Patent ID: 9469946
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: A63C,E01C,F16L

Claim Text:
1. A method for supporting cooling pipes and reinforcing bars prior to installation of a cast concrete layer thereupon in an ice rink, wherein the ice rink also comprises a horizontal ground surface, the method comprising the following steps given in no particular order: providing a plurality of rink chair support sections, each one of the rink chair support sections having: arranging the plurality of support sections in a plurality of rows; setting the reinforcing bars upon the rink chair support sections so as to be received therein by the support arrangements thereof; setting the cooling pipes upon the rink chair support sections so as to be received therein by the support arrangements thereof; wherein the respective one of the rink chair support sections further includes a coupling arrangement comprising: and, in each one of the rows, overlapping the base structures of each rink chair support section and the next in a manner passing the protruding element of one of the rink chair support sections through the hole of the adjacent one of the rink chair support sections so as to couple each rink chair support section and the next forming the respective row in fixed relation to one another.