ES2311430B1 - ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PRACTICE OF SPORTS GAMES. - Google Patents

Abstract

Venue for the practice of sports games, which is formed by a wall that surrounds the playing surface and It is polygonal, preferably square or rectangular. In The present enclosure for wall ball court cited is has a series of independent rigid panels, the which are connected consecutively through articulations of vertical axis that relate its adjacent vertical edges and allow the folding of the set of panels in positions superimposed, as well as its deployed to be able to occupy positions coplanar in each section or wall canvas, and positions perpendicular in consecutive sections or canvases, coinciding four of said joints with the vertical edges of the wall.

Description

Game practice enclosure sports.

Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to an enclosure for the practice of sports games, which comprises a track of polygonal contour set, usually square contour or rectangular, and a peripheral enclosure consisting of a wall surrounding the playing surface, usually in coincidence with the limits of said surface or next to them.

The enclosure of the invention may be designed  to play tennis, paddle tennis, volleyball, bowling, etc., and in general any game that is played with a throwable element, such as ball, disk, etc.

Background of the invention

Many of the tracks for sports games exposed type are generally surrounded by a fixed wall that It is raised on the contour of the track. For certain games, in addition, this wall must be of a rigid nature throughout the surface of certain sections or canvases, which forces to build it Normally work. The sections or canvases that must not comply with This requirement is usually made up of a mesh, usually made of wire mesh, which is fixed to bars or masts anchored to the ground

This means that both the track and its enclosure are fixed, built "in situ", which makes many sports facilities will not be available tracks for performing different games, for the cost involved in building surfaces of different dimensions, with their corresponding enclosures.

Description of the invention

The present invention is intended to resolve the exposed problems, by means of an enclosure whose enclosure is detachable, that both its assembly and assembly and its disassembly and disassembly can be carried out quickly and easily and that also in the disassembled position the enclosure can be folding, to reduce the volume occupied, in order to facilitate its storage and transport.

In the enclosure of the invention the enclosure It can be constituted and sized to serve as an enclosure  of a track for a given game, being enough for your installation have a suitable surface, on which you can practice said game, for example the surface of a sports center or sports hall.

The enclosure will be specially designed to get ready on the track of a sports hall, occupying the surface corresponding to the game to which the enclosure.

Thus, in sports facilities composed only of a sports hall, through the enclosure of the invention a track can be available for a given game, such as paddle, tennis, pediment, etc.

The enclosure for ball game tracks it comprises a wall that, according to the invention, is constituted by a series of independent rigid panels, the which are consecutively connected to each other by vertical joints that relate vertical edges adjacent consecutive panels. These joints are arranged so as to allow folding of the panel assembly in overlapping positions, in the form of an accordion, as well as its deployed to occupy coplanar positions in each section or wall canvas and perpendicular positions in sections or canvases consecutive, for which four of the joints will coincide with the four vertical edges of the enclosure.

The height of the panels and therefore of the wall  of the enclosure of the invention may be varied, in accordance with the game to be practiced within the enclosure.

The joints will allow the folding of the panels as well as their deployment to coplanar positions or perpendicular before mentioned, leaving the angle of articulation limited to angular displacement between folding positions and deployed.

According to one embodiment, the panels that constitute two of the opposite walls are rigid in nature their entire surface and will present at least their internal surface flat. In the case of rectangular contour enclosure, this feature will correspond to that of the smaller walls. further adjacent panels of the other two walls can also be rigid in its entire surface, with the surface internal flat, to define for example a game track of paddle.

Rigid panels throughout surface can be transparent, to allow vision of the game from the outside, with a peripheral frame.

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As for the intermediate panels of the larger walls may consist of a rigid frame and a  mesh fixed to said frame, for example a metal mesh, which allow the passage of air and vision between the interior and Exterior.

In the case of contour enclosure rectangular, the smaller walls can also be composed of a central panel and two end panels, these panels being ends equal to each other and half the width of the panel central. On the other hand the panels that make up the major walls They will all be of equal width.

To facilitate assembly, and disassembly of enclosure, two consecutive panels will be unrelated by its adjacent vertical edges, songs that will have means of union, once finished the closing, based on locks or Similar.

To facilitate the movement of the enclosure in folded position, one of the central panels of the walls minors, which will be in a lower position in the stack, can have on its outer surface support wheels.

The enclosure assembly in folded position can be transported on any vehicle and driven with a crane for loading and unloading and for placement in deployment position, for example on the surface of a sports hall, in order to limit a playing court for tennis, paddle, etc.

The different panels that make up the wall they are rigid, as already indicated, defining both the folded position as in the unfolded position to form a enclosure, a perfectly stable structure. The position deployed to form the enclosure can be secured by blocking means that prevent accidental folding between panels.

According to another characteristic of the invention the enclosure game track is also composed of panels  independent, removable and related coplanar joints, so that they form a folding structure, which It can be independent of the structure of the enclosure or form part of it.

In the second case each of the panels that make up the playing surface will be coincidental, for its singing external, with the bottom edge of one of the wall panels that make up the enclosure, with which it will be related through a articulation element that will allow the panel to fall apart floor on the vertical wall panel. In this embodiment all the floor panels will be unrelated to each other.

In this way an enclosure of game, for a certain sport, even if a adequate surface, in the place of assembly of the enclosure.

Brief description of the drawings

The attached drawings show an example of  realization of an enclosure for the practice of sports games, constituted according to the invention, which will serve to better understand the constitution, characteristics and advantages of This enclosure

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows in perspective an enclosure for the exposed purpose.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the enclosure of figure 1.

Figure 3 shows in side elevation the enclosure of the enclosure figures 1 and 2, in folded position.

Figure 4 corresponds to detail A of the Figure 3, on a larger scale.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, with the panels that concur in the joint in position coplanar

Figure 6 is a partial elevation of the enclosure in initial deployment position.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6, with the enclosure in an intermediate deployment position.

Figure 8 is a schematic vertical section part of an enclosure constituted according to the invention, taken according to line VIII-VIII of the figure 2.

Figure 1 shows a compound enclosure by an enclosure 1 and a track 1 ', for the practice of a game sports, such as a ballgame, said track being and enclosure sized, for example, to practice a game determined, such as tennis, volleyball, paddle, etc. The dimension of enclosure 1 will correspond to those of track 2 for the game at That is destined.

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In the example represented in the drawings the enclosure 1 is rectangular in shape and comprises a wall, whose sections or major canvases are made up of panels independent 2 and 3, all of equal width, while each of the minor walls is composed of a central panel 4 and two end panels 5 that are half the width of the width of the central panel 4.

All the panels that make up the different sections or wall canvases are consecutively related each other through their adjacent vertical edges by vertical axis joints. These joints are represented in figure 2 and the joints are referenced with number 6 between panels 2 and 3 that make up the major walls, while the joints between panels 4 and 5 that make up the minor walls are referenced with the number 7, leaving the joints coinciding with the vertical edges of the enclosure, which relate end panels 5 of the walls minors with panels 2 of the major walls, referenced with the Number 8.

The different joints allow the folding the different panels until they are attached to the position shown in figure 3, forming a remaining battery limited by the central panels 4 of the minor walls, internally attached to which the end panels 5 remain of said walls, and already between these the different panels 2 and 3 that make up the major sections or canvases of the enclosure. Everybody panels 2 and 3 of the larger walls are folded in shape accordion, between panels 4 and 5 of the minor walls, which Limit the stacked set. In figure 3 it can be seen also the position of the joints 6, between panels of the larger walls, 7 joints between wall panels minor, and 8 joints coinciding with the vertical edges of the enclosure.

Figure 4 shows the detail A of the Figure 3, on a larger scale, corresponding to a joint 7 between the central panel 4 and one of the end panels 5 which make up the minor walls. This joint 7 allows the folding position of these panels and their deployment to its coplanar position shown in figure 5, without allowing Your turn beyond this position.

An initial position is shown in figure 6 of unfolding the assembly of figure 3, with a separation initial between panels 2 and 3 that make up the major walls and between the central panels 4 and ends 5 that will make up the sections or smaller canvases of the enclosure.

A close position is shown in figure 7 to the total deployment, in which the end panels 5 have been knocked outward, until it is in a coplanar position with the central panel 4, and on either side of the smaller wall as well formed panels 2 and 3 that will make up the sections or smaller canvases of the enclosure, being placed in position coplanar, the other minor wall being also positioned in similar to the one already described.

To facilitate the assembly and disassembly of the wall, two consecutive panels will go unrelated by their songs adjacent verticals, so that the enclosure can be opened. The edges of these panels will be connected by means releasable, for example locks, pins, etc.

Depending on the type of ball game that the enclosure, panels 4 and 5 that make up the sections or minor canvases of the enclosure, as well as panels 2 of the sections or major canvases, can be rigid in nature all its extension and with at least the flat internal surface, with in order to serve as the launching surface of the ball of game, for example for paddle, pediment, etc., having logically the commented panels the necessary height. The rest of the panels that make up the major walls, which are referenced with the number 3, they may be composed of a rigid frame 10, figure 1, and a 11 mesh-based enclosure, for example of wire mesh.

Certain panels may also have superiorly to a mesh extension or any other nature, to prevent the accidental exit of the ball out of the enclosure.

One or more panels of the enclosure, for example two of the panels referenced with the number 3 belonging to sections or different canvases, can form paths 12 of access.

Depending on the ball game to practice, on the surface 2 delimited by the enclosure of the invention, install a central network, fixed baskets or close to the minor walls, etc.

To ensure the stability of the enclosure in armed position, the panels can be arranged on their surface external of bolts or pins 13 that hold in position the corresponding panels will be coplanar. Also the position angular between panels 2 and 5 that delimit the edges Vertical can be secured using 14 or similar brackets.

Both the bolts or pins 13 and the brackets 14 will be easily disassembled, to proceed to the position folding the assembly, after having also disassembled the locks or pins that fix the adjacent vertical edges of the two consecutive panels that remain unrelated by articulation axes

The central panel 4 of one of the sections or minor canvases of the wall can be endowed by its surface external support wheels 14.

Rigid panels can be of nature transparent, glass, plastic, etc.

As shown in Figure 2, the enclosure may include a floor also composed of independent panels 16 and that will define the playing surface. Size and layout of these panels 16 may correspond to the subdivision of the playing surface by a central longitudinal line 17 and lines 18 that run between points coinciding with the lines of 6 articulation facing opposite longitudinal walls.

Panels 16 will be matched by their singing external with the bottom edge of the wall panels 3, being related to each other through articulation elements that will allow the floor panel 16 to be folded down onto the panel corresponding wall 3.

When by the dimensions of the enclosure panels 16 result in excessive length, can be subdivided by half, according to a cross-section line 19, represented by dashed lines in figure 2, determining in each case 16 'panels articulated with each other to be able to pass, as it is shown in figure 8, of a coplanar position 16 ', perpendicular to adjacent panel 3, to a folded position and 16 '' down on said panel 3.

Finally, note that the enclosure of the invention can be provided with auxiliary means that facilitate both folding and unfolding operations, as well as the transport of the set in folded position.

Claims (10)

1. Enclosure for ballcourt, constituted by a wall that surrounds the playing surface and is preferably square or rectangular polygonal contour, characterized in that said wall is constituted by a series of independent rigid panels, which are connected consecutively by means of vertical axis joints that relate their adjacent vertical edges and allow the folding of the set of panels in superimposed positions, as well as their deployment to occupy coplanar positions in each section or wall canvas and perpendicular positions in consecutive sections or canvases, coinciding four of said joints with the vertical edges of the wall. 2. Enclosure according to claim 1, wherein at least the panels which constitute two opposite walls, preferably the lower walls of the enclosure are rigid nature in its entire surface and have at least their inner surface flat. 3. Enclosure according to claim 1, characterized in that at least the panels that constitute two of the opposite sections or canvases of the wall and the adjacent panels of the other two sections or canvases, are rigid in nature throughout their surface and have at least The flat internal surface. 4. Enclosure according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the panels of a rigid nature throughout their surface are transparent. 5. Enclosure according to claim 1, characterized in that at least the intermediate panels of the two major opposite sections or canvases are constituted by a rigid frame and a mesh fixed to said frame. 6. Enclosure according to claim 1, characterized in that the smaller sections or canvases of the wall are composed of a central panel and two end panels, the end panels of which are smaller than the central panel. 7. Enclosure according to claim 1, characterized in that the panels that make up the larger sections or canvases are all of equal width. 8. Enclosure according to claim 1, characterized in that two of the consecutive panels of one of the sections or canvases of the wall are unrelated by their adjacent vertical edges, whose edges are fixed, once the contour is configured, by means of locks or means of fixing liberals. 9. Enclosure according to claim 1, characterized in that one of the central panels of the sections or minor canvases of the wall has rolling elements on its external surface for transport. 10. Enclosure according to claim 1, characterized in that the playing court is constituted by a series of independent coplanar floor panels, each of which is coincident by its external edge with the lower edge of one of the wall panels that make up the enclosure, with which it is related by means of an articulation element that allows the folding of the floor panel on the wall panel.