Landing pad

Claim 2

A landing pad for athletic events comprising a flexible cover defining when fully distended a moisture impervious enclosure having top, bottom and side walls, and a plurality of separate blocks of resilient foamed material positioned within said enclosure to fully distend the cover, said blocks including a top block dimensioned so that it extends under the full surface of the top wall, a plurality of support blocks positioned in parallel spaced apart relation on said bottom wall and upon which said top block is supported, and a plurality of spacer blocks positioned on said bottom wall between said support blocks for maintaining said spaced apart relation, each spacer block extending between a pair of adjacent parallel support blocks and having less elevation than the adjacent parallel support blocks so that said plurality of separate blocks define between them a plurality of parallel air spaces within said cover.

Claim 3

The landing pad that is defined in claim 1, wherein said resilient foamed material is polyurethane material.

Claim 4

The landing pad that is defined in claim 2, wherein the polyurethane top block has a relatively lighter density than the polyurethane support blocks.

Claim 5

The landing pad that is defined in claim 1, wherein said cover is free from seams in its top and bottom walls and at the corners defined between either the top wall or the bottom wall and the side walls.

Claim 6

The landing pad that is defined in claim 4, wherein said flexible cover is a nylon fabric coated with polyvinyl chloride material.

Claim 7

The landing pad that is defined in claim 4, wherein one side wall has means for opening and closing said cover for inserting and removing said blocks.

Claim 8

A landing pad for athletic events comprising a flexible cover defining when fully distended a moisture impervious enclosure having top, bottom and side walls, and a plurality of separate blocks of resilient foamed material positioned within said enclosure to fully distend the cover, said blocks including a top block dimensioned so that it extends under the full surface of the top wall, a plurality of support blocks positioned in spaced apart relation on said bottom wall and upon which said top block is supported, and a plurality of spacer blocks positioned on said bottom wall between said support blocks for maintaining said spaced apart relation, said blocks defining between them air spaces within said cover, each of said blocks being individually enclosed in a thin impervious wrapping material having a relatively low coefficient of friction to facilitate recoil of the blocks so that after a load has been imposed they can readily recover their original position.

Claim 9

A landing pad for athletic events comprising a flexible cover defining when fully distended a moisture impervious enclosure having top, bottom and side walls, and a plurality of separate blocks of resilient foamed material positioned within said enclosure to fully distend the cover, said blocks including a top block dimensioned so that it extends under the full surface of the top wall, a plurality of support blocks positioned in spaced apart relation on said bottom wall and upon which said top block is supported, and a plurality of spacer blocks positioned on said bottom wall between said support blocks for maintaining said spaced apart relation, said blocks defining between them air spaces within said cover, each of said blocks being individually enclosed in a thin impervious wrapping material having a relatively low coefficient of friction to facilitate recoil of the blocks so that after a load has been imposed they can readily recover their original position.

Claim 10

A landing pad for athletic events comprising a flexible cover defining when fully distended an enclosure having top, bottom and side walls, and a plurality of separate blocks of resilient foamed material positioned within said enclosure to fully distend the cover, said blocks Including a top block dimensioned so that it extends under the full surface of the top wall, a plurality of support blocks in spaced apart relation upon which said top block is supported, and a plurality of spacer blocks between said support blocks for maintaining said spaced apart relation, said blocks defining between them air spaces within said cover, each of said blocks being enclosed in a thin wrapping material having a relatively low coefficient of friction to facilitate recoil of the blocks so that after a load has been imposed they can readily recover their original positions, said thin wrapping material being polyethylene sheet material.

Claim 11

A landing pad for athletic events comprising a flexible cover defining when fully distended an enclosure having top, bottom and side walls, and a plurality of separate blocks of resilient foamed material positioned within said enclosure to fully distend the cover, said blocks Including a top block dimensioned so that it extends under the full surface of the top wall, a plurality of support blocks in spaced apart relation upon which said top block is supported, and a plurality of spacer blocks between said support blocks for maintaining said spaced apart relation, said blocks defining between them air spaces within said cover, each of said blocks being enclosed in a thin wrapping material having a relatively low coefficient of friction to facilitate recoil of the blocks so that after a load has been imposed they can readily recover their original positions, said thin wrapping material being polyethylene sheet material.

Claim 12

A landing pad for athletic events comprising a flexible cover defining when fully distended a flexible enclosure having top, bottom and side walls, and a plurality of separate blocks of resilient material positioned within said enclosure to distend the cover, each of said blocks being sealed within a thin impervious wrapping material having a relatively low coefficient of friction, said separate blocks including a top block having an upper surface conforming to the dimensions of said top wall, and a plurality of additional blocks positioned below said top block, at least some of which maintain said top block against said top wall, said additional blocks being arranged together with said top block so as to provide air spaces within said cover while simultaneously fully distending said cover.

Claim 13

A landing pad for athletic events comprising a flexible cover defining when fully distended a flexible enclosure having top, bottom and side walls, and a plurality of separate blocks of resilient material positioned within said enclosure to distend the cover, each of said blocks being sealed within a thin impervious wrapping material having a relatively low coefficient of friction, said separate blocks including a top block having an upper surface conforming to the dimensions of said top wall, and a plurality of additional blocks positioned below said top block, at least some of which maintain said top block against said top wall, said additional blocks being arranged together with said top block so as to provide air spaces within said cover while simultaneously fully distending said cover.