ES1078925U - Front protector of paddle blades (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Front paddle blade protector characterized in that it comprises an adhesive sheet or group of adhesive sheets with a thickness comprised between 0.01 mm and 10 mm with a rough or smooth surface characterized by being able to be attached to the paddle blades leaving the holes in the paddle free. They have a rough surface to provide greater grip when hitting the ball and offer protection against breakage or damage to the blade to which it adheres. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

TECHNICAL SECTOR

The present invention is part of the technical sector of sports practices,

more specifically in relation to the frontal protection of the blades used

during the practice of paddle.

STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE

Currently there are protectors for paddle blades, such as utility models U201131297 and U2011 01 072, to protect the edge of the blade whose purpose is, on the one hand, to protect the blade from the blows received in the edge during the practice of said sport and on the other that of changing the balance of the blade's weight.

This prior art protector does not include front protection especially

the area between holes that is the weakest of the blade and that it is very common that

cracks appear that join two or more of the holes that have paddle blades

And in more severe cases the crack continued until the song due to the stress produced

by hitting the ball in the normal practice of paddle sport.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND ADVANTAGES

The protector that is proposed in this invention brings the novelty of the area to be protected by proposing a protection to the frontal area of the paddle blade that occupies the entire hitting area of the ball leaving free the holes that are made in it.

Said protector is constituted by a protective sheet of rigid or semi-rigid materials and with a smooth or rough finish in its upper part, to offer greater friction against the ball in the striking with effects, and with an adhesive lower face in intimate contact with the blade.

The lower adhesive layer will have the characteristics of adhesion sufficient for the sheet to withstand, without detaching from the blade, the impacts of the ball in the game but the withdrawal of it is allowed to exchange it for a new sheet

or remove it definitely.

The upper layers will be made of semi-rigid materials and with a smooth or rough finish in the style contemplated by the official paddle regulation that in its section "the blade" specifies that "the striking surface may be flat, smooth or rough".

In the case of the rough upper layers, the roughness of these may be granular or of any other type, such as concentric circles or parallel or intermingled lines forming a drawing or not, as long as they provide friction to the ball in the strokes with effect.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To better understand the object of the present invention, some exemplary drawings are attached which should be considered as indicative and not restrictive.

Figure 1.- General elevation view of a front protector (1) adhered to a blade (a) and freeing the holes (2) thereof.

Figure 2. - Front view of the protector (1) where the holes in the protector are visible

(3) free coinciding with the holes of the blade (2) and the roughness (4) in this example case with granular appearance.

Figure 3.a - Cutting detail of an example of protector (1) in elevation with an adhesive lower layer (5), an upper layer (7) with a rough surface.

Figure 3.b - Cutting detail of an example of protector (1) in elevation with an adhesive lower layer (5), an intermediate layer (6) as a base where to fix the other layers, an upper layer (7) that Contains granules (4) to achieve roughness.

DETAILED EXHIBITION

An example of practical, non-limiting embodiment of the present invention is described below. Other embodiments are not ruled out in which accessory changes are introduced that do not distort its basis; on the contrary, the present invention also encompasses all its variants.

The object of the invention is a new front paddle paddle protector, used to protect the front face of the blade (A), which is the area most susceptible to breakage when receiving the impacts of the ball.

In accordance with the invention, and according to the embodiment shown, said protector is structured in a body (1) of one or more pieces that as a whole will be similar in size and shape to the front face of the blade to be protected and with holes ( 2) coinciding with those presented by the blade to which the protection adheres.

The upper part of the protector is in a rough finish (7) to offer greater friction in the blows with effect, which are blows that occur with a certain inclination, sometimes becoming almost perpendicular to the edges of the holes of the blade, and that they are the ones that can cause the most deterioration in these, being, in general, the only area that allows the ball an extra grip when the surface of the blade is flat. This friction, which facilitates the roughness of the protector, makes the impact spread over the entire surface impacted by the ball and does not concentrate on the edges of the holes avoiding with. This breaks.

The protective sheet may or may not have an intermediate layer (6) between the lower adhesive layer (5) and the outer rough layer (7) as a containment base thereof and will generally be made of rigid or semi-rigid plastic materials.

The rough outer layer (7) will consist of rigid or semi-rigid materials that may or may not have granularity by itself or be a smooth layer and contain or not granules (4) of rigid or semi-rigid materials to obtain the necessary friction in the blows with the ball.

The terms in which this report is written are true and faithful reflection of the object described, and should be taken in its broadest sense and never in a limiting way.

Claims (1)

1. Front paddle pad protector characterized in that it comprises an adhesive sheet or group of adhesive sheets with a thickness between 0.01 mm and 10 mm with a rough or smooth surface characterized by being able to attach to the paddle blades leaving free the holes of the same and for having a rough surface to confer greater grip in the hit of the ball and offer protection against breakage or deterioration of the blade to which it adheres. TO 00000 L '· =) 000000 O 00000000000 00000000000 000000000 0000000 1--00 \ - + - {~ '.1 (i').; ~ / ~ '-.}' - ..} '-....} ~. Li) FIG 1  FIG 2    FIG 3a   FIG 3b