EP0152536A2 - Jouet gonflable - Google Patents

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EP0152536A2
EP0152536A2 EP84112831A EP84112831A EP0152536A2 EP 0152536 A2 EP0152536 A2 EP 0152536A2 EP 84112831 A EP84112831 A EP 84112831A EP 84112831 A EP84112831 A EP 84112831A EP 0152536 A2 EP0152536 A2 EP 0152536A2
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Ludwig Gruber
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H4/00—Swimming or splash baths or pools
    • E04H4/0018—Easily movable or transportable swimming pools
    • E04H4/0025—Easily movable or transportable swimming pools with inflatable parts

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  • the invention relates to an inflatable game device in the form of a container made of flexible material, with a wall part formed by a plurality of annularly closed, coaxially adjacent air chambers and a bottom part closing the wall part on an axial side in an axis-normal plane.
  • the circular-cylindrical wall part in the inflated state comprises a plurality of air chambers adjoining one another in the direction of the cylinder axis.
  • the radial thickness of the air chambers is relatively small compared to their axial height.
  • the paddling pool only gets its stability from the pressure of the filled water. Younger children in particular find it difficult to climb into the paddling pool over the relatively unstable wall.
  • the well-known paddling pool can only be used for bathing purposes.
  • the air chambers are arranged concentrically one inside the other with respect to their common ring axis and are each radially separated from one another by an annular partition wall enclosing the ring axis and extending essentially over the entire axial height of the wall part.
  • Such an inflatable game device has a wall part which is comparatively wide in the radial direction and which braces the game device in a self-supporting manner. Filled with water, the play equipment can be used as a children's paddling pool, filled with sand as a sandpit.
  • the wall part which is comparatively wide in the radial direction, forms a circumferential seating surface which is particularly stable due to the annular chamber design. Due to its stability, the wall section can also be climbed by smaller children.
  • the play device can also be used as a bathing island with the bottom part pointing upwards.
  • a special play effect results from the fact that the play equipment floating on the water surface with the floor pointing upwards includes a cushioning air bubble.
  • the air chambers forming the wall part are preferably separate air chambers that can be inflated via separate valves.
  • the air chambers can also be connected to one another via openings in the partition walls, so that they can be inflated via a common valve.
  • the axial height of the radially innermost air chamber in the inflated state is the same, but preferably greater than the axial height of the radially outermost air chamber. In this way, when used as a paddling pool or sandpit, a comparatively large filling height can be increased with a comparatively small amount of material and without sacrificing stability.
  • the game device can be manufactured from airtight film material, for example PVC or the like, with relatively little material.
  • the film material can optionally be reinforced by fabric or the like.
  • a game device made of film material it comprises a circular first film sheet which is essentially closed-surface to form the base part and which is connected along its outer edge to the outer edge of an annular disk-shaped second film sheet of the same outside diameter, for example by welding.
  • the second film sheet is tightly connected along its inner circumference to one of the circumferential edges of an annular film tube section of the same circumferential length, while the film tube section is tightly connected to the first film sheet along its other circumferential edge at a constant radial distance from the outer edge.
  • annular film tube sections are connected to the film sheets along their circumferential edges at a constant radial distance from the outer edges of the film sheets.
  • the film tube sections are expediently made of tape-shaped film material, the narrow sides of which are connected to one another.
  • the piece of film sheet cut out of the second, circular disk-shaped film sheet itself has a circular shape and is expediently used to reinforce the base part. It can be placed loosely in the container-shaped game device or connected to the base part along its outer edge.
  • the bottom part at least within the area delimited by the wall part, again consists of two foils lying one on top of the other scroll exists
  • these two foil sheets are connected to each other along at least one seam, which are connected to each other within the area delimited by the wall part by at least one seam so that one or more air chambers are created which substantially completely cover and cushion the area delimited by the wall part.
  • the air chamber or the air chambers can have any shape, for example the shape of concentric circular rings. In order to keep the number of filling valves low, the air chambers are expediently connected to one another.
  • each seam starting from the central region of the base part, runs spirally outwards towards the wall part.
  • Spiral seams delimit spiral air chambers in the bottom part.
  • the number of seam ends can be considerably reduced.
  • a single spiral-shaped seam is preferably provided, the turns of which form the boundaries on both sides of the single spiral-shaped air chamber. Therefore, only a single filling valve has to be provided on the bottom part and the filling and emptying of the air chamber is faster.
  • the spiral-shaped seam expediently ends at its radially inner and / or its radially outer end in an annularly closed seam that connects the two foil sheets of the base part to one another.
  • the ring-shaped closed seams which run concentrically to the wall part, protect the ends of the spiral seam or seams from damage.
  • non-inflatable areas remain on the bottom part.
  • one or more through openings can be provided, each of which is provided with a closure device to be operated from the wall part side.
  • Such closable through openings can also be present in the case of non-inflatable floor parts.
  • the closable through-opening can be used to drain the water when used as a paddling pool and a water drainage opening can be created when used as a sandpit, through which accumulated rainwater can drain off.
  • a plurality of such closure devices, which can be closure caps or the like, are expediently provided.
  • the closure devices can be used to fix the additional piece of film reinforcing the floor part.
  • eyelets through which tethers are guided can be attached to the half of the wall part axially adjacent to the bottom part and / or on the side of the bottom part facing away from the wall part.
  • the eyelets provided on the base part are particularly flat and essentially consist of a flexible piece of material provided with two spaced-apart holes, which is connected along its circumference to the base part. If the use of the play equipment as a bathing island is not intended, the rope eyelets and the ropes guided on them can be omitted.
  • the game device shown in the figures has the shape of a flat container with an annular wall part 1, which is closed on one of its two axial end faces by a base part 3.
  • the wall part 1 is formed by two air chambers 5, 7 which are closed in a ring shape and are arranged coaxially one inside the other.
  • the air chambers 5, 7 are separated from one another in an airtight manner and can be inflated via separate valves 9, 11.
  • the air chambers 5, 7 are separated from one another by an annular partition wall 13 which extends essentially over the entire axial height of the two air chambers 5, 7.
  • the division of the wall part 1 into radially arranged, annular air chambers 5, 7 gives the game device intrinsic stability, so that it can be used in a variety of ways, in particular as a children's paddling pool, sandpit or bath island.
  • the radially adjacent air chambers have essentially the same axial height, but the radially inner air chamber 5 is axially higher than the radially outer air chamber 7.
  • the air chambers 5, 7 form a stable seat when used as a paddling pool or sandpit and tension when used as a bath island the bottom part 3 sufficiently stiff.
  • the game device is made of airtight, flexible plastic film material, for example PVC film, it being possible for the plastic film to be reinforced with fabric if necessary.
  • the game device consists of a first, circular disk-shaped film sheet 15, which forms the bottom part 3 and the bottom part-side outer wall half of the air chambers 5, 7.
  • the film sheet 15 is tightly connected, in particular welded, along its outer circumference via a beard seam 17 to the outer edge of an annular disk-shaped film sheet 19 of the same outer diameter.
  • the second film sheet 19 forms the side surface of the air chambers 5, 7 axially opposite the base part 3.
  • the inside of the container of the radially inner air chamber 5 becomes formed by an elongated film tube section 21, which is closed on its narrow sides to form a ring, and is tightly connected to the inner circumference of the second film sheet 19 via a ring seam 23 along its peripheral edge facing away from the base part 3.
  • the circumferential edge of the film tube section 21 on the bottom part side is tightly connected, in particular welded, at a constant radial distance from the outer edge of the film piece 15 to the film piece 15 along an annular circumferential seam 25.
  • the partition 13 also consists of an elongated piece of film, which is closed in a ring along its two narrow sides to form a film tube section.
  • the tube section forming the partition 13 is tightly connected, in particular welded, along its two circumferential edges by annular seams 27, 29 to the second film piece 19 or the first film piece 15.
  • the seams 27, 29 each run at a constant radial distance, which is the same for both seams, from the outer edge of the two film pieces 19, 15.
  • the radial distances from the seams 23, 25 to the outer edges of the film pieces 15, 19 are also the same and constant in the circumferential direction.
  • a plurality of passage openings 33 delimited by seat parts 31 are provided, which can be sealed from the inside of the container by means of closure parts 35 in the form of a cap or possibly a plug.
  • closure parts 35 in the form of a cap or possibly a plug.
  • the filled water can be drained through the openings 33; when used as a sandpit, the otherwise congested rainwater can flow out through the passage openings 33.
  • three such closable passage openings are provided; alternatively, fewer or more openings may also be present.
  • the base part 3 is, in particular for use as a sandpit, additionally protected by a third, circular disk-shaped piece of film 37 which lies flat on the inside of the container of the area of the piece of film 15 forming the bottom part 3.
  • the film piece 37 can be the film piece cut out of the inner surface of the annular disk-shaped film piece 19.
  • the film piece 37 can also consist of another, in particular tissue-reinforced film material. It is also expedient to choose the diameter of the film piece 37 larger than the diameter of the seam 25. The piece of film 37 overlaps and in this way reliably protects the seam 25 from damage.
  • the piece of film 37 lies loosely on the inside of the container of the base part 3 and contains holes 39 aligned with the passage openings 33, through which the closure parts 31, 35 pass and fix the piece of film 37 to the piece of film 15.
  • the peripheral edge of the piece of film 37 can be permanently attached to the piece of film 15 via an annular seam (not shown). This ring seam can be the seam 25 or an additional seam.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 show the position of use of the game device when used as a paddling pool or sandpit
  • FIG. 3 shows the position of use of the game device as a bathing island with the bottom part 3 pointing upwards.
  • the game device floats with its inflatable wall part 1 on the water surface, and its interior can enclose an air cushion which resiliently supports the base part 3.
  • a plurality of rope eyelets 41 are on the bottom part-side axial half of the wall part 1 at equal intervals above the Distributed circumferentially, which lead a rope 43 running around the wall part 1.
  • the rope eyelets 41 are attached to the film sheet 15 in the area of the outer air chamber 7.
  • further cable eyelets 45 are attached to the surface of the film sheet 15 located radially inside the wall part 1, through which another cable 47 is guided in a closed ring.
  • the rope eyelets 45 consist, in order not to be disruptive, of flat material disks with two spaced-apart holes 49 through which the rope 47 runs and which are fastened to the film sheet 15 along their outer circumference. The rope 47 makes it easier to climb the bathing island.
  • the rope eyelets and ropes can be omitted.
  • the closure parts 31, 35 of the passage openings 33 can also be omitted. If necessary, the passage openings can only be used for subsequent cutting, e.g. be prepared by a mark or a ring seam.
  • the wall part 1 can of course also have more than two air chambers similar to the air chambers 5, 7, which are then separated from one another by further partition walls similar to the partition wall 13.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show another embodiment of the game device, which differs from the game device of Figures 1 to 3 essentially only in the design of its bottom part. Corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and additionally with the letters a ver in FIGS. 4 and 5 see. To this extent, reference is made to the description of FIGS. 1 to 3.
  • the two circular disk-shaped film pieces 15a and 37a of the base part 3a are tightly connected to one another by a spiral seam 49.
  • the spiral-shaped seam 49 opens at its radially inner end into a ring seam 51 which is concentric with the wall part 1 a, essentially tangentially.
  • the spiral seam 49 opens essentially tangentially into an annular seam 53 which runs concentrically with the wall part 1a within the seam 25a at a radial distance.
  • the seams 49, 51 and 53 delimit a spiral air chamber 55 which can be inflated via a valve 57 and which cushions the base part 3a essentially over the entire area delimited by the wall part 1a.
  • the area enclosed by the seam 51 in the center area of the bottom part 3a is not inflatable and contains a passage opening 33a delimited by a seat part 31a, which can be closed from the inside of the container by a closing part 35a.
  • the ring area between the seams 25a and 51 is likewise not inflatable and can contain further closable through openings. Insofar as the through openings are provided in this ring area, the central through opening 33 a shown can optionally be omitted.
  • the piece of film 37a can be delimited by the seam 53; however, it can also extend up to the seam 25a and possibly up to the beard seam 17a. In the latter embodiment in particular, mechanically particularly resistant play equipment is obtained.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are also possible in the embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 5.
  • the embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 5 is also suitable for use as a sandpit, ins special, however, for use as a paddling pool or, with the floor part 3a directed upwards in the position of use, as a bathing island.
  • the ropes 43a and 47a may be omitted.

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AT409458B (de) * 1996-04-16 2002-08-26 Berger Johann Sport-, turn-, therapie- und spielbecken
EP1610072B1 (fr) * 2004-06-24 2016-05-25 Richard Charles Rosene Chauffe-eau solaire flottant pour piscine
US9802359B2 (en) 2012-03-02 2017-10-31 Intex Marketing Ltd. Method for producing an inflatable product
US10076874B2 (en) 2013-11-25 2018-09-18 Intex Marketing Ltd. Welding process and product for inflatable product
US10161148B2 (en) 2013-07-18 2018-12-25 Intex Marketing Ltd. Inflatable spa
EP3077606B1 (fr) 2013-12-05 2019-04-10 Intex Recreation Corp. Piscine gonflable
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EP3077606B1 (fr) 2013-12-05 2019-04-10 Intex Recreation Corp. Piscine gonflable
CN109750888A (zh) * 2019-03-05 2019-05-14 龙南县致富塑料制品有限公司 一种硬壁软底容器
CN109750888B (zh) * 2019-03-05 2020-11-06 龙南县致富塑料制品有限公司 一种硬壁软底容器

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