Amusement devices – Body slide – Water slide
Patent
1993-03-23
1995-02-07
Friedman, Carl D.
Amusement devices
Body slide
Water slide
472106, A63B 900
Patent
active
053871588
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a play kit made of detachable plastic components capable of forming either a lounge chain, a slide assembly, a merry-go-round assembly or a teeter assembly, using an elongated plastic playboard as a basic element.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Play kits made of detachable components that can be put together to form different assemblies are already know (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,839,299; 3,109,645; 3,110,047;3,451,672). However, non of these know play kits is really versatile and have components that can be put together to form a lounge chain, a slide assembly, a merry-go-round assembly or a teeter assembly.
British patent No. 1.488.653 discloses a play kit made of detachable components that may be put together to form a slide assembly, a merry-go-round assembly or a teeter assembly. This kit is interesting but rather cumbersome in size and use to assemble it.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a primary object of the invention to provide a play kit especially, although not exclusively, intended for children or young people and of which selected components may be made into a playboard, which can be used alone as a rocking lounge chair or which can be associated with other components of the kit to form a slide assembly. By another selection of the components, the playboard may be built into a teeter assembly and a merry-go-round assembly.
Another object of the invention is to provide a kit of which the components are all made of plastic material and built so that they can rapidly be assembled and dismounted. In dismounted form, the components can be stored in a relatively small space.
In accordance with the invention, there is provided a play kit comprising: said playboard being shaped as a slide having a central flat part and two side protection ramps extending lengthwise of and on the lateral edges of said central flat part, said central flat part and ramps being symmetrical with respect to said longitudinal axis; end portions; for releasably coupling with said playboard attachment means in order to hold said playboard in upright position and make it useful as a slide, said support comprising footsteps in order for said support to act as a ladder for said slide; and base lying on the ground, said joining means being constructed to allow said playboard to teeter about at least one central axis normal to said longitudinal axis, characterized in that: direction, a wavy configuration made up of two short end portions of equal length, interconnected by a central curved portion of greater extent, said end portions and central portion gradually merging one into the other, said playboard being symmetrical with respect to a central transverse plane normal to said longitudinal axis and flat plane; on each of said playboard end portions, said two playboard attachment means being identical with one another and symmetrical with respect to said longitudinal axis and transverse plane; footsteps; connectable at the end thereof to said playboard and said support in order to prevent them from unfolding when they are used as a slide and ladder; to allow said playboard to teeter, and being dismountably fixable to one of said end portions of said playboard to make the same useful as a teeter assembly when it is joined to said support by said joining means.
A non restrictive description will now be given of a preferred embodiment of the invention having reference to the appended drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a playboard, made according to the teaching of the invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view, in cross section, showing the coupling means for joining the two identical and separate members that make up the playboard of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a slide assembly;
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of the slide assembly in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a cross section, on an enlarged scale, of the upper end of the slide assembly in FIG. 3;
FIG. 6 is a cross section, on an enlarged scale, of the connection between t
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Popular Mechanics, vol. 111, No. 6, Jun. 1959, p. 108.
Aubrey Beth A.
Bednarek Michael D.
Friedman Carl D.
The Ritvik Group Inc.
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