EP0702985A1 - Poteau porte-fanion de slalom géant - Google Patents

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EP0702985A1
EP0702985A1 EP95114593A EP95114593A EP0702985A1 EP 0702985 A1 EP0702985 A1 EP 0702985A1 EP 95114593 A EP95114593 A EP 95114593A EP 95114593 A EP95114593 A EP 95114593A EP 0702985 A1 EP0702985 A1 EP 0702985A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C19/00—Design or layout of playing courts, rinks, bowling greens or areas for water-skiing; Covers therefor
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  • the invention relates to a safety gate flag for skiing for releasable attachment to a right and to a left gate bar, which are optionally provided with a tilt joint, with receptacles for pushing the gate bars being provided on the right and / or on the left end of the gate flag.
  • Gate flags of this type are used, for example, for giant slalom, Super G, downhill skiing and special slaloming.
  • the gate flags are tied to their gate poles with ribbons. However, due to new regulations, this is no longer permissible. For the organizer of the race in question, it is therefore a major problem how the gate flag can be attached to its goal posts in such a way that it cannot slip. If practically every racer who bumps into one of the goal poles slips the goal flag, the goal flag must be raised again before the next racer can start. Of course, this is time-consuming and personnel-intensive.
  • the preamble of the main claim is based on the prior art according to WO 89/07477 by the applicant.
  • the gate flag is connected to one of the two gate poles by an elastic band.
  • the gate bar can dodge if a racer touches the gate bar provided with the tilt joint, because the flag is connected to the relevant gate bar via the elastic band.
  • This well-known gate flag solves a very important safety aspect. But it still doesn't solve the problem that the flag is on the inside The gate bar slips as soon as a racer touches the inner gate bar.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of proposing a goal flag for skiing which is not only very safe for the racers in question, but which remains on the goal bars in the unfolded position of use during the race, even if a racer is one of the goal bars or even the goal flag touched yourself.
  • This object is achieved in that at the upper end of one of the two receptacles on the gate flag there is a fastening part which is closed at the top and which can be pushed over the upper end of the gate rod, and / or at the upper or lower end of the receptacle a fastening element, preferably made of rubber-like material that is attached to the relevant gate bar.
  • a racer touches the other, inner goal bar he usually knocks it to the ground, preferably if this goal bar is provided with a tilt joint, as is preferred.
  • This sudden movement of the gate bar in question would in itself lead to the gate flag slipping, also on the other, outer gate bar 2. According to the invention, this is prevented by the fastening part or fastening element. This effect also occurs when the racer touches the goal flag himself.
  • a central region of the gate flag consists of rubber-elastic material.
  • the goal flag is more compliant and does well with the movements imposed on it.
  • the gate flag must also be attached to the other, inner gate bar with sufficient security.
  • the measures according to claim 3 are preferred.
  • the clamping sleeve mentioned there causes the necessary, sufficiently stable attachment of the gate flag to this gate rod.
  • a lever is preferably provided on it, which can optionally be actuated via a pull cord with a handle, or can do without this pull cord, in which case the lever is preferably angled such that it can also be pivoted with a gloved hand .
  • the measures according to claim 4 are particularly important because this makes it particularly easier to pull the gate flag onto the goal posts, even in extreme cold, when gloves are required.
  • the tabs referred to in claim 4 may facilitate the mounting of the gate flag onto the goal posts, wherein one of the tabs can also be provided with a Velcro fastener tape or the like in order to enable the attachment of a goal sequence number.
  • the cavity of the flag mentioned in claim 7 facilitates the attachment of the clamping sleeve.
  • the fastening tape according to claim 9 serves the same purpose.
  • the present invention thus achieves the essential advantage that the flag can no longer slip during a race, as was the case in the past, especially when the flag is no longer allowed to be tied to its goal posts. All work on the gate flag according to the invention can even be carried out with gloves, which is a considerable advantage in extreme cold.
  • closed clamping sleeves is particularly preferred because they can no longer fall down.
  • open clamping sleeves were used, which often came loose and were then lost in the snow.
  • Figure 1 shows a safety gate flag 4 for giant slalom, Super G and for downhill skiing, consisting of three parts I, II and III, which is no longer attached with simple tapes or an adhesive tape for binding to a gate bar 2,3, as this is very time consuming. Also had to So far, when attaching the flag 4 to the gate bar 2,3, the gloves are removed, even in extreme cold. This is no longer necessary due to the present invention and is therefore a particular advantage. The same also applies to the removal of a goal flag 4 from the goal bar 2, 3.
  • the safety gate flag 4 consists of the three parts I, II, III, parts I and II of a very slippery, wind-permeable material and the part III of a very elastic material or of a rubber-like material which, how 1 can be seen in the middle of a safety gate flag 4.
  • This combination of different materials results in a safety function that above all supports one another.
  • the flag 4 at III is particularly stretchable sideways, while the two parts I and II consist of a piece of fabric that is quite normal, with the flag 4 on the two goal rods 2 and 3 in the longitudinal direction due to the cavities A and B (arrow) can slide up and down particularly smoothly, which is particularly advantageous as soon as one of the goal rods 2, 3 is hit by the racer.
  • the flag 4 on the inner gate bar 3 is held at the upper end by a clamping sleeve 7 with a tensioning lever 8 on the gate bar 3 and any movement of the flag 4 is prevented at this point so that the racer does not slip or even slip when approaching a gate bar 3 is dropped from the gate bar 3 and must be re-attached to the gate bars each time, as has been the case in ski races so far.
  • a safety stocking 5 or the like is provided, which is connected to the flag 4 and must be sewn stably at the top in order to prevent the flag 4 from sliding downward on the gate bar 2.
  • This stocking 5 or the like can also be made from a simple piece of fabric.
  • a rubber band 6 or the like was installed with subdivisions of invisible Velcro fasteners which hold the band 6 contracted with more or less strong pressure.
  • Another advantage of this invention is that the flag 4 can be moved effortlessly downwards on the two goal bars 2, 3 without any straps when the wind is rising.
  • the flag 4 can also be pulled up in the middle with the help of a cord 9 and thereby form two triangles, which can be fixed with a clamping button 18.
  • one of the flaps 14, 15 can consist of a Velcro fastener tape and the application of a number 10 (or the like) can be used as the goal number sequence.
  • the three-part safety gate flag 4 can consist of simple material material and is nevertheless equipped with all of the aforementioned advantages, as illustrated in the present invention.
  • the flag 4 would then have to be sewn stably at the top and have a short rubber sleeve 16 (or the like) at the bottom, which has a smaller diameter than the gate bar 2 in order to be able to exert a certain pressure on the gate bar 2, so that when the gate bar slides back 2, after the ski racer pressed it to the ground when the gate bar 3 was approached, the flag 4 can in no case slide off the gate bar 2. This should only happen as soon as a ski racer comes by hand or with a ski between the two goal poles 2, 3.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flag 20, an open clamping sleeve 21, which is provided with the flag 20 in the inner free space 23 so that it can be removed from a retaining band (not shown).
  • the retaining band (not visible) is sewn at both ends to the flag 20 and has on one side a non-slip rubber pad (or the like), which enables an immediate non-slip connection to the door bar 22 after pressing a clamping sleeve 21 onto the door bar 22 .
  • This stable connection with the gate bar 22 is a very special advantage over all previous gate flags.
  • the clamping sleeve 21 can no longer be hit by a gate bar 22 on the ski slope, no matter how hard the impact of a racer on a gate bar 22 (or the like). It is also envisaged to use this clamping sleeve 21 in FIG. 2 also in FIG. 1 instead of the closed clamping sleeve 7 on the flag 4 and to attach it to each gate bar in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
  • FIG. 3 shows the same flag 20, but here the clamping sleeve 24 is arranged on the upper part of a flag 20. This displacement of the sleeve 24 enables the flag 20 on the gate bar 25 to be moved as needed.
  • FIG. 4 shows an open special clamping sleeve 30 with an incision 31 which can be slightly overlapped (not visible) and with a recess 32 and at the end again with an incision 33.
  • This clamping sleeve 30 now no longer has to be laboriously and laboriously sewn into the flag 4, FIG. 1 or 2 and 3, but can be done in a quicker and simpler way Were inserted and fixed on a retaining band (not shown) already attached to the flag 4 in FIG. 1, 2 or 3.
  • This technical solution made it possible to produce large numbers of flags without much additional cost. This was not possible in the European patent application 93 113 444.9 filed by the applicant.
  • this clamping sleeve 30 is no longer pressed on via the flag 4 on the inner gate rod 3 in FIG. 1, but, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, is connected directly to the gate rod 3, FIG. 1, on the inside of a free space 23, 23 .
  • clamping sleeve 30 in FIG. 4 can be connected to the safety stocking 5 in FIG. 1 due to an opening 32 with a short band (not visible), so that it is available for pressing on over the safety stocking 5 for certain tasks.
  • FIG. 5 shows a closed clamping sleeve 34 which is installed in FIGS. 1 and 7. It is primarily the two recesses 36, 37 with the incisions 42, 43 for easy attachment of the Clamping sleeve 34 to the flag 4, FIG. 1, is indispensable in order to attach or remove the sleeve 34 with the band 40.
  • a retaining band 40 is provided, as shown in FIG. 5, which is pulled through the two recesses 36, 37 in order to be able to connect the band 40 to the flag 4 in FIG a stable connection can be established.
  • the lever 35 has a special shape so that in the closed state it lies precisely against the clamping sleeve 34 in order to prevent it from getting caught on the clamping sleeve 34 of a ski racer.
  • the clamping lever 8 with a cord 11 (or the like) on which a button 18 is provided is used.
  • the clamping sleeve 34 could also be provided without recesses 36, 37 as well as incisions 42, 43 and the attachment strap 40 could be sewn onto a flag (not shown) at the beginning of the strap 44 so that the other part of the strap 40 is closed by the closed clamping sleeve 34 can be pulled through and connected with the end of the other retaining band 45 again with the flag (not shown) by sewing.
  • the clamping sleeve 34 would then no longer be removably arranged on a flag, but would be captive.
  • FIG. 6 shows a door running flag 46 without the clamping sleeves 7, 21, 24, but instead with a non-slip rubber band 47 with Velcro fastener parts A, B, which enable the rubber band to be fastened to the door rod 48 with different diameters.
  • the rubber band is wrapped around the gate bar and fastened with the Velcro fasteners.
  • the rubber band 47 therefore has the task of holding the flag 46 stably on the gate bar 48.
  • the non-slip rubber band 47 is connected to a tab 49 which is sewn onto the flag 46.
  • a Velcro fastener (not shown) is arranged on the lower end, on which a number plate 50 is removably provided, on which the number 10 is given. Furthermore, the gate flag 46 is sewn again at position 51.
  • the fastening element (rubber ring) 16 (cf. FIG. 1) or the rubber band 47 will be used, with narrow flags the safety stocking 5 according to FIG. 1 will be used.
  • the safety gate flag according to the invention can be stripped by a racer without resistance upwards with the least risk from the gate bar 2, while the gate flag 4 on the inner gate rod 3 in Figure 1 by the clamping sleeve 7 or by the clamping sleeve 30 in FIG. 4 is still held on the gate bar 3 and cannot be taken along by the racer.
  • the closed clamping sleeve 7 clamps the clamping lever 7 immovably to the gate bar 3 with the aid of the cord 11, so that the flag is non-slidably connected to the left, inner gate rod 3.
  • the open clamping sleeve 21 can be attached to the gate bar 22 without slipping out of time, as a result of which the flag 20 is held firmly there.
  • the open clamping sleeve 24 can be moved on the upper flag part of the flag 20 on the gate bar 25, if this should prove to be necessary.
  • the open clamping sleeve 30 in FIG. 4 has the two recesses 31, 33 which enable the sleeve 30 to be attached to the flag 4 without the flag having to be sewn onto it.
  • clamping sleeve 30 or 34 can be attached to the flag at any time.
  • the kink 39 in Figure 5 is selected so that you can operate the lever 35 accordingly even with gloves, i.e. possibly also without the pull cord 41.
  • the receptacle B can also be closed at the top, but then the flag at the upper end of the goal bars 2, 3 can no longer be moved downwards; this method of attachment is preferred for departure flags because they are much larger.
  • the two slots 42, 43 in FIG. 5 enable the clamping sleeve 34 to be threaded in with the retaining band 40, so that the clamping sleeve can be detached from the flag at any time and be attached again to it.
  • the retaining band 40 can also be provided on one side with a non-slip adhesive material and is only used with the open clamping sleeves 30, 21, 24. This has the great advantage that the clamping sleeves can produce an immediate stable, non-slip connection after being pressed onto the gate bar 3, 22, 25.
  • a Velcro fastener (not visible) can be sewn onto the safety stocking 5 in its length and also on the flag 4 in the same length, in order to be able to hold the flag at the desired height when the stocking 5 is bent down over the gate bar 2.

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WO1998022190A1 (fr) 1996-11-20 1998-05-28 Hans Hinterholzer Porte pour pistes de ski
AT5066U3 (de) * 1996-11-20 2002-06-25 Hinterholzer Hans Torflagge für den skisport
AT412385B (de) * 2001-08-08 2005-02-25 Hinterholzer Hans Torflagge für den skisport
ITTV20100083A1 (it) * 2010-06-04 2011-12-05 Paolo Berro Sistema antinfortuni per porta in competizioni sciistiche
ITVR20120112A1 (it) * 2012-06-01 2013-12-02 Skipp Des Gottfried Rottensteiner & Co S A S Sistema di montaggio rimovibile di un telo flessibile su un palo, in particolare per una porta da slalom gigante, super g, o discesa libera.
EP2668982A1 (fr) * 2012-06-01 2013-12-04 SKIPP des Gottfried Rottensteiner & Co s.a.s. System de fixation pour la fixation changeable d'une feuille flexible sur une tige
ITVR20120225A1 (it) * 2012-11-12 2014-05-13 Skipp Des Gottfried Rottensteiner & Co S A S Sistema di montaggio rimovibile di un telo flessibile su un palo, in particolare per una porta da slalom gigante, super g, o discesa libera.

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US2711712A (en) * 1952-01-25 1955-06-28 Jr Verner Z Reed Non-fouling flag holder
US3119370A (en) * 1963-01-18 1964-01-28 John B Keats Flagstaff
US3217690A (en) * 1964-06-16 1965-11-16 Mercury Plastics Inc Signal flag
US3640242A (en) * 1970-11-04 1972-02-08 Frank Guinn Signal flag
WO1989007477A1 (fr) * 1988-02-22 1989-08-24 Hans Hinterholzer Porte de slalom

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US2711712A (en) * 1952-01-25 1955-06-28 Jr Verner Z Reed Non-fouling flag holder
US3119370A (en) * 1963-01-18 1964-01-28 John B Keats Flagstaff
US3217690A (en) * 1964-06-16 1965-11-16 Mercury Plastics Inc Signal flag
US3640242A (en) * 1970-11-04 1972-02-08 Frank Guinn Signal flag
WO1989007477A1 (fr) * 1988-02-22 1989-08-24 Hans Hinterholzer Porte de slalom

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WO1998022190A1 (fr) 1996-11-20 1998-05-28 Hans Hinterholzer Porte pour pistes de ski
US6176642B1 (en) 1996-11-20 2001-01-23 Hans Hinterholzer Flag-carrying gate for skiing
AT5066U3 (de) * 1996-11-20 2002-06-25 Hinterholzer Hans Torflagge für den skisport
AT412385B (de) * 2001-08-08 2005-02-25 Hinterholzer Hans Torflagge für den skisport
ITTV20100083A1 (it) * 2010-06-04 2011-12-05 Paolo Berro Sistema antinfortuni per porta in competizioni sciistiche
ITVR20120112A1 (it) * 2012-06-01 2013-12-02 Skipp Des Gottfried Rottensteiner & Co S A S Sistema di montaggio rimovibile di un telo flessibile su un palo, in particolare per una porta da slalom gigante, super g, o discesa libera.
EP2668982A1 (fr) * 2012-06-01 2013-12-04 SKIPP des Gottfried Rottensteiner & Co s.a.s. System de fixation pour la fixation changeable d'une feuille flexible sur une tige
ITVR20120225A1 (it) * 2012-11-12 2014-05-13 Skipp Des Gottfried Rottensteiner & Co S A S Sistema di montaggio rimovibile di un telo flessibile su un palo, in particolare per una porta da slalom gigante, super g, o discesa libera.

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