Patents Assigned to Athletica, Inc.
  • Shielding panel removal and installation system for supportless dasher boards
    Patent number: 6155022
    Abstract: A semi-automatic shielding panel removal and installation system for supportless dasher board systems. A U-channel runs along the length of a dasher board for holding in place (by cam means) a shielding panel. The U-channel is divided into two portions; a fixed portion is mounted to the frame of the dasher board, and a movable portion is able to be lifted off of a stringer by an actuator device. During normal use of the dasher board system (i.e. during a hockey game), the cam means holds the shielding panel snugly within the U-channel portions. When it is desired to remove the panel, a motor-driven lifting device is pivotably attached to the movable portion of the U-channel and actuated. The movable portion of the U-channel is lifted vertically, thus lifting the panel out of and away from the fixed portion of the U-channel. When the top portion of the dasher board has been cleared, the U-channel is rotated by 90 degrees so the panel may be slid out and loaded onto a skid or other storage means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Athletica, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary DeCanio, Paul J. DeCanio, Bruce W. Irving
  • Flexible dasher board system
    Patent number: 6004217
    Abstract: A flexible dasher board assembly and system that utilizes four different aspects for providing shock absorbing features in order to absorb any of four different types of forces imparted thereon by players. In a first aspect, the entire dasher board assembly is provided with rotational flexibility such that the entire dasher board assembly will pivot about a point substantially near the bottom of the dasher board and close to the ice. In a second aspect, the entire dasher board system is provided with translational flexibility, such that the entire dasher board assembly can be pushed substantially parallel with and away from the ice. In a third aspect, only the shielding panel is provided with rotational flexibility such that the shielding panel (and its support struts in a supported assembly) will pivot about a point within the dasher board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Athletica, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Johnston, Bruce W. Irving
  • Supportless dasher board
    Patent number: 5953882
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Athletica, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Vallance, Brian Townsend
  • Flexible kick board
    Patent number: D487317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Athletica, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher M. Guertin
  • Barrier cover
    Patent number: D430316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Athletica, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Guertin