CN104884136A - Portable device for game of skill - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a portable device (10) for a game of skill that consists in passing an object through a target, comprising: - a board (12) having a front face (18) and a rear face (20); - a target (14) having a through-hole (28) defining an axis (A) and through which the object can pass, said target being fixed to the board by a hinge (38) such that the portable device can either take up a folded position, in which the target is flapped against the front face (18) of the board, or a deployed position, in which the target extends transversely with respect to the board; - fixing means (16) that are designed to allow the portable device to be fixed to a mounting. The invention is characterized in that at least one of the elements selected from the board (12) and the target (14) is formed by a layer of hard plastics material being joined to a layer of foam.

Description

For the portable equipment of craftsmenship game

Technical field

The invention provides a kind of portable equipment for craftsmenship game (game of skill).Embody rule of the present invention is to play basketball or comprise article such as making such as ball through the open air of object or other any sports of indoor.

Background technology

Play basketball and need particular device, particularly carry the backboard of basketry, the vertical rack that backboard is installed in such as column or wall is positioned in, several meters, more than ground, this can make the chance of carrying out playing complicated or be even restricted.

It is also known that move basketball backboards, it is suitable for being mounted to various support, can play in all cases.

In document US5813929, particularly describe a kind of mobile basketball backboards like this, the document discloses for relating to the portable equipment making article pass the craftsmenship game of object, this equipment comprises: the plate with front surface and rear surface; Object, comprise the pass through openings limiting axis, article can pass this pass through openings, object is fastened to plate by articulated elements, making portable equipment can either be folded state, can be also deployed condition, under described folded state, object is folded against the front surface of plate, under described deployed condition, object is laterally extending relative to plate, in addition, portable equipment comprises fastened tools, and this fastened tools is constructed such that portable equipment can be secured to support.

The portable set Problems existing of the type is that overall dimension when making it be in folded state of its structure and its size and weight thereof are quite large, thus largely reducing its portability.In addition, due to user's possibility impingement plate or object during play stage, so the rigidity of its all parts (need this rigidity to keep object in a stable manner, also contribute to ball and rebound onboard) makes user there is injured risk when contact arrangement simultaneously.In addition, fastened tools is constructed such that equipment can be secured to the support of limited quantity, further reduces the chance using this equipment thus.

Summary of the invention

Among other aspects, the present invention attempts to deal with above-mentioned various problem by proposing a kind of portable equipment for carrying out craftsmenship game, this equipment can have and be convenient to transport and the weight of charging appliance and compactedness rapidly and on the support being fixedly mounted in any type, and does not weaken the game quality desired by user.In addition, this equipment must have the strength characteristic being suitable for limiting degeneration risk intrinsic when it is used.

This object obtains like this, and namely the invention provides a kind of portable equipment, at least one being wherein selected from the element of plate and object is by hard material layer and froth bed are fitted together and formed.

Hard material is preferably plastic material.

Therefore, due to the existence of froth bed, equipment is light especially, thus makes it be easy to transport.In addition, any risk that may sustain an injury when the existence of froth bed is for limiting user's contact arrangement.In addition, the existence of the hard material layer of such as plastic material guarantees that equipment can be fastened to support in a stable manner, and guarantees that the front surface of the article of such as ball to plate suitably bounces, and also guarantees the constant shape of the pass through openings in object.Therefore it should be understood that froth bed and hard material layer can provide a kind of lightweight and not weakened portable equipment of game quality.

In addition, by combining the hard material of such as plastic material and froth bed and forming portable equipment, articulated elements object being fastened to plate can be made to have elasticity.Especially, tractive force can be applied to object, make object form the angle much larger than 90 ° relative to plate and there is not the risk destroying articulated elements; In addition, once traction stops, the existence of froth bed can make object flexibly get back to its deployed condition.

Describe the present invention in detail with one group of embodiment variant scheme below, this group embodiment variant scheme can be considered separately, or is considered in conjunction with the flexible program of one or more previous embodiment.

Advantageously, object also comprises brake tool, and this brake tool is configured to when article are through braking article during pass through openings.

When brake tool can make to be dished out with the article of obviously at a high speed advancing due to rebound onboard and pass object and can not towards near user or portable equipment other people or return intensely away from the space belonging to game.

Advantageously, object comprises inflatable element.

By this setting, the light weight of the light weight of object and thus portable equipment is modified further, makes equipment be easy to transport.

Preferably, inflatable element can be inflated.Therefore, in a folded configuration, equipment occupies the confined space.

Advantageously, object has the froth bed of basal surface and top surface by assembling and is secured to the hard material layer of basal surface and forms.

Be present in hard material layer on the basal surface of froth bed for maintaining the shape and size of the pass through openings be formed in object.In addition, in a folded configuration, the device oriented outside of basal surface of object, thus give significant intensity to equipment, so that equipment can be without prejudice by packing up (such as, owing to being placed under other article).

Advantageously, the froth bed fitted together and hard plastics layer form ring.

By this shape, ring does not exist may injure user, the front surface that damages plate in a folded configuration or the sharpened edge making the article of any type more can be difficult to through object when in the expanded state.In addition, pass through openings is round-shaped, preferably suitable for playing basketball.

Preferably, ring has layout top in the planes and bottom, and this plane orthogonal is in the axis of pass through openings, and top and bottom are made up of froth bed and hard material layer respectively.

By this feature, when user catches object to make ball pass pass through openings, namely when carrying out dunk shot, user and the top contact be made up of foam, thus there is not injured risk.In addition, in a folded configuration, the top be made up of foam against the front surface of plate, with avoid damage plate or scratch its surface.

Advantageously, brake tool comprises and to stretch out from the periphery of ring and partly to cover the multiple flexible trap of pass through openings.

By being arranged to cross pass through openings, by means of the frictional force applied by flexible trap, flexible trap is used for slowing down article through object, and this flexible trap is used for braking article before article pass completely through pass through openings, thus these article are regained by user.

Advantageously, flexible trap is relative to the axis limited by pass through openings laterally (preferably vertically) extension.Therefore, in a folded configuration, the compactedness of equipment can not weaken because of the existence of flexible trap.

Preferably, the material making flexible trap is identical with the material of the froth bed forming ring.

Preferably, object and brake tool form single parts.

By this structure, there is not the risk of injury user in flexible trap; In addition, the flexibility of trap is modified, because can the risk of deflection when there is not the flexible trap of article contacts, this can weaken and carry out the quality of playing with portable equipment.In addition, there is not the risk of separating with object in flexible trap.

Advantageously, flexible trap comprises multiple through hole.An advantage makes them more pliable and tougher.

Advantageously, plate is by fitting together froth bed and hard material layer and form.

Preferably, front surface is made up of hard material layer, and rear surface is made up of froth bed.

By this setting, rear surface can the roughness of the closely adaptive support be fastened thereon for portable equipment, thus restriction may weaken the instable risk of carrying out craftsmenship game.In addition, the existence of the hard material layer on front surface makes the article by throwing out rebound onboard with calculable behavior, thus can not weaken game quality.

Advantageously, plate is by fitting together the froth bed be arranged between two-layer hard material and forming.

Because the existence of froth bed, so this equipment is lightweight, therefore rodability is enhanced.In addition, the existence of the hard material layer on rear surface make equipment when positioned in the folded position (such as when transported or pack up time) can avoid damaged.

Advantageously, foam extends in the periphery of plate.

Advantageously, periphery protrudes shape.

Arranged by these, user is unhurt risk when contact arrangement; In addition, when equipment in use, the support that equipment is secured to does not have impaired risk.

Advantageously, plate comprises and runs through slit, and fastened tools comprises the tie be arranged in slit.

The existence of slit enables fastened tools be tightly fitted into equipment, to enable equipment be secured to the support of any type in stable and firm mode.

Advantageously, hard material is plastic material.

Preferably, plastic material is polyvinyl chloride (PVC).

Advantageously, foam is made up of polyethylene.

Advantageously, foam is polyurethane foam or ethyl vinyl copolymer (EVA) type foam.

Therefore, by conjunction with hard material layer and froth bed, ensure that all parts of equipment is hard, lightweight and pliable and tough, comply with cost, speed simultaneously and be convenient to the needs that manufacture.

Preferably, when portable equipment is in deployed condition, the top surface of object and the top surface foam coverage of articulated elements.

By this setting, there is not the risk of any injury user in the top surface of articulated elements and the top surface of object.

Advantageously, the size of plate and object makes the object when portable equipment is in its folded state be positioned within plate.

Preferably, the span of plate equals the diameter of object substantially, and the object when portable equipment is in folded state is positioned within plate.

By this setting, equipment overall size is in a folded configuration limited; In addition, the brake tool of containment objective thing in this way, and any risk blocked is there is not when equipment is transported.

Advantageously, fastened tools is configured to the maintenance object when portable equipment is in folded state and folds the inner surface downwardly against plate.

In this way, such as, when equipment is loaded or transport, fastened tools enables equipment remain on folded state.

Preferably, hard plastics layer and froth bed are assembled together by hot pressing.

Therefore the use of hot-press method makes hard material layer and froth bed by firmly and promptly tighten together.

Advantageously, when being fitted together by the layer of the object be made up of hard material and foam by hot pressing, flexible trap is formed.

By this feature, the production of equipment is simplified and can be completed quickly.In addition, therefore flexible trap is firmly fastened to object, and when carrying out craftsmenship game without any the risk of separating from object.

Advantageously, the hard material layer and the froth bed that form plate and object are respectively identical.

Therefore, manufacturing cost and time can be significantly reduced.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Read to provide as non-limiting example and following descriptions with reference to the preferred embodiment of following accompanying drawing time, other features and advantages of the present invention general is more clear and manifest more completely, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the embodiment of portable equipment of the present invention, and this portable equipment is in deployed condition;

Fig. 2 is the schematic side elevation seen along the cross section of the portable equipment of Fig. 1; And

Fig. 3 is the exemplary plot of portable equipment of the present invention, and this portable equipment is in folded state.

Detailed description of the invention

In the example depicted in fig. 1, portable equipment 10 of the present invention comprises plate 12, object 14 and fastened tools 16.

Exemplarily and in a non-limiting manner, plate 12 is hexagonal shape, there is front surface 18 and rear surface 20; Term " front " is used to the surface 18 of plate 12, and to refer to the surface of the plate towards user, when equipment 10 is in deployed condition, this surface is thrown out with article such as the such as balls through object 14 in order to receive; Term " afterwards " is for the surface 20 contrary with front surface 18.

Special plate 12 also has periphery 22 as shown in Figure 1, and this periphery is formed from the outstanding gasket material in the end of the plane limited by front surface and rear surface.

Exemplarily and in a non-limiting manner, the multiple planes limited by front surface and the rear surface of plate 12 are parallel to each other.

As non-limiting example, the front surface 18 of plate 12 comprises multiple through-slots 24 at the center being disposed in plate 12.

In addition, object 14 has edge 26, and as non-limiting example, this edge can be annular shape, edge limited pass through openings 28; Pass through openings 28 limits axis A.

Object 14 also has brake tool 30, and this brake tool partly covers pass through openings 28.Especially as shown in Figure 1, brake tool 30 is made up of flexible trap 32, and this flexible trap stretches out from the periphery at edge 26, will describe in more detail in the following description to it.

As shown in Figure 1, fastened tools 16 is made up of the tie 34 of such as belt, and this tie runs through slit 24 through at least one formation in the plate 12; Fastened tools 16 also comprises closure tool 36, such as spring load bracelet, one in the end of tie through closure tool 36 time, can make tie form closed loop, such as, to make portable instrument 10 can be secured to the support of such as column, railing or any other support component.

As non-limiting example, through-slots 24 is made up of a series of horizontal slot and a series of vertical slit; As shown in Figure 1, tie 34 can pass vertical slit, thus equipment 10 can be made to be installed on the vertical rack of such as column as non-limiting example.It should be understood that tie 34 alternatively through horizontal slot, to enable equipment be installed on the horizontal stand of such as fence.

After being engaged in through-slots 24, tie 34 stretches out from the rear surface 20 of plate 12, to be fastened on support by plate 12, thus equipment 10 can be used.

Plate 12 and object 14 are hinged part 38 and link together, and this articulated elements is arranged to such as near the bottom 13 of plate 12, and this articulated elements limits axis P, and object 14 can about this axis relative to plate 12 pivotable.

As shown in Figure 1, equipment 10 can be deployed condition, and wherein object 14 is laterally extending, is preferably perpendicular to plate 12.

As non-limiting example, in the deployed state, pivot axis P is arranged to the axis A perpendicular to being limited by pass through openings 28.In addition, in the folded-out situation, axis A is arranged to be parallel to the plane limited by the front surface of plate 12 and rear surface.

Fig. 2 is the sectional view of the equipment 10 of Fig. 1, and cross section is in the Planar Mechanism shown in Fig. 1.

As shown in Figure 2, the neighboring 26 of object 14 has and is disposed in top 40 in plane D and bottom 42, and this plane D is perpendicular to the axis A limited by pass through openings 28.

As shown in Figure 2, in the deployed state, plane D is also perpendicular to the plane that front surface and the rear surface by plate 12 limits.

As non-limiting example, top 40 is circular, and such as, be made up of the first coaxial half-loop 44 of different radii R1 and R2 and the second coaxial half-loop 46, half-loop 44 and 46 is secured to one another.

Top 40 is made up of froth bed, and has the top surface 48 limited by the circular surface of the first half-loop 44 and the basal surface 50 limited by the circular surface of the second half-loop 46; Bottom 42 is made up of the hard material layer as non-limiting example, has the profile of C shape, and be disposed on the basal surface 50 at top 40 bottom this.

When not exceeding scope of the present invention, naturally can find out top 40 and the bottom 42 of any other form, above-mentioned top and bottom to be disposed in the plane D perpendicular to axis A and to form the edge 26 of object 14.

As non-limiting example, the froth bed forming top 40 is made up of any other material of polyethylene, ethyl vinyl copolymer (EVA), polyurethane foam or the such as plastic material with particularly advantageous pliability and lightness.

As non-limiting example, the hard material layer forming bottom 42 is made up of plastic material, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or any other material with particularly advantageous rigidity.

As non-limiting example, top 40 and bottom 42 are assembled together by hot pressing.

As foregoing detailed description, object 14 also has flexible trap 32, and this flexible trap extends to pass through openings 28 from the periphery at edge 26.As non-limiting example, flexible trap 32 is also made up of froth bed, and this foam may be identical with the foam at the top 40 forming edge 26.As non-limiting example, the material extended continuously is formed on the top of the neighboring 26 of flexible trap and object, particularly object.When not exceeding scope of the present invention, also can expect that the foam making flexible trap 32 is different from the foam forming top 40.

The flexibility forming the foam of flexible trap 32 makes flexible trap 32 can bend relative to the edge 26 of object 14, and this bends or tilts to be used for delay the speed of article through the pass through openings 28 of object 14 of such as ball.Therefore it should be understood that the function performed by brake tool 30 that is made up of flexible trap 32 be arranged in traditionally basketball backboards edge, the function of the net of such as screen cloth is identical.

As non-limiting example, when the hard material layer of the bottom 42 and top 40 that form object 14 respectively and froth bed being fitted together, flexible trap 32 is formed.

As shown in Figure 2, plate 12 has the center panel 60, and this center panel is disposed between two side panels 62 and 64, and side panel forms rear surface 20 and the front surface 18 of plate 12 respectively.

In addition, as shown in Figure 2, the center panel 60 extends to the periphery 22 of plate 12.

As non-limiting example, the center panel 60 is made up of froth bed, and this foam can be identical or different with the foam at the top 40 at the edge 26 of formation object 14; In addition, side panel 62 and 64 is made up of hard material layer, to be describedly two-layerly same to each other or different to each other, also can be identical or different with the hard material layer of bottom 42 at the edge 26 forming object 14.

Especially, periphery 22 is made up of foam, to avoid the user of the neighboring injuring contact target thing.

As non-limiting example, form the side panel 62,64 of plate 12 and the hard material layer of the center panel 60 and froth bed respectively and be assembled together by hot pressing.

When not exceeding scope of the present invention, any other method hard material layer and froth bed that form plate 12 and object 14 combined also can be expected, such as bonding or the heat-sealing of non-limiting example.

As shown in the figure, the rear surface 20 of plate 12 has the opening 21 be formed in hard material layer, and described opening is configured to the shape of projection in the swelling structure of the support that such as matching unit 10 can be fastened or part.

As shown in Figure 2, articulated elements 38 also has top 66 and bottom 68, and described top and bottom may be made up of froth bed and hard material layer respectively.

The froth bed of at least one element be selected from plate 12 and object 14 for the formation of portable equipment 10 of the present invention, more specifically formation and the combination section of the hard material of such as plastic material are provided with the articulated elements 38 with elastic performance; The degree that therefore object 14 can tilt relative to plate 12 to be greater than when equipment is in its deployed condition (such as, when user applies tractive force to object 12) this object tilt degree, when user stops applying tractive force to object, the existence of froth bed enables equipment get back to deployed condition with elastic type especially.

Be understood that, any risk that the existence forming the top 40 at edge 26 of object 14 and the sponge layer at the top 66 of articulated elements 38 sustains an injury for limiting user's contact arrangement 10, such as, because user attempts ball to put into pass through openings 28 near equipment 10.

In addition, the intensity that equipment 10 is secured to support is strengthened for the existence that forms the hard material layer of the side panel 62,64 of plate 12 for increasing the intensity of plate 12.

Fig. 3 illustrates the equipment 10 being in folded state, wherein, object 14 relative to plate 12 about pivot axis P pivotable so that folded against the front surface 18 of plate 12.

As shown in Figure 3, the size of object 14 and plate 12 makes the object 14 being in folded state be positioned within plate 12, and among other factors, this feature can guarantee that equipment 10 is compact in a folded configuration, thus makes loading and transport simpler.

In other words, the span of plate 12 equals the diameter of object 14 substantially, so that object is positioned within plate 12 in a folded configuration; Compared to the equipment for craftsmenship game well known in the prior art, therefore it should be understood that the size of plate 12 is adjusted relative to the size of object 14, to contribute to the compact of equipment 10 and transport because of its limited weight.

As shown in the figure, when positioned in the folded position, the axis limited by the pass through openings 28 in object 14 is arranged to the plane limited perpendicular to front surface and the rear surface by plate 12; In addition, the axis limited by pass through openings 28 is also perpendicular to pivot axis P.

In addition, as shown in Figure 3, fastened tools 16 is also configured to keep object 14 to fold against the front surface of plate 12, thus again guarantees that equipment 10 is compact in a folded configuration.

When not exceeding scope of the present invention, such equipment 10 can be expected, wherein plate 12 and/or object 14 are by stacked multi-layered hard material and multi-layered foamed formation, so that the weight of limiting device 10 and can not weaken the fastened stability of its intensity, equipment or its game quality in use.In an identical manner, can expect that plate 12 such as forms the rear surface 20 of plate 12 and one deck foam of front surface 18 and one deck hard material respectively by assembling and forms individually.

In the present invention described with reference to various accompanying drawing, plate 12 and object 14 all by will at least one deck foam and at least one deck hard material fit together and form; When not exceeding scope of the present invention, can naturally expect equipment 10, be wherein selected from the element of plate and object only one by froth bed and hard material layer are fitted together and form.

In addition, as Fig. 1 describes in non-limiting example illustrated in fig. 3, when not exceeding scope of the present invention, in order to form plate and object, the hard material layer of such as plastic material and any other distribution of froth bed also can be expected.

In unshowned alternative embodiment, can also find out the object 14 with inflatable element, when equipment 10 is in folded state, this element can be deflated, inflatable element is such as embedded in the froth bed forming object 14, thus alleviates equipment 10 further.

Due to the existence of fastened tools 16, equipment 10 of the present invention therefore can by simply and be promptly fastened to the support of any type of the article of such as communal facility, to be suitable for using in several cases; When not exceeding scope of the present invention, also can be bolster (such as, be made up of rubber) exist ready, this bolster is arranged in the rear surface 20 of plate 12 and enables the roughness on its close fitting support, to improve the fastened stability of equipment 10 and intensity.

Whole description is given as examples above, does not therefore limit the present invention.

Especially, although the present invention is particularly suitable for playing basketball, the multiple application that any craftsmenship be suitable for out of doors or indoor are carried out is played also can be found.

Claims (17)

1. one kind for relate to make article pass object craftsmenship game portable equipment (10), described portable equipment comprises:

Plate (12), has front surface (18) and rear surface (20);

Object (14), comprise the pass through openings (28) limiting axis (A), described article can pass this object, described object is fastened to described plate by articulated elements (38), make described portable equipment can either be folded state, also can be deployed condition, under described folded state, described object is folded against the described front surface (18) of described plate, under described deployed condition, described object laterally extends relative to described plate; And

Fastened tools (16), is constructed such that described portable equipment can be secured to support;

The feature of described portable equipment is, is selected from least one in the element of described plate (12) and described object (14) by hard plastics layer and froth bed are fitted together and formed.

2. portable equipment according to claim 1 (10), is characterized in that, described object also comprises brake tool (30), and described brake tool is configured to when described article brake described article through during described pass through openings.

3. portable equipment according to claim 1 and 2 (10), is characterized in that, described object comprises can inflation element.

4. the portable equipment (10) according to any one in Claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, described object has the froth bed of basal surface (50) and top surface (48) by assembling and is secured to the hard plastics layer of described basal surface and forms.

5. portable equipment according to claim 4 (10), is characterized in that, the froth bed fitted together and hard plastics layer form ring.

6. portable equipment according to claim 5 (10), it is characterized in that, described ring has and is arranged in top (40) in plane (D) and bottom (42), described plane orthogonal is in the axis (A) of described pass through openings (28), and described top and described bottom are made up of froth bed and hard plastics layer respectively.

7. according to the portable equipment (10) described in claim 5 or 6 when being subordinated to claim 2, the feature of described portable equipment is, described brake tool (30) comprises and to stretch out from the periphery of described ring and partly to cover the multiple flexible trap (32) of described pass through openings.

8. portable equipment according to claim 7 (10), is characterized in that, the material making described flexible trap is identical with the material of the froth bed forming described ring.

9. the portable equipment (10) according to any one in claim 1 to 8, is characterized in that, described plate (12) is by fitting together the froth bed be arranged between two-layer hard plastics and forming.

10. portable equipment according to claim 9 (10), is characterized in that, described foam extends at periphery (22) place of described plate.

11. portable equipments (10) according to any one in claim 1 to 10, it is characterized in that, described plate comprises and runs through slit (24), and described fastened tools comprises the tie (34) be arranged in described slit.

12. portable equipments (10) according to any one in claim 1 to 11, it is characterized in that, described foam is made up of polyethylene.

13. portable equipments (10) according to any one in claim 1 to 12, is characterized in that, when described portable equipment is in described deployed condition, and the top surface of described object and the top surface foam coverage of described articulated elements.

14. portable equipments (10) according to any one in claim 1 to 13, it is characterized in that, the size of described plate and the size of described object make the described object when described portable equipment is in its folded state be positioned within described plate.

15. portable equipments (10) according to any one in claim 1 to 14, it is characterized in that, described fastened tools (16) is configured to when described portable equipment is in described folded state, and described fastened tools keeps described object to fold downwardly against the inner surface of described plate.

16. portable equipments (10) according to any one in claim 1 to 15, it is characterized in that, described hard plastics layer and described froth bed are assembled together by hot pressing.

Portable equipment (10) described in 17. according to Claim 8 with 16, is characterized in that, when being fitted together by the layer of the described object be made up of hard plastics and foam by hot pressing, described flexible trap (32) is formed.