PLATFORM FOR HOLDING EVENTS INCLUDING THE USE OF REPLICAS OF MEDIEVAL ARMOR AND/OR REPLICAS OF MEDIEVAL WEAPONS

Abstract

A platform for holding events including the use of replicas of medieval armor and/or replicas of medieval weapons, including a battle area located on a supporting structure at a level above the platform base, and smooth slopes extending downward along the entire perimeter from the sides of the battle area and having a base of hard material and executed with a soft coating, wherein a stumbling barrier is located along the entire perimeter or along two opposite sides of the battle area.

Claims

1. A platform for holding events including the use of replicas of medieval armor and/or replicas of medieval weapons, comprising: a battle area located on a supporting structure at a level above the platform base; smooth slopes extending downward along the entire perimeter from sides of the battle area and having a base of hard material and executed with a soft coating; and a stumbling barrier located along at least two opposite sides of the battle area; wherein a height of the stumbling barrier constitutes 20-40 centimeters.

2. The platform according to claim 1, wherein posts with ropes, cables, and/or chains stretched therebetween are used as the stumbling barrier.

3. The platform according to claim 1, wherein a strip of soft elastic material is used as the stumbling barrier.

4. The platform according to claim 1, wherein the height of the stumbling barrier is 25-35 centimeters.

5. The platform according to claim 1, wherein the smooth slopes have an angle of inclination from 6 to 46 degrees, and a minimum length of an inclined surface of the smooth slopes is 3.5 meters.

6. The platform according to claim 1, wherein, along the perimeter formed by lower edges of the smooth slopes, there is a soft skirting for deacceleration with a minimum width of 2 meters.

7. The platform according to claim 1, wherein mats with a soft filler are used as the soft coating, which in total cover an entire surface of the smooth slopes, have a thickness from 20 to 100 centimeters, and are attached to the base of the smooth slopes using glue, ropes, and/or wires.

8. The platform according to claim 7, wherein the thickness of the mats is 30 to 40 centimenters.

9. The platform according to claim 1, wherein the battle area has a deepening filled with sand throughout the entire area, formed by additional side walls located around the perimeter of the battle area, wherein upper edges of the additional side walls are located at a same level with upper edges of the smooth slopes.

10. The platform according to claim 9, wherein a height of the additional side walls of the battle area is from 7 to 10 centimeters.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

[0051] The following is a detailed example of the implementation of the invention with reference to the drawings, which, however, should not be considered as such that limits the scope of the legal protection defined by the claims, namely:

[0052] FIG. 1 is a general view of the platform with stumbling barriers installed along two sides;

[0053] FIG. 2 is a general view of the platform with stumbling barriers installed along four sides;

[0054] FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the platform;

[0055] FIG. 4 is a schematic general view of the slope;

[0056] FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the slope without a soft coating.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0057] The platform for holding events including the use of replicas of medieval armor and/or replicas of medieval weapons, as shown in FIG. 1, includes a battle area 1 located on a supporting structure with a deepening 2 filled with sand, smooth slopes 3 extending downward from the sides of the platform, and a stumbling barrier, which may be in the form of strips of soft elastic material 4 located on the battle area 1 along two opposite sides of the platform closer to the edge. In an exemplary embodiment of the platform, as shown in FIG. 2, the strips of soft elastic material 4 are located along four sides thereof.

[0058] Soft mats 5 are located on the smooth slopes 3 of the platform.

[0059] The platform has a height of 1.2 meters and is in the form of a truncated pyramid with a rectangular base. In this case, the sides of the lower plane formed by the lower edges of the slopes 3 have a length of 16.28 and 31.28 meters, and the sides of the upper plane of the platform formed by the upper edges of the slopes are 3-10 and 25 meters long, respectively.

[0060] The slopes 3 of the platform are smooth, while the angle of inclination thereof to the horizon is 19 degrees, and the length of the inclined surface is 3.70 meters.

[0061] The supporting structure of the platform (FIG. 3) consists of reinforced concrete support pads with anchor blocks and a wooden frame.

[0062] The wooden frame is made of horizontal beams of decking 6 and wooden columns 7 having a metal base. The decking 6 is made with LVL beams 42 millimeters thick.

[0063] In the central part of the wooden frame of the platform, a technical passage for personnel is provided.

[0064] The support pads have anchors protruding from the surface thereof, to which the metal bases of the wooden columns 7 are attached, and additional supporting means 8 are installed on the wooden columns 7 located along the battle area to hold the slopes 3 of the platform.

[0065] Slopes 3 (FIGS. 4-5) comprise wooden horizontal planks 9, fixed on additional supporting means 8 of the frame, and soft mats 5, which are glued to the outer surface of the wooden horizontal planks 9. The thickness of the soft mats 5 is 50 centimeters, they cover the entire surface of the slopes 3. The filler of the soft mats 5 is made of foam rubber, and the cover is made of PVC fabric.

[0066] The battle area 1 has a deepening 2 filled with sand throughout the entire area, formed by additional side walls 10 of the battle area 1 fitting tightly to the frame of the platform, wherein the upper edges of the additional side walls 10 are located at the same level with the upper edges of the smooth slopes 3. The height of the additional side walls 10 is 7 centimeters.

[0067] The height of the strips of soft elastic material located along the sides of the battle area 1 is 35 centimeters.

[0068] The construction of the platform according to the present invention ensures the safety of participants of full-contact battles in armor, a low risk of injury to combatants, also when a combatant falls outside the platform, even at a high speed of movement of the combatant, and creates good visibility and visual appeal of the battle for spectators.

[0069] Also, the construction of the platform according to the present invention is stable and durable, provides a balance of reliability, simplicity, and ease of installation, and is made of affordable and cheap materials.