IMPACT-ABSORBING BOUNDARY STRUCTURE FOR SPORTS ARENAS

摘要

A boundary structure formed of a supple sheet secured to a series of spaced-apart support members, with the support member at one end being secured to a fixed structure such as a post or a wall by turnbuckles, and the support member at the other end of the sheet being secured to another fixed structure by springs under tension. Intermediate support members may be disposed between the end support members and connected by one or more tensioned ropes or cables to a fixed structure spaced rearwardly from the boundary structure, so as to dispose the boundary structure in a series of chordal segments.