Portable, compactible armed competition arena and apparatus
First Claim
1. A compactible, portable, indoor/outdoor arena assembly for armed competition, the assembly comprising subassemblies which are manually disassembled from each other at one site for stacking and transportation to another site and facilely, manually assembled for use at the other site, said arena, comprising:
- exterior wall subassemblies for the arena;
interior wall subassemblies for the arena;
visual openings within at least selected ones of the interior wall means of the arena;
the visual openings comprising means for providing competitive participant travel and projectile routes through selected interior wall subassemblies within the arena;
removable connector means for selectively interconnecting at least some of the exterior wall subassemblies to other exterior wall subassemblies, at least some of the exterior wall subassemblies to predetermined interior wall subassemblies and at least some of the interior wall subassemblies to selected other interior wall assemblies;
bracing means for bracing at least some of the exterior and interior wall subassemblies to withstand loads expected to be imposed thereon.
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Abstract
A portable self-supporting, compactible armed competition arena and associated apparatus which is readily manually dismantled after use at one site, stacked and transported, and manually assembled for use at another site. The arena comprises a floor covering comprising markings which layout a plan for the arena and upon which the arena is assembled. The markings comprise indicia which alpha-numerically or otherwise identify wall and other arena construction parts to be assembled at the marked locations. Wall parts and other arena parts identified by the floor covering markings likewise bear tags comprising identifiers which correlate with the markings such that each identified part has a predefined unique location on the floor covering and in the arena structure. Each vertical edge of each wall part which is manually assembled, is releasibly affixed to another part by a joint which is light tight. In some cases, hinges are used to connect two adjacent wall parts for easier assembly. The hinged connectors are also light tight. The arena is alternately used in-doors and out-of-doors. When totally assembled, the arena comprises a unitized structure which withstands wind and body loads. When used out-of-doors, tie-downs provide additional stability against wind load. Garb for participants includes headgear, coveralls, gloves, and boots. Headgear comprises a mask having full face, ear, temple and throat area protection for use with and without eye glasses.
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52 Claims
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1. A compactible, portable, indoor/outdoor arena assembly for armed competition, the assembly comprising subassemblies which are manually disassembled from each other at one site for stacking and transportation to another site and facilely, manually assembled for use at the other site, said arena, comprising:
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exterior wall subassemblies for the arena; interior wall subassemblies for the arena; visual openings within at least selected ones of the interior wall means of the arena; the visual openings comprising means for providing competitive participant travel and projectile routes through selected interior wall subassemblies within the arena; removable connector means for selectively interconnecting at least some of the exterior wall subassemblies to other exterior wall subassemblies, at least some of the exterior wall subassemblies to predetermined interior wall subassemblies and at least some of the interior wall subassemblies to selected other interior wall assemblies; bracing means for bracing at least some of the exterior and interior wall subassemblies to withstand loads expected to be imposed thereon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for armed competition comprising:
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a compactible, portable, indoor/outdoor arena, components of which are manually disassembled from each other for stacking and transportation to another site and facilely, manually assembled to each other into the arena for use at the other site, said arena comprising; means defining exterior walls for the arena; means defining interior walls for the arena to simulate rooms; means defining visual pathways across interior walls within the arena; the means defining visual pathways comprising means providing for travel by a competitive participant within and between simulated rooms within the arena; stabilizing means spanning across at least some of the visual pathways to strengthen the same; means for structurally bracing between exterior and interior walls; protective clothing means for covering a competitive participant whereby the competitive participant remains mobile but safely protected from injury caused by a projectile used in the competition. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of erecting and using an arena for simulated armed combat comprising the steps of:
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erecting an exterior wall in vertically directed orientation to define a perimeter of the arena having at least one opening for ingress and egress of a combatant; erecting interior walls in vertically directed orientation to define a plurality of simulated rooms comprising openings between a maze of simulated rooms and barrier regions which obstruct lines of sight between adjacent simulated rooms; joining the interior and exterior walls together with structural connectors into a stable, unified maze assembly; causing at least two combatants to enter the interior of the maze arena and to engage in simulated combat on a room-to-room basis within the maze arena. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of removably erecting and using an arena for simulated armed combat comprising the steps of:
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removably erecting exterior wall panels in vertically directed orientation to define a perimeter of the arena having at least one opening for ingress and egress of a combatant; removably erecting interior wall panels in vertically directed orientation to define a plurality of simulated rooms comprising openings between a maze of simulated rooms and barrier regions which obstruct lines of sight between adjacent simulated rooms; joining the interior and exterior walls together with removable structural connectors into a stable, unified maze assembly; causing at least two combatants to enter the interior of the maze arena and to engage in simulated combat on a room-to-room basis within the maze arena. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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51. A maze arena assembly for simulated armed combat comprising:
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an erect exterior wall disposed in vertically directed orientation defining the perimeter of the maze arena, the exterior wall comprising at least one opening for ingress and egress of combatants; erect interior walls disposed in a vertically directed orientation defining a maze of simulated rooms comprising openings between simulated rooms and barrier regions which obstruct lines of sight between adjacent simulated rooms; structural connectors spanning between the exterior and the interior walls holding said walls in stable, unified relation.
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52. A maze arena assembly for simulated armed combat comprising:
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an erect exterior wall panels removably disposed end-to-end in vertically directed orientation defining the perimeter of the maze arena, at least one of the exterior wall panels defining at least one opening for ingress and egress of combatants; erect interior wall panels removably disposed in a vertically directed orientation defining a maze of simulated rooms comprising opening between simulated rooms and barrier regions which obstruct lines of sight between adjacent simulated rooms; removable structural connectors spanning between the exterior and the interior wall panels holding said wall panels in stable, unified, erect, disassemble relation.
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