DE29513204U1 - Referee chair - Google Patents

Description

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57555 Mudersbach / Sieg 15.08.1995

Description

Referee chairs, especially and for example those for tennis courts, mainly consist of a multi-rung ladder approximately 2 meters high with a seat and armrests for the referee, or of a column with a seat and rungs, or - more recently, more comfortably - of a column with a seat that is hydraulically adjustable in height.

These types of chairs serve the sole purpose of allowing the referee a better overview of the game on the field from a higher vantage point.

Changing facilities are not provided on the tennis court itself, especially for female tennis players during a long match, or there are none. - Tennis players obviously have no problem changing their shirts on the court and sometimes do so several times, depending on the circumstances. -

The novel invention, 'umpire's chair combined with walk-in cabin', preferably usable as a changing cabin according to protection claim 1, is intended to take this circumstance into account and help prevent tennis players from being disadvantaged by sweaty, wet jerseys during a match on the court.

The invention is suitable for all national/international sports events, especially tennis events such as 'WTA' tournaments, 'Federation Cup' games, 'Grand Slams', Olympic Games, national/international exhibition matches or other major events with female participation, both for outdoor and indoor facilities.
The preferred manufacturers are wet cell and ladder manufacturers.

The advantages that can be achieved with the invention according to claims 1 to 6 are that - since the break time between games and sets of a tennis match is not sufficient to leave the court and change clothes - tennis players are given the opportunity to change their jerseys on the spot and thus avoid disadvantages and impairments caused by sweaty, wet jerseys during the game. The unsightly sight of sweat-soaked, transparent tops is only mentioned in passing.

The increased use of colored tennis pants by players could also indicate a need here. Further advantages also arise from the fact that a seat height of around 2 meters corresponds to an ideal booth height and that the booth in combination with the referee's seat requires hardly any additional space or floor space and therefore there is no significant additional obstruction to the view of spectators.

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Dip!-ing. Dietrich Wertz Adolfstrasse 32 Tel.: 0271 351284

57555 Mudersbach / Sieg

15.08.1995

By using lightweight construction elements and by separating the cabin from the ladder and the referee seat according to claim 7, the transport as well as the assembly and dismantling are completely unproblematic also with regard to the simultaneous use of the (roof) bars of the cabin as carrying handles.

Even if the cabin is not used as a changing room, as per the invention, it can serve as a protected storage place for a wide variety of equipment. The manufacturing costs can be kept low by accessing standardized components/elements, for example from wet room and ladder manufacturers, and by the lack of a floor plate.

Furthermore, there are additional, large-format, rentable advertising spaces for event organizers on all four sides of the cabin.

drawing

Drawing 1, page 4:

Simplified schematic diagram of a referee's chair combined with a walk-in cabin ¹ with reference symbols of the most important, preferred construction elements.

Fig.1: Front view Fig.2: Side view Fig.3: Top view

Fig.A: Perspective enlarged detail of ¹ A ¹

20 Reference characters

1: Edge connector

2: Connector

3: Profile

4: (Roof) bracket

25 5: Guide stop

6: Gripping claw

7: Joint

8: Support plate

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Dipl.-lng. Dietrich Wertz Adolfstrasse 32 Tel.: 0271 351284

57555 Mudersbach / Sieg

15.08.1995

Brief description of an advantageous, simple embodiment of a 'referee's chair combined with a walk-in cabin' based on the principle drawing 1, βλ.4.

The walk-in changing room corresponds externally to the design principle of a telephone or wet room and is made of corner pieces (1), connectors (2) and profiles (3) made of aluminum.

5 builds and screws.

To allow sufficient light to enter, the lower and upper areas of the side walls are made of break-proof, opaque, translucent plastic elements, e.g. structured plastic glass, while the remaining parts, including the door, are made of aluminum plates, primarily for reasons of strength. In this simple design example, air guards are provided in the lower and upper areas of the door for natural air convection and support plates (8) are provided at all four corners of the cabin for increased stability.

The complete stability is determined by the angle of the ladder contributing to the total support surface and by the weight of the person on the referee's chair. There are two round brackets on the roof to make it easy to hang up the seat construction with ladder.

(4) are attached to the corners of the cabin for stability reasons, and two (round) discs on each bracket serve in this case as inner guide stops (5) for the gripping claws (6). A commercially available, replaceable seat with a backrest, preferably made of solid plastic, is mounted on the seat structure with side guides or armrests. The roof surface is pyramid-shaped. The joint (7) enables the angle of inclination of the ladder to be adjusted lengthways and forms the transition to the seat structure, which can also be folded against the ladder to save space; all parts are preferably made of aluminum.

Further design options for the cabin are provided by almost unlimited variations of the side walls, roof surface and doors made from practical combinations of plastic elements, aluminum panels and safety glass, whereby the shape of the roof surface, for example,

can also be dome-shaped. The ladder can also be adjustable in length and/or the feet can preferably be provided with round support plates.

Furthermore, the ladder and the seat structure can form their own separate units. In this case, the joint is omitted and instead two round brackets are preferably attached to the top of the ladder's poles, which are hooked into the front (roof) bracket (4) of the cabin and which can rest either inside or outside on the guide stops (5), opposite the gripping claws (6) of the seat structure.

The interior of the cabin can be individually adapted to the most diverse requirements and can be equipped only in a sketchy way, for example with seating, hooks, additional fans, etc.

Claims (11)

Referee chairs for tennis courts in particular consist mainly of a multi-step ladder with a seat and armrests at the top for the referee, or of a column with a base, seat and rungs, or more comfortably, of a column with hydraulic height adjustment and seat. characterized, that the referee's chair is combined with a walk-in cabin as a base, preferably usable as a changing room, hereinafter referred to as the cabin. 2. Arbitration chair according to protection claim 1, characterized, that the cabin can be designed externally to resemble a telephone or bathroom. 3. Arbitrator’s chair according to protection claims 1 and 2,
characterized, that the cabin can consist of a metal construction, preferably composed of light metal components, plug-in connectors, corner connectors and profiles. 4. Referee's chair! according to protection claims 1 to 3,
characterized, that the side walls, the roof surface and the door of the cabin are preferably made of shatter-proof, opaque, translucent plastic elements or safety glass Dipl.-Ing. Dietrich Wertz Adolfstrasse 32 Tel.: 0271 351284 57555 Mudersbach / Sieg 15.08.1995 can, that the side walls, roof surface and door of the cabin can be made of light metal elements, preferably aluminium, that aluminum parts can be untreated or treated, e.g. anodized, that the side walls, the roof surface and the door of the cabin or parts thereof can consist of a combination of light metal, plastic elements and/or safety glass. 5. Arbitrator’s chair according to protection claims 1 to 4,
characterized, that air vents can be installed for air circulation, preferably in the lower and upper edge areas of the sides and doors of the cabin, or that natural air convection can be achieved through upper air guards and/or through narrow openings towards the roof side and/or through appropriate roof cutouts protected against driving rain and through a slight ground clearance of the lower side parts. 6. Arbitrator’s chair according to protection claims 1 to 5,
characterized, that, to increase the stability of the cabin, additional support surfaces, preferably (round) support plates, can be attached to all four corners of the cabin, that the support plates can be adjustable,
that additional weights can be attached. 7. Arbitration chair according to protection claims 1 to 6, characterized, that the ladder and the seat construction are designed as a common unit separate from the cabin can be, that the ladder, movable from the seat structure by means of a joint, can be adjusted in the longitudinal axis at an angle Dipl.-Ing. Dietrich Wertz Adolfstrasse 32 Tel.: 0271 351284 57555 Mudersbach / Sieg 15.08.1995 cannot be designed to be adjustable,
that the ladder can be adjusted in length, that support surfaces, preferably (round) support plates, can be provided at the base of the ladder, that the seat construction and the ladder can each form a separate unit, that the ladder and seat construction can be made of light metal, preferably aluminum, that a commercially available, replaceable chair seat, preferably with a backrest and made of solid plastic, can be mounted on the set construction. 8. Arbitrator’s chair according to protection claims 1 to 7,
characterized, that for easy hanging of the seat construction or the ladder - in the roof edge area of the cabin ■ preferably two round brackets with two guide stops each are provided, that the guide stop can preferably consist of a simple (round) disc. 9. Arbitrator’s chair according to claims 7 and 8,
characterized, that the seat construction can be provided with gripping claws at the bottom, preferably on four outer edges, and two gripping claws each grip into one of the two (roof) brackets with an external guide stop, either inside or outside the guide stop, that the seat construction can be provided with side guides or armrests. 10. Arbitrator’s chair according to protection claims 7 to 9,
characterized, that a ladder separate from the seat structure - at the top of both side rails - can preferably be provided with round brackets that are hooked into the front (roof) bracket of the cabin and that can rest either inside or outside on the guide stops, opposite Dipl.-lng. Dietrich Wertz *&"*.."*..'..'-..* Adolfstrasse 32 Tel.: 0271 351284 57555 Mudersbach / Sieg 15.08.1995 the two front gripping claws of the seat construction. 11. Arbitrator’s chair according to protection claims 1 to 6, characterized, that the cabin can be given a practical, individual interior design.