MONOLITHIC DASHER-BOARD FOR SKATING RINKS

• US 3,883,120 A
• Filed: 06/18/1973
• Issued: 05/13/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Joseph R. Tippmann
• Original Assignee: Joseph R. Tippmann
• Inventors: Tippmann, Joseph R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor, Dennis L.
• Application Number:
  US05/370,828
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 256/24,25,26,27,73 272/3 52/588,618,615,629,630,309,496
• US Class Current: 256/24
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 19/10 Ice-skating or roller-skating rinks; Slopes or trails for skiing, ski-jumping or tobogganing chutes A63G21/00; ski-lifts B61B11/00; making or maintaining surfaces of snow or ice suitable for traffic or sporting purposes E01H4/00; removing snow or ice E01H5/00; production of ice or snow F25C3/00

Abstract

A dasher-board for skating rinks made entirely of fiberglass and having a smooth front portion with an integrally formed boarder and a plurality of bolsters to provide rigidity. One of the vertical portions of the boarder has a tongue and the other a groove for mating with adjacent boards. The lower section of the front portion is reinforced with extra fiberglass to enable it to withstand the force of hockey pucks, skates and the like.

Claims

1. IN A DASHER-BOARD FOR SKATING RINKS COMPRISING:

A. A UNITARU PANEL MEMBER OF POLYESTER RESINOUS MATERIAL HAVING FIBERGLASS INCORPORATED THEREIN AND FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT FRONT PORTION, SAID FRONT PORTION HAVING AN UPPER AND LOWER MARGINAL EDGE PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND A FIRST AND SECOND MARGINAL EDGE PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROMSAID FRONT PORTION ADJACENT SAID UPPER AND LOWER EDGE PORTIONS TO FORM A CONTINUOUS AND HOMOGENEOUS REINFORCING FLANGE AROUND SAID FRONT PORTION, B. ADDITIONAL MEANS ADJACENT SAID LOWER MARGINAL EDGE PORTION TO ABSORB THE IMPACT OF HOCKEY PUCKS AND THE LIKE SAID ADDITIONAL MEANS BEING INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH SAID FRONT PORTION AND MADE OF SAID AFOREMENTIONED MATERIAL AND C. CHANNEL MEANS CARRIED ON SAID PANEL MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING A SPECTATOR SHIELD.

2. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 1 further comprising:

a. spaced rigid tubular bolsters of the same material as aforesaid formed in said front portion and extending between said upper and lower marginal edge portions, and b. a tongue portion formed in said first marginal edge portion and a groove portion formed in said second marginal edge portion.

3. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 2 further comprising gussets of said aforementioned material integrally formed with said bolsters and said marginal edge portion.

4. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 2 wherein the groove in said first marginal edge portion and the tongue in saiD second marginal edge portion are tapered for easy assemblage with and removal from adjacent dasher-boards.

5. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 1 wherein said panel member has door means of said aforementioned material, said door means having hinge means supporting said door means for movement relative to said panel member and latch means for preventing said relative movement.

6. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 1 further comprising bracket means secured to said upper and lower marginal edge portions for maintaining said dasher-board in a vertical upright position.

7. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 6 wherein said bracket means is secured to said upper marginal edge portion by means of a U-shaped member secured to said bracket means, said U-shaped member having adjustable means for holding said bracket means in frictional engagement with said panel member and said upper marginal edge portion forming said recess.

8. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 5 wherein both said hinge means is secured to said door means and said panel member and said latch means is secured to said door means by said aforementioned material.

9. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 8 wherein said hinge means comprises first and second spaced apart axially aligned tubular members secured to said door means, a third tubular member located between and axially aligned with said first and second tubular members and secured to said panel member, and pin means through said first, second and third tubular members.

10. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 1 wherein a groove portion is formed on said first and second marginal edge portions.

11. In a dasher-board for skating rinks comprising:

a. a unitary panel member of polyester resinous material having fiberglass incorporated therein and forming a substantially flat front portion, said front portion having an upper and lower marginal edge portion extending outwardly therefrom and a first and second marginal edge portion extending outwardly from said front portion adjacent said upper and lower edge portions to form a continuous and homogeneous reinforcing flange around said front portion, and b. means formed on said first and second marginal edge portions for joining said first and second marginal edge portions to a marginal edge portion of another dasher-board, c. additional means adjacent said lower marginal edge portion to absorb the impact of hockey pucks and the like, said additional means being integrally formed with said front portion and made of said aforementioned material, and d. spaced apart rigid bolsters of the same material as aforesaid extending between said upper and lower marginal edge portions, said bolsters being integrally formed with said front portion and said additional means.

12. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 10 further comprising:

a. tubular support means insertable in said groove portions for supporting said panel member in a vertical upright position, b. spectator shield means located in an upright position adjacent said upper marginal edge portion, and c. channel means positionable in said tubular support means for maintaining said spectator shield means in said upright position.

13. The dasher-board as set forth in claim 12 wherein said channel means is H-shaped in cross section.

14. A dasher board for skating rinks comprising:

a. a plurality of interconnected panel members, each of said panel members being made of polyester resinous material with fiberglass incorporated therein and having a substantially flat front portion, said front portion having an upper and lower marginal edge portion extending outwardly therefrom and a first and second marginal edge portion extending outwardly from said front portion adjacent said upper and lower edge portions to form a reinforcing flange around said front portion, groove means formed on at least one of said first and second marginal edge portions and additional means Adjacent said lower marginal edge portion to absorb the impact of hockey pucks and the like, said additional means being integrally formed with said front portion and made of said aforementioned material, b. means carried by said groove means for supporting a spectator shield adjacent said upper marginal edge portion, and c. means for securing said first and second marginal edge portions of adjacent panel members together to form said dasher board.

15. A dasher board as set forth in claim 14 wherein each of said panel members has a groove formed on said first and second marginal edge portions and said support means for said spectator shield comprises tubular means positioned in said groove means of adjacent panel members. said tubular means further having channel means therein for maintaining said spectator shield in a vertical upright position adjacent said upper marginal edge portion.

16. A dasher board as set forth in claim 14 wherein each of said panel members has a groove formed on said first marginal edge portion and a tongue formed on said second marginal edge portion, and said support means comprises a flange positioned in said groove, said flange having a channel means connected thereto for maintaining said spectator shield in a vertical position adjacent said upper marginal edge portion.