Method of making a fiberglass dasherboard

• US 6,551,429 B1
• Filed: 07/05/2000
• Issued: 04/22/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mccourt North Construction Company
• Original Assignee: Mccourt North Construction Company
• Inventors: McAlpine, Franklin D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ball, Michael W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WARD, JESSICA LEE
• Application Number:
  US09/609,349
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: 156/157, 156/243, 156/244.12, 156/285, 156/286, 156/324, 472/92, 472/88, 472/89, 256/24, 256/25, 256/73, 428/68, 428/69, 428/71, 428/76, 525/060.1, 527/821, 527/831, 527/841.4, 527/931, 264/241, 264/319, 264/328.1
• US Class Current: 156/157
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 19/06 Apparatus for setting-out or dividing courts
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 3/14 Gymnasiums; Other sporting buildings

Abstract

This invention is directed to a structural laminate for use as a dasher board comprising a first layer of fiberglass, a layer of rigid foam made of polyvinylchloride, a first bonding layer operatively arranged to bond with the first fiberglass layer and the foam layer, a second layer of fiberglass, and a second bonding layer operatively arranged to bond with the second fiberglass layer and the foam layer. The invention is also directed to a method of making the structural laminate, comprising the steps of bonding a first layer of fiberglass to a foam layer; bonding a second layer of fiberglass to the foam layer; and sealing the bonded layers of fiberglass and foam. The invention is further directed to a dasher board system for use in enclosing an athletic playing field comprising a flat playing surface resting on dirt; the playing surface comprising a layer of asphalt on top of a layer of rock; a plurality of dasher boards; plurality of spaced apart horizontal short and long posts, the posts operatively connected to the dasher boards so as to support the dasher boards, the short posts alternating with the long posts, a plurality of spaced apart footers flush with and extending down from the asphalt layer through the rock layer into the dirt; the posts fixedly anchored to the footers; a plurality of brackets; the brackets fixedly connecting the dasher boards so that the connected dasher boards are vertically upright.

Claims

1. A method of making a hockey dasherboard, comprising:

bonding a first layer of fiberglass to a foam layer;

bonding a second layer of fiberglass to the foam layer;

sealing the bonded first and second layers of fiberglass and foam.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

applying a gel coat to the first layer of fiberglass; and

,

applying a gel coat to the second layer of fiberglass.

2. A method of making a hockey dasherboard, comprising:

bonding a first layer of fiberglass to a foam layer;

bonding a second layer of fiberglass to the foam layer;

vacuum sealing the bonded first and second layers of fiberglass and foam.

4. The method according to claim 2 further comprising:

applying a gel coat to the first layer of fiberglass; and

,

applying a gel coat to the second layer of fiberglass.