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US 5,706,625 AGranted
Supportless dasher board
AssigneeCrystaplex Arenas
InventorsDouglas Vallance, Brian Townsend
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Abstract
A dasher board assembly having a U-shaped channel for receiving a shielding panel, and a rotatable cam co-operating with the channel to releasably clamp the shielding panel to the channel.
Claims15
A dasher board assembly comprising:
- a channel for receiving a shielding panel;
- a rotatable cam cooperating with said channel adapted to releasably clamp said shielding panel to said channel;
- a lower frame adapted to be anchored to the ground extending upwardly towards a pair of spaced apart stringers, said channel comprising a U-shaped cross-section disposed between said stringers, said lower frame comprising a bottom plate adapted to be anchored to the ground with a plurality of spaced apart up-standing posts, each of said posts comprising a lower end connected to said bottom plate and an upper end connected to said stringers;
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- a flat plate disposed between said stringers, said channel and said upper end of said posts connected to said flat plate.
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A dasher board assembly comprising:
- (a) a lower frame comprising
- (i) a bottom plate adapted to be anchored to the ground;
- (ii) a pair of spaced apart stringers at an upper end of said lower frame, said stringers comprising an upper and lower surface;
- (iii) a plurality of upstanding posts, each comprising a lower end connected to said bottom plate and an upper end connected to said lower surface of a respective stringer;
- (b) a U-shaped channel disposed between said stringers, said U-shaped channel comprising a first leg connected to one of said stringers and a second movable leg spaced from said other stringer;
- (c) a shielding panel adapted to be releasably secured to said U-shaped channel;
- (d) a rotatable cam disposed between said second leg of said U-shaped channel and said other stringer for cooperating with said second leg of said U-shaped channel to releasably clamp said shielding panel between said first and second legs;
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- (e) a sill connected to said upper surface of said stringers to prevent access to said rotatable cam, said rotatable cam is pinned to a bolt and comprises a cam head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.