WO2007141354A1

WO2007141354A1 - Frame for picking up balls and other sports articles, with support for graphics

Info

Publication number: WO2007141354A1
Application number: PCT/ES2007/000324
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jorge CALZÓN ANGEL
Original assignee: Calzon Angel Jorge
Priority date: 2006-06-02
Filing date: 2007-06-01
Publication date: 2007-12-13
Also published as: ES2288131A1; ES2288131B1

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

FRAME FOR THE COLLECTION OF BALLS AND OTHER ITEMS

SPORTS WITH SUPPORT FOR GRAPHISMS

Description

The present invention, as expressed in the statement of this specification, refers to a frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics that, due to its design, configuration and simplicity in use, exceeds and greatly improves Registered legal background and the few similar items in the market.

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

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

However, if a brief investigation is carried out as to possible legal background that allows locating means to collect or have the balls available during the match, there are few references at national or international level. The items that have been developed basically refer to balls of smaller volume, especially those used in tennis, golf or paddle, and are articulated as cylindrical supports provided with an entry and an exit opening and inside which various balls. This is the case of utility models U9400503 on an "advertising medium" or U9302743 that develops a "ball collecting device". Another option is the one presented in the document U211493 on a "stand-up support for balls" that has a tubular longitudinal structure, in one piece, with a ground support base and a loop in its upper part to hold a ball .

And in the international framework, the localized background preferably refers to the balls used in basketball, as in patents US6257406 and US5894951 which have containers attached to the structure of the basket. Only the GB2321849 patent explicitly refers to soccer balls, but it has a container similar to a barrel, equipped with an upper mouth and inside which the balls are deposited, while in its external part it acts as an advertising support.

All these legal references are limited in their usefulness in the sports field, since although they seemingly fulfill their function, they are bulky and tend to keep the balls out of sight, while their performance as advertising support is also limited by their restricted surface.

The invention patent presented is intended to improve these supports for balls and various articles of sports equipment, especially for footballs used in football, and significantly expand their performance both as a support for them and in their advertising aspect with a Very careful design and aesthetics that fit the usual environment of a sports stadium. The object of this invention patent is, therefore, a fully functional article to respond to the two indicated needs: to provide new advertising support and to always have available the sports equipment used during the course of a competition, especially balls in the case of football or rugby, basketballs, baseball bats and other material that players must have available on the perimeter of the pitch, prepared for immediate use.

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

Basically, this article is configured from a series of tubular elements, straight or curved and of different lengths, which fit together in horizontal, vertical or oblique arrangement to form a frame or frame with two lateral areas as support points that They stabilize the whole. The back and front, as well as the base and the same sides of the assembly can only be delimited by the consequent tubular segments, leaving the interior space empty or allowing the coupling of laminar plates that close the assembly and which in turn constitute as spaces destined to support any type of graphics. In any case, as referenced, when these rigid plates or panels are absent, the space that remains empty can be occupied by flexible pieces, of the canvas type or similar, which are fastened with the necessary means to the frame, also being These flexible parts 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 Press the bat. In any case, these structures to hold the sports material, in an undetermined number, form part of the longitudinal support whose ends are held on each side of the described frame, 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 free segments to achieve the necessary length covering the distance between both sides of the frame.

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

Each of the sides of the frame has one or several anchoring and fastening points of the longitudinal support for sports equipment, both horizontally and vertically, so that the positioning of this longitudinal support can vary depending on specific needs and circumstances. , being held at different anchor points on the sides of the frame. In this way, it can be in a more advanced or more delayed position with respect to the front optical line of the frame and its fixing height can also vary with respect to the floor line. And similarly, this longitudinal support for sports equipment can be placed horizontally or obliquely, as long as the stability of the material it supports is maintained. And in the same way the capacity of the frame can be increased by using several longitudinal supports simultaneously in the same frame.

The mentioned tubular elements, both those arranged horizontally and those located vertically or obliquely, can be of a telescopic nature, so that the length of the frame can be modified, increasing the number of supports for the sports material, or its height, 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 in order to 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 assembly and the folding of the assembly, considerably reducing its volume.

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

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

And in the same way you can modify its appearance by covering or freeing some or all of the perimeter zones and also adding or removing some of the tubular pieces that make it up. Thus, the frame may lack an anterior and posterior part and locate a perimeter frame at the base, or appear as a closed set with plates at the rear, anterior and lateral, especially when these sides adopt a more stylized geometric shape, How can a triangle be?

In this sense, the lateral supports can adopt any regular or irregular geometric configuration, for example triangular or semi-sphere. In the latter case, the frame incorporates curved tubular pieces in its lateral part, as a link between the longitudinal section and the rings, or this longitudinal section may itself be curved, forming an arc that joins the lateral supports of the frame. the main board

The conformation of this frame from the crimp of straight or curved tubular pieces that in turn allow the adjustment of the rigid or flexible plates that occupy the back, front and side of the frame equally admit the coupling of a last plate, preferably rigid, which is positioned horizontally occupying the upper space of the frame, that is, acting as a cover. This last plate acts as a flat surface suitable for various uses and utilities and is basically characterized by presenting a front perimeter profile that fits the profile of the rope with the rings, so that said plate fits perfectly in the above-mentioned upper space. In addition, when the sides of the frame, hinged and articulated, move in a certain degree of opening of the frame, logically the upper space of the frame will increase its surface as the aforementioned sides move. Therefore, this upper plate can have retractable and retractable parts, preferably located in its lower and lateral part that move and open when it is necessary to expand the surface of the plate in question, adapting to the displacement of the sides of the frame.

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

In order to facilitate the understanding of the innovation claimed here, sheets are attached with drawings, which should be analyzed and considered only by way of example and without any limiting or restrictive character.

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 rear opening and side plates

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

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

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

Figure 7.- Detail view of the longitudinal support with rings for balls Figure 8.- Detail view of the longitudinal support formed by two parallel bars Figure 9.- View of the frame with triangular lateral support and horizontal plate Figure 10.- Rear view of the frame with triangular side support with side and rear plates According to these drawings, and as shown in Figure 1, the object of this invention patent is a frame for sporting goods that is configured from a series of tubular elements (1), straight or curved and of various lengths, coupled to each other in horizontal, vertical and oblique arrangement to form a frame or frame with two lateral zones as support points. In this figure 1 it is shown how the back, the base and the same sides of the assembly are only defined by the consequent tubular segments (1), delimiting a rear area or space (2) and two lateral areas or spaces (3), in which laminar plates (4) that close the assembly and which in turn are constituted as spaces intended to withstand any type of graphics are coupled, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.

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

Figure 4 and Figure 5 show how the claimed frame modifies its positioning, leaving the back plate converted to a horizontal plate (7), that is, a conveniently framed flat surface that rests a short distance from the level of the ground, and keeping the side frames in their vertical support position, as shown in Figure 4 or adopting this side part an arched configuration, with curved tubular structures (8) as a link between the longitudinal section and the hoops

Figure 6 shows the detail of the top plate or cover (9) that is located in the upper part of the frame, being fixed in the perimeter formed by the rear part (2), the sides (3) and the longitudinal support with the rings or hooks (6) for the sports equipment, such that this plate (9) has a front perimeter profile adjusted to the profile of the support with the rings, with the same curves (10) coinciding with the curvature of the rings (6). This upper plate can have retractable and retractable parts, preferably located in its lower and lateral part that move and open when, due to the displacement of the sides of the frame, the upper surface to be covered is larger and it is necessary to expand the surface of the plate in question. Figure 7 and Figure 8 show in detail the configuration of the longitudinal support (5) for the sports material, both when they intermingle and combine linear sections with the rings (6) to support the balls, as when it is formed by 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 lateral supports (12) but in this case they incorporate a plate (14) for graphics as it happens in the back (13) of the frame. In this case, the longitudinal support for the sports material, formed by the parallel bars (11), is above the anterior plates, if any, and subsequent to allow easy access to the balls.

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

The most logical configuration of the frame that is claimed is that described in this description, with a regular perimeter of four faces - two lateral, one anterior and one posterior - since it is thus easier for potential users to reach The sports material supported on its corresponding support and at the same time the combination of graphics boards is easily visible. However, a configuration with a higher or lower number of faces is also possible, that is, the number of faces of its perimeter is variable.

It is not considered necessary to make this description more extensive so that any person skilled in the art understands the scope of the invention and the advantages derived therefrom. The materials, shape, size and arrangement of the elements will be subject to variation as long as this does not imply an alteration in the Essentiality of the invention. The terms in which this report has been written must always be taken in a broad and non-limiting sense. As indicated, the number of hoops or pieces to contain or hold balls or other sports equipment and that are part of the support assembly is not significant or limiting in any way.

Claims

I ^a Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics characterized essentially 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, so that the anterior, posterior, 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 ^a Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with graffiti support, according to the preceding claim, characterized essentially 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 ^a Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially because thanks to its configuration from tubular elements, the claimed frame can modify its removed perimeter structure or adding tubular segments and also combining rigid plates, flexible parts and empty spaces in its perimeter.

4 ^a 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 ^a Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, essentially characterized 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 ^a 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.

T Frame for the collection of balls and other sporting goods with support for graphics, according to the preceding claims, characterized essentially in that when this lateral support presents an arc-shaped conformation, with curved tubular pieces (8) in this lateral part, 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 rings subject 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 ^a 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 ^a 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 arranged in the direction horizontal as those located in vertical arrangement, can be telescopic, thus modifying the length and height of the frame, also presenting a padded surface.

10 ^a 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 claimed frame can have hinged or articulated means.

1 I ^a 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 structures or legs, which act as support points, can be fixed or incorporate wheels or similar means of movement at its lower end.

12 ^a 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 being claimed incorporates an annexed container that can be compartmentalized.

13 ^a 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 ^a 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.