ES1078674U - Protector of metal fences (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Protector for metal fences, foreseen for its application in those types of metal fences formed by a horizontal tube and a plurality of vertical tubes acting as posts anchored to the ground, these fences delimiting sports enclosures such as soccer fields, futsal, hockey on skates, etc., in order to prevent damage to athletes who may impact on the fence itself, characterized because it is constituted by four pieces of flexible and adjustable material in correspondence with each of the junctions between the horizontal tube and each vertical tube of the metal fence, three of said pieces of flexible and adjustable material being equal to each other and affected by a groove or cut in correspondence with one of their generatrices to allow adaptation to the metal fence tubes in which they are placed. Apply, while the fourth piece has a "T" configuration and is equally affected by a slot or cut for adapting to the corresponding knot of the fence, with the particularity that said fourth piece in "T" constitutes the coupling means by plug of the three tubular pieces mounted respectively on the horizontal sections concurrent in the node and the vertical section equally concurrent in said knot. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a protector for metal fences, specifically provided for application in tubular metal fences that are formed by an upper horizontal tube and vertical ground anchor tubes, these fences being usable or or

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in sports spaces, to delimit the playing field. o o o

The object of the invention is to protect those fence tubes by means of material elements.

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Users or athletes impact the fences during game development. ·

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20 In certain sports areas, such as indoor soccer fields, soccer fields

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handball, soccer fields, hockey fields on skates, etc., there are metal fences delimiting the playing field, which are constituted by cylindrical tubes welded to vertical posts, also cylindrical, anchored to the ground, of .....

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so even though these tubes are cylindrical and therefore lack edges • .. • ..

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25 alive, however athletes sometimes hit the fence, causing injuries,

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breaks, etc., and especially trauma to the legs, arms and body, since the fence appears completely bare, that is, without protection of any kind.

Although means are known that protect the fence supports, such as

30 implemented on roads and others, for the protection of vehicles, motorists, etc., however, there is no known system of protection of metal fences used in sports spaces such as those referred to previously.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The protector for metal fences that has been recommended has been conceived to solve the problem described above, and therefore to fill the void that means that the metal fences that surround certain sports areas do not include any protection system for athletes, before a possible impact on the fence itself.

More specifically, the protector of the invention is characterized in that in correspondence with each junction node between the horizontal tube and the vertical tube of the fence, four pieces of flexible material adjustable to the respective sections of the frames are mounted. .....

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tubes that concur in said knot, and whose adjustable flexible material may be rubber, synthetic rubber, foam rubber, silicone and the like.

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Two of the pieces or bodies of adjustable flexible material are provided to cover the

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concurrent horizontal sections in the knot, the third piece or tubular body of flexible and adjustable material being provided to line the concurrent vertical tube therein

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fence knot, while the fourth piece of flexible adjustable material has a ....

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configuration in liT "and is planned to join the three pieces previously mentioned,

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connecting the ends of the two horizontal pieces at the ends of the branch

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horizontal of the piece in liT ", while the upper end of the vertical piece engages the lower end of the vertical section of the piece in liT". ...

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The different pieces have a longitudinal groove to allow assembly and adaptation.

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over the corresponding fence tubes.

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In addition, the straight tubular pieces, that is to say those that are arranged lining the concurrent horizontal sections in the node and the concurrent vertical section in that same node, have an end section of smaller section to engage internally at the ends of the piece in liT " , said parts being fixed to each other by means of Velcro® strips, by means of clamps, etc., for which it is envisaged that the piece in liT "has a location groove for the clamping clamps in proximity to the ends of its branches.

Optionally, the "T" piece can be lengthened by its ends, both of its horizontal branch and its vertical branch, with the corresponding grooves, to allow coupling along the concurrent metal tubes along each knot of the fence, by what instead of four pieces the set could be materialized by a single piece.

The device thus described can be used as advertising support, and can be ornamented throughout its sections by static advertising.

Finally, it is possible that, optionally, the material with which these 1O obtained the different parts of the protector is made of inflatable material.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

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To complement the description that will then be made and in order to help a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to an example · .. ..

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description, a set of drawings where illustrative and not limiting, has been

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20 represented the following:

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Figure 1.- Shows a representation corresponding to an exploded side elevation of ·.

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the pieces of protection that participate in two knots corresponding to a metal fence.

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25 Figure 2.- Shows a detail in perspective and exploded view of the participating pieces

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in the protector of the invention, in a position to be coupled to each other.

Figure 3.- Shows a sectional view of the coupling of the parts that participate in the protector object of the invention.

30 Figure 4.- Finally, it shows an elevation view of both the straight tubular pieces and the "T" piece, in which the grooves are shown to allow coupling and mounting on the tube sections of the metal fence to protect.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

As can be seen in the aforementioned figures, the metal fence protector object of the invention comprises four pieces of flexible material, two of them referenced with the number (1), a third represented with the number (2), and the fourth referenced with the number (3), parts that in any case are tubular and are capable of materializing in rubber, foam, silicone or other suitable flexible material that allows its wrap around the metal tubes of the fence to be protected, for which both pieces (1) such as part (2) and part (3) are affected by grooves (4) to allow their adaptation to the metal pipes of the fence.

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The pieces (1) are straight just like the piece (2), while the piece (3) has a

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"T" configuration, so that the ends of the pieces (1, 2) have a section (5) of smaller section for coupling by plug to the two branches of the piece

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in "T" (3), so that once assembled the pieces (1, 2, 3) in correspondence with · .......

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the concurrent tube sections in a knot of the metal fence, the coupling is made by plug, as previously said, and a fixation is carried out by means of · ...

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clamps (6), as shown in figure 2, which are positioned in grooves

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annular (7) provided both in the horizontal branch and in the vertical branch of the piece in "T"

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Likewise, the secured fixing or joining of the different parts referred to can be taken to · · .....

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out using Velcro® strips or any other appropriate system.

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Consequently, the protector for metal fences formed by a horizontal tube and tubes

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Vertical depending on posts, it is achieved by linking each other of four concurrent pieces in each of the nodes that are established between the horizontal tube and the vertical posts of the metal fence, so that the four pieces that participate in each node they are of the same material, three of them equal to each other to fit adaptively and in an enveloping manner on the horizontal and vertical sections concurrent in a knot of the metal fence, for which said pieces of protection will have a longitudinal cut or groove corresponding to one of its generatrices, while the fourth piece in "T" is arranged on the node itself and constitutes the means of plug-in coupling of the three previously mentioned pieces, also having the groove to allow its coupling to that area of union of The metal fence tubes.

As previously mentioned, optionally, the material with which the different parts of the protector are obtained could be made of inflatable material.

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Claims (5)

1.-Protector for metal fences, intended for application in that type of metal fences formed by a horizontal tube and a plurality of vertical tubes in function of posts anchored to the ground, delimiting said fences sports venues such as soccer fields, futsal, hockey skates, etc., in order to avoid damage to athletes that may impact on the fence itself, characterized in that it is constituted by four pieces of flexible and adjustable material corresponding to each of the junction knots between the tube horizontal and each vertical tube of the metal fence, three of said pieces of flexible and adjustable material being equal to each other and affected by a groove or cut in correspondence with one of its generatrices to allow adaptation · ....... · .. to the metal fence tubes in which it is applied, while the fourth piece has one. . ... "T" configuration and is also affected by a groove or cut to adapt to the corresponding knot of the fence, with the particularity that said fourth piece in "T" ... · · it constitutes the means of coupling by plug of the three assembled tubular parts · ....... · respectively on the concurrent horizontal sections in the node and the vertical section equally concurrent in said node. · .. .. ... · .. ell •• 2.-Protector for metal fences, according to claim 1, characterized in that the pieces · ....... . Tubular flexible and adjustable material, with the exception of the "T" piece, have their ...... ends equipped with sections of smaller section for coupling by plug on the ... ends of the branches corresponding to the piece in "T". . · .... ..... · .... . ..... 3.-Protector for metal fences, according to previous claims, characterized in that · · ..... · the piece in `` T '' presents, in proximity to the ends of its branches, grooves · · · annular location for clamping and fixing elements such as clamps, strips of fabric, plastic or other appropriate material, which maintain the fixation of the pluggable tubular pieces in said "T" piece. 4.-Protector for metal fences, according to previous claims, characterized in that the four pieces that participate in the protector are capable of constituting a single piece body "extending by its ends the horizontal branch of the piece in 'T' that covers the knot of the fence, to form the horizontal tubular sections of the protector, and also extending its vertical branch to form the section adaptable to the vertical tube of the fence. 5.-Protector for metal fences, according to claim 1, characterized in that the material of the protector is constituted from an inflatable material. · ....... or .. ·· ... . or ... · ....... · · .. .. ... · .. .... · · .... · ... •••. ··. • or · .. · .... . · .... .. · .. . ..... . . ..... · · ..... · · B 5 5 2 2 5 FIG. one 5 FIG. 2 · ....... · .. . ... . ... . · ....... · · .... ... · .. · .... . ..... · ....... · ·· · ...... · .... · .... ..... · · · .... . ..... . . ..... · · ..... · ·

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