Dasher boards

• US 7,914,385 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2007
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Athletica Sport Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sport Systems Unlimited Corporation
• Inventors: Irving, Bruce, Palumbo, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Kien T
• Application Number:
  US11/946,156
• Publication Number:
  US 20090137329A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,217 Days
• Field of Search: 472 92- 94, 256 24- 26, 428/430, 428/431
• US Class Current: 472/92
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2019/085 Fences; Nets; Barriers

Abstract

Dasher board assemblies and methods for making the same. An example dasher board assembly may include a dasher board frame. A facing panel may be coupled to the frame. An adhesive member may be disposed between the frame and the facing panel. The adhesive member may attach the facing panel to the frame.

Claims

1. A seamless dasher board assembly, comprising:

a dasher board frame of vertical posts and horizontal stringers;

a facing panel made of a thermoplastic elastomer polyolefin coupled to the frame; and

a fastener consisting essentially of an adhesive double-sided tape disposed between the posts and the stringers of the frame and the facing panel that attaches the facing panel to the frame and is free of other fasteners.

2. The dasher board assembly of claim 1, wherein the adhesive double-sided tape includes an acrylic foam substrate.

3. The dasher boar assembly of claim 1, wherein the adhesive tape includes an acrylic adhesive.

4. The dasher board assembly of claim 1, wherein the facing panel includes a first portion and a second portion, and wherein the first portion is an acrylic foam.

5. The dasher board assembly of claim 4, wherein the second portion is an acrylic foam.

6. The dasher board assembly of claim 4, wherein the second portion is substantially solid.

7. The dasher board assembly of claim 6, wherein the first portion and the second portion are a coextruded sheet.

8. The dasher board assembly of claim 1, further comprising a shielding member disposed on a top surface of the frame.

9. A seamless dasher board assembly, comprising:

a dasher board frame of vertical posts and horizontal stringers;

a facing panel made of a thermoplastic elastomer polyolefin coupled to the frame,

wherein the facing panel includes a solid portion and a foam portion; and

an acrylic adhesive double-sided tape disposed between the posts and the stringers of the frame and the facing panel that attaches the facing panel to the frame and is free of other fasteners.

10. The dasher board assembly of claim 9, further comprising a shielding member disposed on a top surface of the frame.