US20040198506A1 - Racetrack arrangement for holding speed and/or skill races - Google Patents

Racetrack arrangement for holding speed and/or skill races Download PDF

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US20040198506A1
US20040198506A1 US10/492,249 US49224904A US2004198506A1 US 20040198506 A1 US20040198506 A1 US 20040198506A1 US 49224904 A US49224904 A US 49224904A US 2004198506 A1 US2004198506 A1 US 2004198506A1
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  • the invention generally relates to racetracks. More particularly, the invention relates to a racetrack for comparing the performance of competition devices powered by human strength or operated by people and for arranging these so that the races provide equal opportunities for the competitors, the danger of accidents is reduced to a minimum and the opportunity for disturbing the competitors is avoided in which arrangement the racetrack is installed on a site.
  • Games have been one of the most ancient of human activities stretching back to prehistoric times.
  • a special game form includes activities involving more than one person, and within this sub-set, activities where the participants compete against each other.
  • the competitions can be intellectual, physical or a combination of these; they can be played by persons individually or between teams, without using equipment or with it.
  • those competitions form a separate family that is held along a determined route, on a course with a set size and/or geometry.
  • the number of variations is inexhaustible and they are mostly based on the comparison of e.g., speed and/or skill and/or other abilities.
  • Such courses may be found in numerous countries. In Hungary worthy of mention are the internal course HUNGAROCART CENTER (Mogyoród, Ipar u.1.) and the external course BUDARING (Budapest, District 11, Budaörsi ⁇ t, Flóracoop telep).
  • the aim of the invention is the development of a racecourse arrangement that overcomes the deficiencies of the known facilities and offers realistic competition, increased speed and competitive experience and actual equal opportunity.
  • a part of the inventor's idea was also that with more than one competitor starting at the same time, two in the basic case, and with the minimization of “level-type crossing places” the course can provide the opportunity for holding chasing-type competitions where the participants in the competition cannot obstruct or disturb one another.
  • the racetrack arrangement according to the invention is for holding speed and/or skill races, for comparing the performance of mobile devices powered by human strength or operated by people and for arranging the track so that the races provide equal opportunities for the competitors, the danger of accidents is reduced to a minimum and the opportunity for disturbing the competitors is avoided—in which racetrack arrangement is installed on a site and has a starting point, finishing point and a route leading from the starting point to the finishing point. Furthermore, in a given case the arrangement is supplemented with information displays serving to inform the competitors and/or provide protective equipment suitable for protecting the competitors—set up in such a way that the competition course is divided into at least two largely independent tracks practically supplementing each other.
  • both the first and second track are formed by at least one closed corridor each with physically insurmountable borders on each side and by an open corridor with an insurmountable border, in this case, on only one side of the tracks, there is a transition zone between the closed corridor and the open corridor of the first track and there is also a transition zone between the closed corridor and open corridor of the second track, and the central area, which may be accessed in a given case, is connected to the tracks via the transition zones.
  • An arrangement according to various embodiments of the invention include closed corridors that are separated from the central area by the inner bordering structure and from the open corridor by the outer bordering structure.
  • the internal bordering structure is arranged along a line that returns to itself, surrounding the central area, e.g., as a fence.
  • the inner bordering structure is replaced in at least a section in the proximity of the transition zones by visual markings.
  • the inner bordering structure is intermittently surrounded by the outer bordering structure.
  • the transition zones are configured such that the first track and the second track cross each other at the same level. In another case, the transition zones are configured such that the first track and the second track cross each other at different levels.
  • the arrangement installed at the tracks there is a starting device, finishing line, result sign and one or more signaling devices giving instructions to the competitors and/or signaling danger and/or other information.
  • the signaling devices are devices suitable for displaying visual and/or audio information.
  • the result signs in a given case the start devices and/or signaling devices, are connected to a central unit.
  • the first track, its parts and accessories bear a symbol, advantageously include the same color that harmonizes them all.
  • the second track, its parts and accessories bear a symbol, advantageously the same color that harmonizes them all.
  • the color of the first track and the color of the second track differ significantly from one another.
  • the racetrack includes auxiliary devices that influence the surface quality of the track, for example, wetting or anti-dust devices.
  • the arrangement according to the invention has numerous advantageous characteristics. Among these, the most important is that it really does unify the advantages of the known solutions, it really does overcome their deficiencies, the large degree of lack of equal opportunity, offer protection against accidents and real competition experience, and in practice, terminates the probability of the competitors disturbing each other.
  • FIG. 1 is the ground plan drawing of an exemplary construction arrangement
  • FIG. 2 is a connection outline drawing of the central unit that harmonizes the operation of the racetrack and the accessories in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 we have shown the simplest construction when the racetrack 2 installed on the site 1 has only two tracks. Among them the first track 3 and the second track 4 are both situated around the “no-man's-land” central area 5 , around its outer side, and both of them have a starting point 30 and 40 serving as a starting place for the races.
  • first track 3 and second track 4 available for the vehicles of the two competitors A and B, which tracks are arranged as each other's “mirror image”—actually as each other's antimetric.
  • the racetrack 2 is, in theory, destined for motor-driven devices, but exceptions can be made to this.
  • the competition devices the structure of which is not the subject of the present application—are to be strictly of the same performance and with the same equipment.
  • the closed corridor 31 consists of two main parts: the closed corridor 31 and the open corridor 32 .
  • the starting point 30 has a starting device 34 .
  • Corridor 31 is called “closed” because it is separated from the central area 5 by the inner bordering structure 6 and from the site 1 on that side by the outer bordering structure 7 so that the competitor is forced to always remain within the bordering structure.
  • any line may be taken, in other words it is not like a railway track.
  • the closed corridor 31 can be observed: the flat curve 31 a , the straight section 31 b and the hairpin bend 31 c .
  • the variation of the topography of these sections of the racetrack 2 the (continuous or varying) width of the closed corridor 31 , the sizes of the radii of the curves, and the length of the sections—the competition conditions, the speeds that can be reached and the time results, etc. may be influenced.
  • the finish line 35 may be anywhere along the first track 3 , which must be (or may be) passed the number of times determined by the prevailing competition rules.
  • the starting point 30 naturally may be planned to be in the transition zone 33 or near it, or even, in a given case, in the central area 5 .
  • the competitor gets to the “outside” via the transition zone 33 , in other words, to the open corridor 32 outside the outer bordering structure 7 of the first track 3 . So competitor A going on the first track 3 continuously “avoids” the outer bordering structure 7 , as he/she travels firstly within it in the closed corridor 31 and secondly outside it in the open corridor 32 .
  • the competitor may select a line, not shown, for him/herself with a greater degree of freedom—as only one of the sides is bordered so that it may riot be crossed.
  • the flat curve 32 a , the straight section 32 b and the hairpin bend 32 c may be differentiated from one another.
  • the open corridor 32 is much more suitable for the competitor who is forced to give up due to a technical fault or some other reason to leave the race and stop on the side of the open corridor 32 , or even leave the racetrack 2 completely.
  • the open corridor 32 provides the opportunity for the racetrack 2 to be supplemented by a section of track, e.g. loop, starting from any part of the open corridor 32 and returning to it there, whilst maintaining the basic principles.
  • the second track 4 is the mirror image of the first track 3 , so what was said previously regarding track 3 is also true with respect to the starting point 40 of the second track 4 , its closed corridor 41 , its open corridor 42 , its transition zone 43 , its starting device 44 and finish line 45 , as well as, in a given case, with respect to the supplementary track section connected to the open corridor 42 . So competitor B on the second track 4 going alternately on the closed corridor 41 and then the open corridor 42 also avoids the outer bordering structure 7 in the same way as we mentioned in the case of competitor A.
  • transition zones 33 and 43 deserve separate attention. Both competitors use the zones, and this is where, in the given construction example, the first track 3 and the second track 4 cross each other at the same level.
  • More of the signaling devices 37 and 47 may be positioned along the first track 3 and the second track 4 ; however, it is a certain advantage if they are (also) positioned near the transition zones 33 and 43 of the hairpin bends 31 c and 41 c.
  • the starting points 35 and 45 are positioned so that they can be seen easily from a distance, e.g. on the straight section 32 b of the open corridor 32 of the first track 3 and on the straight section 42 b of the open corridor 42 of the second track 4 . It is worth placing the result signs 36 and 46 before these sections. An advantageous version may also be obtained if the central area 5 contains start-finish corridors connected to the tracks 3 , 4 via the transition zones 33 , 43 .
  • the signaling devices 37 and 47 emit clear and easily visible signals for both the competitors and the people watching. They should have visual signals, but could also have audible signals as well. It is also possible to provide the competitors with information continuously, automatically or with the intervention of a person (e.g. track marshal activity) from the central unit 8 , in the form of harmonized signals.
  • the continuous information provision does not only have to be for calling attention to danger, but instructions may also be given, e.g. prescribing alternated traveling directions for the competitors, the open or closed corridor to be used, the tasks carried out and those still to be done (e.g. the number of circuits to be completed), etc.
  • both the first track 3 and the second track 4 have a symbol system that is characteristic of them but also clearly different from each other, e.g. a color code. All the accessories should be realized strictly within the symbol system, e.g. the starting devices 34 , 44 , the finish lines 35 , 45 , the result signs 36 , 46 and the signaling devices 37 , 47 . In theory it is possible for the differing symbols, e.g. colors, to be assigned to the competitors A and B.
  • the racetrack 2 accessories may include devices with the help of which the course may be made wet, heated, made rough and with which dust is removed from the surface.
  • the theoretical connection outline drawing seen in FIG. 2 illustrates that the racetrack 2 equipment, the starting devices 34 , 44 , the finish lines 35 , 45 , the result signs 36 , 46 and the signaling devices 37 , 47 may be in connection with their “pairs” via the central unit 8 and with the other equipment.
  • the operation of the equipment can be harmonized and the races can be easily organized and/or automated. This may be carried out in such a way that the competitors, the organizers and judges (jury), and furthermore, the people watching are informed of all the judgment data and information immediately and continuously.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 presents the “basic case” for the competing of two competitors (or two teams). With the complete observance of the presented principles—as we have stated above—it is possible to establish a facility that is suitable to have several competitors (or several teams) compete at the same time.
  • racetrack arrangement according to the invention may be applied in all cases where with—characteristically motorized—vehicles, with the maximum observance of safety and equal opportunity, exciting competition and an increased experience of competing is needed.

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