREEN

• US 20180126245A1
• Filed: 11/07/2017
• Published: 05/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The SportScreen, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: The SportScreen, Ltd.
• Inventors: LENNON, Russell Patrick, SHAVER, Mark Albert
• Granted Patent: US 10,589,164 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2063/006 Forming a target or goal by fixing net or target area to garage doorway or garage parts
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/00 Characteristics of used materials
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2209/10 with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2210/56 electrically folded and erected
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/004 Goals of the type used for football, handball, hockey or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0026 for ice-hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/022 Backstops, cages, enclosures or the like, e.g. for spectator protection, for arresting balls

Abstract

A retractable sport screen is described. The sport screen includes a head roll mountable to a structure and a screen couplable to the head roll tube being movable between a first position and a second position. The screen is rolled up around the head roll tube when in the first position and extended towards a ground when in the second position. The screen further includes a middle bar received in a first pocket of the screen and spaced from the head roll when the screen is in the second position, a bottom bar received in a second pocket of the screen and spaced from the middle bar in a direction away from the head roll when the screen is in the second position, the bottom bar being weighted to provide tension to the screen to inhibit a launched projectile striking the screen from contacting the structure when the screen is in the second position, and a mounting assembly for mounting the head roll to the structure.

Claims

1. A retractable sport screen comprising:

a) a head roll mountable to a structure;

b) a screen couplable to the head roll being movable between a first position and a second position, the screen being rolled up around the head roll when in the first position and extended towards a ground when in the second position;

c) a middle bar received in a first pocket of the screen and spaced from the head roll when the screen is in the second position;

d) a bottom bar received in a second pocket of the screen and spaced from the middle bar in a direction away from the head roll when the screen is in the second position, the bottom bar being weighted to provide tension to the screen to inhibit a launched projectile striking the screen from contacting the structure when the screen is in the second position; and

e) a mounting assembly for mounting the head roll to the structure.

2. The sport screen of claim 1, wherein the head roll comprises a head roll tube and an axle extending from each end of the head roll.

3. The sport screen of claim 1, wherein the mounting assembly comprises a mounting bracket mountable to the structure and a drop-in bracket securable to the mounting bracket, the drop-in bracket having a receiver for receiving the axle.

4. The sport screen of claim 3, wherein the drop-in bracket is secured to the mounting bracket by fasteners, each fastener extending through one of a plurality of securing holes of the drop-in bracket and a corresponding one of a plurality of fitment holes of the mounting bracket.

5. The sport screen of claim 4, wherein the plurality of fitment holes of the mounting bracket are radially aligned with and radially spaced from a central point of the mounting bracket, the central point defined by an axis of the axles.

6. The sport screen of claim 3, wherein one of the axles extends from a first side of the head roll and comprises an annular retaining groove that engages the receiver of the drop-in bracket for the drop-in bracket to receive the axle.

7. The sport screen of claim 1 wherein the mounting assembly comprises a gear box for rotating the head roll and moving the screen between the first and second positions.

8. The sport screen of claim 7, wherein the mounting assembly further comprises a side bracket and a gear box drive, the gear box being positioned between the side bracket and the gearbox drive, the gear box drive engagable with one of the axles extending from a second side of the head roll.

9. The sport screen of claim 1, wherein the middle bar comprises two components telescopically engaged with a middle bar joiner.

10. The sport screen of claim 1, wherein the bottom bar comprises two components telescopically engaged with a bottom bar joiner.