Sports wall assembly
OwnerDean L. SICKINGinventor
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Abstract
Rate of deceleration is an important factor in determining the severity of injuries, such as head and neck injuries, possibly sustained when participants collide with a wall assembly while playing, for example, ice hockey. The described wall assemblies each include a support assembly and a movable wall assembly supported by and movable with respect to the support assembly. Telescoping parts of the movable wall assembly enable deflection of the movable wall assembly to complex angles with respect to the support assembly. In addition, movable wall assemblies can be couple such that impact on one wall assembly can cause deflection of an adjacent wall assembly. Covers, shields, and spacers can be positioned to decrease gap formation during deflection of the movable wall assembly to reduce the risk of pinch points.
Claims20
A wall assembly, comprising:
- a support assembly;
- and
- a movable wall assembly supported by and movable with respect to the support assembly, the movable wall assembly including
- a plurality of transverse front wall supports,
- a left front wall support, and
- a right front wall support, each of the left front wall support and the right front wall support being movable with respect to the plurality of transverse front wall supports.
A plurality of wall assemblies, comprising:
- a plurality of support assemblies;
- a plurality of movable wall assemblies, each one of the plurality of movable wall assemblies being supported by a respective one of the plurality of support assemblies and movable with respect to the respective one of the plurality of support assemblies;
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- a connector positioned to connect two directly adjacent movable wall assemblies of the plurality of movable wall assemblies to each other such that deflection of a first movable wall assembly of the two directly adjacent movable wall assemblies causes deflection of a second movable wall assembly of the two directly adjacent movable wall assemblies.
A plurality of wall assemblies, comprising:
- a plurality of support assemblies;
- a plurality of movable wall assemblies, each one of the plurality of movable wall assemblies positioned on a respective one of the plurality of support assemblies and movable from a first position to a second position with respect to the respective one of the plurality of support assemblies;
- a shield positioned to extend from a first movable wall assembly of the plurality of movable wall assemblies to a second movable wall assembly of the plurality of movable wall assemblies, the shield positioned to overlap the second movable wall assembly of the plurality of movable assemblies to prevent formation of a gap between the first movable wall assembly and the second movable wall assembly during movement of at least one of the first movable wall assembly and the second movable wall assembly from the first position to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.