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Title: Displaceable building unit for off-the-wall games
Claims: I claim: 1. A displaceable building unit defining a playing enclosure for use as a court for off-the-wall games requiring at least one wall suitable for the bouncing-off of a ball, comprising: a frame made up of at least one end skeleton structure and two side skeleton structures fixed to said end skeleton structure; flat wall panels and resilient means securing said wall panels to said structures on the inside thereof with respect to said playing enclosure; said resilient means detachably connecting said panels to said structures at spaced apart locations; wherein each panel is a cellular construction comprising an inner skin, an outer skin spaced from and parallel to said inner skin, and a plurality of spaced apart webs extending transversely of the panel between said skins, said panels being disposed on said structures so that the outer surface formed by said panel inner skins is unbroken, and wherein said resilient means detachably securing said panels of said ball-bouncing wall project solely toward the outside of said panels with respect to said playing enclosure whereby the inner face of said ball-bouncing wall is flat, continuous and devoid of projecting parts so as to be suitable for use in an off-the-wall game. 2. A building unit is claimed in claim 1 wherein said skeleton structures comprises slender frame members, and means for detachably connecting the frame members together. 3. A building unit as claimed in claim 2 wherein said skeleton structures includes generally horizontal support members extending about the top thereof, said panels being suspended from said support members. 4. A building unit as claimed in claim 2 wherein said skeleton structures include a plurality of vertical, spaced-apart column members, a roof on the building unit, the roof having a plurality of arch members, each arch extending between, and attached to, opposed pairs of column members in the side walls of the skeleton structures. 5. A building unit as claimed in claim 4 including a ceiling, the ceiling having a plurality of joist members, each extending between and attached to the ends of an arch member. 6. A building unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resilient means are mounted through the outer skins of said panels between adjacent webs. 7. A knock-down portable building unit for use as a court for off-the-wall games requiring at least one wall suitable for the bouncing off of a ball, said building comprising: a frame made up of removably interconnected rigid slender members extending in three planes defining one end skeleton structure and two side skeleton structures extending from said end structure and heavy sill members intended to rest unattachedly on the ground and to which said skeleton structures are removably secured from their lower ends; modular panel members fixed to and inwardly of said skeleton structures over the whole surfaces thereof whereby said structures, sills and panels form a playing enclosure; wherein said panels of at least one of said walls has an inner surface thereof which is flat, continuous, devoid of projecting parts and made of a material having a ball-bouncing property, and wherein said panels of said one wall are made of plastics material defining inner cells and wherein ballast material is contained in said cells to weight said panels down and increase the bouncing property of said one flat surface. 8. A building as claimed in claim 7, wherein said panels of said one flat wall are each made of an inner and an outer skin integrally interconnected by spaced vertical webs whereby to define vertical chambers into which said ballast material is contained and wherein said panels are made of extruded plastics material. Other info: Inventors: Kastner, Sid Application Number: 714847 Filing Date: 1976-08-16 Publication_date: 1978-01-31 Assignee: Primary Class(es): 52/86 52/270, 52/281, 52/282.4, 472/94 Other Classes: US Patent Ref:
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Primary Examiner: Faw, Jr., Price C. Assistant Examiner: Raduazo, Henry Attorney: |
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