HANDRAIL FOR A BOARD

Abstract

The invention relates to a board for a sports facility comprising a handrail at its upper edge, the handrail having a handrail body having a profile extending in a longitudinal direction, in the outer surface of which a mounting channel runs essentially over the entire length of the handrail, which mounting channel is designed to mount a flat information element. The invention further relates to such a handrail for a board, a mobile sports facility and a method for constructing a mobile sports facility.

Claims

1. A board for a sports facility comprising a handrail at its upper edge, the handrail having a handrail body having a profile extending in a longitudinal direction, in the outer surface of which a mounting channel runs essentially over the entire length of the handrail, which mounting channel is designed to mount a flat information element.

2. The board according to claim 1, characterized in that said board is designed as a board element for a mobile sports facility, in particular having a length of less than 5 m, wherein the handrail preferably is at least the length of the board element and particularly preferably protrudes on one side of the board element.

3. The board according to claim 1, characterized in that the minimum width of the mounting channel is 2 cm, preferably 5 cm, and/or wherein the minimum width does not exceed 20 cm, wherein the width is preferably constant over the entire length of the mounting channel, apart from optional clamping elements.

4. The board according to claim 1, characterized in that the minimum depth of the mounting channel is 2 mm, preferably 5 mm, and/or wherein the minimum depth does not exceed 5 cm, wherein the depth is preferably constant over the entire length of the mounting channel, apart from optional clamping elements.

5. The board according to claim 1, characterized in that the mounting channel is designed such that an information element can be glued, clamped, screwed into it or fixed by means a magnetic fastening, wherein the cross section of the mounting channel is preferably designed such that the inner volume of the mounting channel has an undercut for holding an information element in a form-fitting manner.

6. The board according to claim 1, characterized in that the mounting channel is formed on the inside and/or the outside of the handrail, wherein a mounting channel is preferably designed on both sides of the handrail, wherein the mounting channel is preferably designed for inserting an information element on one side and comprises a permanently attached information element on the other side.

7. The board according to claim 1, characterized in that the handrail is designed to mount a dynamic information element, wherein the handrail preferably has at least one electrical contact point for this purpose, preferably in the region of the mounting channel and in particular an electrical supply line from the contact points to a connection unit for connection to a data interface and/or to an electrical energy supply.

8. The board according to claim 1, characterized in that the handrail has a lighting unit in the region of the mounting channel, in particular on its support surface and/or its upper side and/or its lower side, which lighting unit is designed and positioned such that light from the lighting unit can illuminate an information element from above, below or behind, wherein preferably part of the mounting channel is made of a transparent material and the lighting unit is arranged inside the handrail behind the transparent material.

9. A handrail designed for attaching to a board, in particular to a mobile board element, the handrail comprising a handrail body having a profile extending in a longitudinal direction, in the outer surface of which a mounting channel runs essentially over the entire length of the handrail, which mounting channel is designed for mounting a flat information element, wherein the handrail preferably has a groove in the lower area of the handrail body, into which the upper edge of a previously known board can be inserted.

10. A mobile sports facility, preferably a roller-skating rink or ice skating rink, comprising a board according to claim 1.

11. A method for constructing a mobile sports facility, comprising the steps: constructing the board of the mobile sports facility using a board according to claim 2, and attaching and/or introducing, in particular pushing in, flat, strip-shaped, information elements into the handrail of the board.

12. The method for constructing a mobile sports facility according to claim 11, further comprising the step of: constructing the floor of the mobile sports facility before and/or after the construction of the board.

13. A method for constructing a mobile sports facility, comprising the steps: constructing the handrail according to claim 9, and attaching and/or introducing, in particular pushing in, flat, strip-shaped, information elements into the handrail of the board.

14. The method for constructing a mobile sports facility according to claim 13, further comprising the step of: constructing the floor of the mobile sports facility before and/or after the construction of the board.

15. A mobile sports facility, preferably a roller-skating rink or ice skating rink, comprising a handrail according to claim 9.

Description

[0035] The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the attached figures using exemplary embodiments. The same components are provided with identical reference numbers in the various figures. The figures are generally not to scale. Shown are:

[0036] FIG. 1 an embodiment of a board according to the invention,

[0037] FIG. 2 an embodiment of a handrail according to the invention,

[0038] FIG. 3 a cross section through a preferred handrail,

[0039] FIG. 4 a cross section through a further preferred handrail.

[0040] FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a board 1 according to the invention. A mobile board element 1 is depicted here, which here consists of a beam construction having a flat cladding in front and having an upper edge 1a. A handrail 2 is arranged on said upper edge 1a. Said handrail 2 comprises a mounting channel 3 on one side, which can be the outside here, for example. An information element 4 is just being inserted into this mounting channel 3, specifically in the direction of the arrows indicated. The arrows are intended to depict a motif on the information element 4 here. For example, said arrows can be used to find an exit or show directions to a point of interest. The information element 4 is an elongate plate shaped such that said plate can be easily slipped into the mounting channel 3 and is held thereby in a form-fitting manner.

[0041] FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a handrail 2 according to the invention. Said handrail 2 has a mounting channel 3 into which, as shown in FIG. 1, an information element 4 (not depicted here) can be inserted. In order to hold an information element 4 in a form-fitting manner, the mounting channel 3 has an edge region 5 on the front that projects inwards and the inner volume of the mounting channel 3 therefore has an undercut for holding an information element 4 in a form-fitting manner. The handrail 2 depicted here is also the handrail body 2 at the same time. Said handrail body 2 has a very large groove (cavity inside) with which the handrail body can encompass an upper edge 1a of a board 1, as depicted in FIG. 1.

[0042] Two clamping elements 6 are delineated in the central region of the mounting channel 3. Said clamping elements are slight protuberances in the support surface 3a of the mounting channel 3 and can clamp in an inserted information element 4 (not depicted) so that it cannot slip out.

[0043] FIG. 3 shows a cross section through a preferred handrail 2. This is the cross section of the handrail 2 depicted in FIG. 2. The upper edge 1a of a board 1, which the handrail 2, as explained above, can encompass, is depicted here in dashed lines. The mounting channel 3 is also depicted here in cross section. The two edge regions 5, which are arranged such that they can encompass an inserted information element 4 in a form-fitting manner, can be seen very clearly.

[0044] FIG. 4 shows a cross section through a further preferred handrail. Said cross section is constructed like that in FIG. 3, with the difference that a mounting channel 3 is located on each of the two sides for inserting and holding an information element 4 in a form-fitting manner. An optional information element 5 that is permanently glued in here is depicted in dashed lines on the left. Said information element could be located on the outside of the handrail 2 of a board 1, wherein any information elements 4 can then be inserted on the inside.

[0045] As an optional element, a lighting element 7 is delineated in dashed lines, which can illuminate from behind an information element 4 (not depicted) inserted into the left mounting channel 3.

[0046] Finally, it is pointed out once again that the devices described in detail above are merely embodiments which can be modified in a wide variety of ways by a person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Furthermore, the use of the indefinite article a or an does not rule out the possibility that the characteristics in question can also be present more than once. Likewise, the terms unit and device do not exclude the possibility that these also consist of a plurality of sub-units, which may also be spatially separate.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

[0047] 1 board/board element [0048] 1a upper edge [0049] 2 handrail/handrail body [0050] 3 mounting channel [0051] 3a support surface [0052] 4 information element [0053] 5 edge region [0054] 6 clamping element [0055] 7 lighting element