Michael T Moncilovich

US Patent:

60955031, Aug 1, 2000

Filed:

Mar 11, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/038290

Inventors:

John S. Burley - Johnstown PA
Michael R. Moncilovich - Johnstown PA
John Charles Hicks - Barnesboro PA

Assignee:

Burley's Rink Supply, Inc. - Johnstown PA

International Classification:

E04H 1716

US Classification:

256 24

Abstract:

A dasher board system for providing a surrounding barrier for the playing surface of a hockey rink. The dasher board system includes lower dasher board sections and extended continuous transparent upper shielding elements. The lower dasher board sections are formed by pultrusion. This gives the dasher board sections a high concentration of fiberglass and a high strength-to-weight ratio. This enables the sections to be made in longer lengths and reduces assembly time. The dasher board sections include horizontal ribs formed therein during the pultrusion process. A mounting system includes supports that are mounted to the horizontal ribs to stabilize the dasher board sections. Curved dasher board sections are formed by cutting the horizontal ribs and flexing the dasher board sections in the regions of the cuts. The transparent upper shielding is formed from by unrolling an elongated length of relatively thin polycarbonate material. The shielding is coupled to wires that extend between the supports, or to the supports themselves.

US Patent:

60216468, Feb 8, 2000

Filed:

Jun 26, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/105151

Inventors:

John S. Burley - Johnstown PA
Michael R. Moncilovich - Johnstown PA
John Charles Hicks - Barnesboro PA

Assignee:

Burley's Rink Supply, Inc. - Johnstown PA

International Classification:

F25C 302

US Classification:

62235

Abstract:

A floor system having the versatility to be used for ice or in-line skating, ice, in-line, or floor hockey, or any other of a whole host of activities. The floor system includes a number of floor elements that extend the length of the playing or skating surface. The floor elements are interlocked with its adjacent floor elements to form a completed continuous upper planar surface. Supports, having fluid channels therein, support the planar upper surface a fixed distance from a foundation. The upper planar surface has a plurality of holes therein to permit fluid communication between the passages below the upper surface and the region immediately above the upper surface. This arrangement enhances the strength of the ice surface as the water that freezes inside the holes prevents portions of the ice from shearing off. Ice level indicators are frozen within the ice to provide a visual warning when the layer of ice falls below a predetermined amount. Additionally, when the flooring system is used for in-line or floor hockey, forced air may be directed into the passages and through the holes to lower the friction between the projectile and the floor surface.