Patent ID: 6957546

Claim:
A portable ice rink comprising sheet means, a plurality of frame members adapted to be connected in an end-to-end relationship such as to form a closed frame for said rink, said sheet means being adapted to be laid across said frame and to be connected thereto by way of secondary connectors, said secondary connectors being provided substantially continuously along said frame, whereby water deposited onto said sheet means inwardly of said frame and then having frozen thereon forms an ice sheet, wherein said secondary connectors and said ice sheet completely cover said sheet means at upper and side portions of said frame, wherein said frame members comprise rigid elongated tubular members and wherein said second connectors comprise elongated flexible covering members spreadable for positioning over said sheet means and said tubular members with said sheet means being imprisoned between said tubular members and said covering members, wherein peripheral protective bands are provided for positioning between said secondary connectors and said sheet means for at least one of protecting said sheet means from said secondary connectors and allowing said sheet means to be slidably displaced relative to said frame even when connected thereto by said secondary connectors.