ES2288131A1 - Frame for picking up balls and other sports articles, with support for graphics - Google Patents

Abstract

The subject of this invention is a frame for picking up balls and other sports articles, with support for graphics, which is configured by tubular (1), straight or curved elements of various lengths, which may optionally be telescopic and padded and which are fitted together in a horizontal, vertical and oblique arrangement in order to form a framework with two lateral support zones, and the front, rear, base and side parts thereof may be defined solely by the tubular segments (1), delimiting zones or spaces (2) and (3) that are empty or coupled to flexible or rigid laminar plates suitable for graphics. The sides, of regular or irregular geometrical shapes, have anchoring points for a variety of longitudinal supports (5) for sports equipment formed, without distinction, by two parallel bars in the manner of a guide or by a combination of linear portions and structures (6) for supporting objects. The sides may be hinged and incorporate wheels. The frame may incorporate a possibly compartmentalized additional container and an upper cover or plate.

Description

Rack for the collection of balls and other ar-
sports tickets with support for graphics.

The present invention, as expressed in the set forth in this specification, refers to a frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support  for graphics that, due to their design, configuration and simplicity in their use, far exceed and improve the legal background registered and the few similar items existing in the market.

It is well known that the world of sport in general and football in particular brings together in the same reality the concepts of sport and money, which has reconverted a sporting event in a mass show in which numerous factors intervene beyond the strictly sports. And one of these determining factors is inclusion of references outside the same sporting event but clearly linked to mainly business entities that invest capital in this event with the aim of recovering with You grow the investment and advertise your products and services. In this general framework, any football competition, especially as which is considered top categories nationwide and international, has become a priority reference for the advertising, which has resulted in the search and creation of numerous means and supports for the aforementioned arguments advertising In fact, during a football or other match sports, advertising referents are continuous, both in the clothing of the same players as in the static supports located on the premises

However, beyond publicity, the football is a sport that involves multiple people and elements, and at this point part of the object of this patent is located  of invention It is known that the indispensable piece for practice soccer is the ball and that in the course of the match is it is customary for said ball to go outside the limits of the game, whether accidentally or intentionally, which generates a considerable loss of time that can be detrimental to the interests of one or another team depending on the circumstances and game results. In this situation, the usual practice is resort to auxiliary field staff, usually young people, who They pick up the ball and return it to the pitch.

However, if a shallow one is performed investigation as to possible legal background that allow to locate means to collect or have available the balls during the match, there are few referents at the level National or international The items that have been developed are They basically refer to smaller balls, especially used in tennis, golf or paddle, and are articulated as supports cylindrical equipped with an inlet opening and an outlet opening and in whose interior several balls are arranged. This is the case of U9400503 utility models ("Advertising support") or U9302743 ("device pick up balls"). Another option is the presented in document U211493 "Remove and put support for balls "presenting a tubular longitudinal structure, of one piece, with a ground support base and a loop in its upper part to hold a ball.

And in the international framework, the background located preferably refer to the balls used in the basketball, as in patents US6257406 and US5894951 that They have containers attached to the structure of the basket. Only GB2321849 patent explicitly refers to soccer balls, but presents a container similar to a barrel, equipped with an upper mouth and inside which are deposited the balls, while on the outside acts as a support advertising

All these legal references are limited in its usefulness in the sports field, since although they comply apparently their function, they are bulky and tend to keep out from sight the balls, while acting as support advertising is also limited by its restricted surface.

The invention patent presented has in order to improve these supports for balls and various items of sports equipment, especially for the balls used in the football, and significantly expand its performance as much as support of them as in their advertising aspect with a design and a very careful aesthetics that fit with the usual environment of a sports stadium.

The object of this invention patent is therefore a fully functional article to respond to both identified needs: provide new support for advertising and always have available the sports equipment that used in the course of a competition, especially balls in the football or rugby case, basketballs, bats for him baseball and other material that players must have available on the perimeter of the pitch, ready for immediate use

The article presented is configured as a rigid frame or frame structure in which a series of hoops or pieces of similar characteristics are arranged whose basic function is to support different types of material Sporty, the balls are special.

Basically, this article is set from of a series of tubular, straight or curved elements and of various lengths, which fit each other in arrangement horizontal, vertical or oblique to form a frame or frame with two lateral zones as support points that stabilize the set. The back and front, as well as the base and the same sides of the set can only be delimited by the consequent tubular segments, leaving the space empty interior or allow the coupling of laminar plates that close the set and which in turn constitute as spaces intended to withstand any type of graphics. In any case, such and as referenced, when these rigid plates or panels they are absent, the empty space can be occupied by flexible pieces, of the canvas type or similar, that are fastened with the necessary means to the frame, these pieces being equally flexible suitable for supporting graphics.

Between the sides of the frame there is a longitudinal rope-like support that alternates in its configuration linear sections and structures intended to hold the sports equipment. These structures are preferably hoops in which the balls are interlocked, but they can also adopt different configurations that allow it to hold other types of objects, such as baseball bats, in which case it would be a piece capable of holding under pressure on
bat.

In any case, these structures for hold the sports equipment, in an undetermined number, form part of the longitudinal support whose ends are held in each one of the sides of the frame described, these structures being independent of each other, so that some are spliced with others in the necessary number as required on each occasion, maintaining between a structure and the following linear sections of union or free segments to achieve the necessary length that cover the distance between both sides of the frame.

However this longitudinal support for holding sports equipment can be limited to be shaped by a linear segment, without any other element, as a bar. In this case, the support of the sports equipment is achieved placing two bars in parallel arrangement, forming a guide on which sports equipment rests.

Each side of the frame has of one or more anchor points and support clamping longitudinal intended for sports equipment, both level horizontal as vertical, so that the positioning of this Longitudinal support may vary depending on needs and specific circumstances, being subject to different points of anchoring the sides of the frame. In this way, you can stay in  a more advanced or delayed position on the line front frame optics and its height can also vary fixation with respect to the ground line. And similarly, this longitudinal support for sports equipment can be placed in horizontal or oblique arrangement, as long as the stability of the material it supports. And in the same way you can increase the capacity of the frame using various longitudinal supports simultaneously in the same frame.

The tubular elements mentioned, both arranged horizontally like those in disposition vertical or oblique, they can be telescopic in shape that the length of the frame can be modified, increasing the number of supports for the sports equipment, or its height, of so that it can adjust to the aesthetics of the environment in which it is located. And the entire perimeter of the frame may be padded to the object of minimize the risk of an accidental hit of the players.

Both sides of the frame can have hinged or articulated means, so that they can move with the degree of opening necessary to facilitate its use, maintaining in any case the necessary stability of the set and the folding of the set, greatly reducing its volume.

Similarly, vertical structures, which act as support points or legs, can be fixed or incorporated wheels or similar means of travel at its lower end to allow its mobility on the ground.

Thanks to its configuration, the frame that vindica can slightly modify its structure, combining the presence of the plates described and the tarpaulins or flexible parts mentioned, so that it can be adapted to the needs of each situation and use.

And similarly you can modify your appearance covering or freeing some or all of the perimeter zones and also adding or removing some of the tubular pieces that it's conformed. Thus, the frame may lack an anterior part and posterior and locate a perimeter frame at the base, or appear as a closed set with plates on the back, anterior and laterals, especially when these laterals take a form more stylized geometric, such as a triangle.

In this sense, the lateral supports can adopt any regular or irregular geometric configuration, by triangular or hemisphere example. In the latter case, the frame incorporates curved tubular parts in its lateral part, as a link between the longitudinal section and the rings, or this Longitudinal section can itself be curved, forming an arc which joins the side supports of the main board frame.

The conformation of this frame from crimping of straight or curved tubular parts that in turn allow the adjustment of the rigid or flexible plates they occupy indistinctly the back, front and sides of the frame also supports the coupling of a last plate, preferably rigid, which is positioned horizontally occupying the upper space of the frame, that is, acting as top. This last plate acts as a flat surface suitable for various uses and utilities and is basically characterized by present a front perimeter profile that conforms to the profile of the rope with the rings, so that said plate fits perfectly in the above space above. Also, when the frame sides, hinged and articulated, move in a certain degree of opening of the frame, logically the upper frame space will increase its surface area in the extent to which the aforementioned sides move. So, this top plate can have retractable parts and retractable, preferably located at the bottom and lateral that move and open when it is necessary to expand the surface of the plate in question, adapting to displacement of the sides of the frame.

The frame claimed also includes a space destined to contain bottles and receptacles for drinks, so that they are easily accessible for Players. This space can be limited to being an annexed container to the main frame or have a configuration compartmentalized and adapted to the products it will contain.

In order to facilitate the understanding of the innovation that is claimed here, some sheets are attached with some drawings, which must be analyzed and considered by way of example only and without any limitation or restrictive.

Figure 1.- View of the base structure of the support for balls.

Figure 2.- View of the base support for balls with back and side plates.

Figure 3.- View of the support for balls with back opening and side plates.

Figure 4.- View of the support for balls with advertising support plate in horizontal layout.

Figure 5.- View of the support for balls with curved side crossbar and horizontal plate.

Figure 6.- Detail view of the horizontal piece top or cover.

Figure 7.- Detail view of the support longitudinal with rings for balls.

Figure 8.- Detail view of the support longitudinal formed by two parallel bars.

Figure 9.- View of the frame with side support triangular and horizontal plate.

Figure 10.- Rear view of the frame with triangular lateral support with lateral and posterior plates.

According to these drawings, and as it is shown in figure 1, the object of this invention patent is a rack for sporting goods that is configured from a series of tubular elements (1), straight or curved and of various lengths, coupled together in horizontal arrangement, vertical and oblique to form a frame or frame with two lateral areas as support points. This figure 1 shows as the back, the base and the same sides of the set are only defined by the subsequent segments tubular (1), delimiting a rear area or space (2) and two zones or lateral spaces (3), in which some laminar plates (4) that close the assembly and which in turn they constitute as spaces destined to support any type of graphics, as shown in figure 2 and in figure 3.

These figures also show the support longitudinal (5) that alternates in its configuration linear sections and structures intended to hold the sports equipment (6), preferably hoops in which the balls are interlocked.

Figure 4 and Figure 5 show the how the claimed frame modifies its positioning, the back plate being converted into a horizontal plate (7), that is, a conveniently framed flat surface that rest a short distance from ground level, and keeping the side frames in their vertical support position, just as shown in figure 4 or adopting this side part a arched configuration, with curved tubular structures (8) as union of the longitudinal section with the rings.

Figure 6 shows the plate detail top or cover (9) that is located at the top of the frame, being fixed on the perimeter formed by the back (2), the sides (3) and the longitudinal support with the hoops or hooks (6) for sports equipment, such that this plate (9) It has a front perimeter profile adjusted to the support profile with the rings, with the same curves (10) coinciding with the curvature of the rings (6). This top plate may have some retractable and retractable parts, preferably located in its bottom and side that move and open when, due to displacement of the sides of the frame, the surface superior to cover is greater and it is necessary to expand the surface of The plate in question.

In figure 7 and in figure 8 it is shown in detail the configuration of the longitudinal support (5) for the sports equipment, both when intermingling and combining stretches linear with the rings (6) to support the balls, as when It is made up of two parallel bars (11) that constitute a guide on which the ball can be deposited directly.

Figure 9 and Figure 10 show the frame with triangular side supports. In figure 9, these triangular side supports (12) are only profiled in their  frame, with an empty interior while the base incorporates the plate (7) for various graphics. Figure 10 shows the same triangular side supports (12) but in this case they incorporate a plate (14) for graphics as in the back (13) of the frame. In this case, the longitudinal support for the sports equipment, consisting of parallel bars (11), is above the anterior plates, if any, and posterior to allow easy access to the balls.

In view of this description and these figures, it is sufficiently referenced that the plates of Graphics support can be located at various points in the frame, simultaneously or partially, according to the needs of each occasion and use. And similarly, the configuration of the side supports of the frame can adopt any regular or irregular geometric configuration.

The most logical rack configuration to be vindicated as described in this specification, with a regular perimeter of four faces - two sides, one anterior and subsequent - since this is easier for potential users to reach sports equipment supported in its corresponding support and at the same time the combination of graphics boards is easily visible. Without However, a configuration with a higher number is also possible or less than faces, that is, the number of faces of your Perimeter is variable.

It is not considered necessary to extend this description so that any subject matter expert understands the scope of the invention and the advantages derived therefrom. The materials, shape, size and arrangement of the elements will be susceptible of variation as long as this does not imply alteration in the essentiality of the invention. The terms in which it has been written this report should always be taken in the sense Broad and not limiting. As indicated, the number of hoops or parts to contain or hold balls or other types of sports equipment and that are part of the stand assembly not It is significant or limiting in any way.

Claims (14)

1. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics essentially characterized by being configured from various tubular elements (1), straight or curved and of different lengths, which fit together in horizontal, vertical and oblique to form a frame or frame with two lateral zones as support points, whose front, rear, base and lateral parts of the assembly can only be defined by the consequent tubular segments (1), delimiting areas or spaces (2) and ( 3) that may be empty or allow the coupling of laminar plates (4). 2. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claim, essentially characterized in that these plates (4) can be flexible pieces, of the canvas or similar type, or rigid panels, which are fastened with the necessary means to the frame, these pieces or panels also being able to support graphics. 3. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, essentially characterized in that thanks to its configuration from tubular elements, the frame claimed can modify its removed perimeter structure or adding tubular segments and also combining rigid plates, flexible parts and empty spaces in its perimeter. 4. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, essentially characterized in that between the sides of the frame there is a longitudinal support (5) that can be formed interchangeably by two parallel bars (11) which constitute a guide or by a combination of linear sections and structures (6) intended to hold the sports material, these structures being, in an undetermined number, preferably hoops or structures suitable for crimping under pressure or with the necessary means, articles various sports. 5. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially in that each of the sides of the frame has one or more anchoring and fastening points of the longitudinal support (5) for material sports, arranged both horizontally and vertically, so that the positioning of this longitudinal support (5) can vary and remain horizontal or oblique, while several longitudinal supports (5) can be placed simultaneously on the same frame . 6. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially in that the lateral supports of the frame can adopt any regular or irregular geometric configuration. 7. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, essentially characterized in that when this lateral support presents an arc-shaped conformation, with curved tubular pieces (8) in this lateral part, the The base of the frame incorporates a plate conveniently framed in a horizontal plane (7), preferably at ground level, the longitudinal support (5) being left with the hoops attached to said curved pieces, or this longitudinal support (5) being curved or arched in itself, forming an arch that joins the side supports of the main board frame. 8. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, essentially characterized in that when the lateral supports have a triangular configuration (12) they can only be profiled in their frame, with a plate (7) at its base or incorporate other plates (14) in its front and / or rear (13), maintaining the longitudinal support for the sports material, formed by parallel bars (11), above the referenced plates. 9. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially in that the tubular elements (1) that make up the frame, both those arranged horizontally and those located vertically, can be of a telescopic nature, thus modifying the length and height of the frame, also presenting a padded surface. 10. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially in that the sides of the frame that are claimed can have hinged or articulated means. 11. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, essentially characterized in that the lateral structures or legs, which act as support points, can be fixed or incorporate wheels or similar means of movement in its lower end. 12. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially in that the frame that is claimed incorporates an annexed container that can be compartmentalized. 13. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially in that the frame can incorporate a plate (9) or cover in its upper part that is fixed in the perimeter formed by the part rear (2), the sides (3) and the longitudinal support with the hoops or hooks for the sports equipment, such that this plate (9) has a front perimeter profile adjusted to the profile of the longitudinal support with the rings, with curves (10) coinciding with the curvature of the rings (6), and this upper plate optionally having retractable and retractable parts, preferably located in its lower and lateral part, which move and extend its surface. 14. Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially in that the number of faces of its perimeter is variable.