ES1072944U - Urban furniture playground. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Urban furniture for playground, consisting of a support (1), a swing (2), a separating bar (3), a set of cables (4 and 5) and some pins (7, 8, 9) characterized by the fact that the swing (2) is arranged facing a set of said boluses (7,8,9), arranging a length of cables (4 and 5) so that during the swinging of the swing (2), the boluses (7, 8, 9) are in the path of a lower appendage (6) arranged under the swing (2). (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Urban furniture for playground.

Object of the invention

The present invention relates, as expressly the title of this report to an element of street furniture intended for children's play which is set from traditional bowling game, with the particularity that plays on a swing, being the player himself who plays ball, and which is specially designed for implantation in Playgrounds for playgrounds and related places.

More specifically, it consists of a support of that hangs a swing which is arranged facing a series of vertical elements to be shot down with an element incorporated for this purpose in the lower part of the swing. The movement swinging the swing will impact the bowling, throwing them to the ground.

Field of application of the invention

This invention will have application within the urban furniture and garden elements manufacturing industry, as well as in the toy industry.

Background of the invention

At present there is a wide variety of elements of street furniture specially conceived as playgrounds for parks and related places, whether these public or private spaces. These elements also become in an object of aesthetic value that improves the overall appearance of the place where it is arranged, thus being appreciated by children and adults

Within existing children's games we can focus on those with mobile parts, which allow you to perform a physical activity while your employment The user is having fun. However, this kind of games usually lacks simplicity, which means that They are expensive to install and difficult to maintain in conditions suitable over time. Also, these games can be dangerous for children, who are exposed to shock and other types of accidents that may result in some cases of Extreme gravity

The invention proposed herein solve these problems by adapting to an element of street furniture of the combination of two traditional games already Existing such as bowling and swings, generating a novel game of which no similar devices are known in the current state of the art The simplicity of the drive mechanism avoid maintenance problems and protect it from possible acts vandalism, and also its use does not jeopardize in any way the physical integrity of the users. For all this, it is configured as a significant improvement over what already exists in the present.

It is not known by the holder of the present memory the existence of any similar device that offer the benefits described, so that the invention is configured as an obvious novelty Based on this, the corresponding protection offered to this type of inventions.

Explanation of the invention.

Urban furniture for playground that is preconiza is configured from a support that hangs a swing. Such support may have any shape and be composed of a single element or several, depending on the design aesthetic desired for the game, its only mission being that of clamping element of a swing that is arranged at its end higher. The point of attachment of the swing to the support will be at a adequate distance from it so that the swinging of the swing, which you can perform in any direction depending on where you are give impulse, it cannot cause the user to collide with the part stand vertical

Of said support, as indicated, will hang a swing similar to any of the usual ones that is possible to observe in the current parks, but that will have the particularity of having an appendix at the bottom, without import the form of this one, which will be the part destined to impact against bowling to knock down, final objective of the game.

The vertical elements to tear down will be arranged in a suitable geometric shape to enable being knocked down with the lower appendix of the swing when the steering of movement of this one is the correct one These bowling will have as main feature of having a hollow where a cable will be housed with a rope that will be attached directly to the ground. The length of this rope will be such that allow the overturning of the bolus that contains it, but will not allow Move it from your site.

Within each of the bowling, a internal cover with a through hole where the rope will pass attached to the ground. At the end of the rope there will be a stop that allow to adjust the appropriate length of the rope for the objective desired to prevent its movement except for the overturn.

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In an optional variant of the present invention it is possible to replace the swing swing described, by replacing the posts with a multiplicity of these, arranged in such a way that they form a porch, accompanied by another porch of equal dimensions that will be located in the part back of the area for bowling and a rigid cable or bar that one both, thus composing a zip line or carriage of Horizontal displacement. The porches will have in this variant of a crossbar that will allow the rope or bar to be oriented It sets the trajectory. In this case, the swing will have the same features and will work in an identical manner to that described with previously, with the difference that the movement that will make being driven will be a rectilinear trajectory and will be necessary orient the cure or bar that sets the trajectory, depending on the number of bowling demolished of the success with which this orientation

Also noteworthy is the fact that the seat may be modified in its design so that apart from the realization specified below, where the user goes sitting, you can make variants in which the game is used standing on the swing, without being disturbed by this the essentiality of the invention

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing, and in order to facilitate a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, is attached herein as an integral part of it, some drawings made with illustrative and non-limiting nature, which follows to describe

Fig. 1, in which the device is represented which is recommended in a perspective view.

Fig. 2, where it is possible to observe the arrangement of elevation elements.

Fig. 3 in which a section of one is observed of bowling (figure 3a) that allows to understand the distribution internal of the described elements, as well as an elevation view of one of the downed bowling pins (figure 3b), which facilitates compression of the importance of the length of the rope.

Fig. 4 in which a variant of embodiment of the invention

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the aforementioned figures, and of according to the numbering adopted, it can be observed in days a preferred embodiment of the invention, which comprises the parts and elements indicated and described in detail to then, not intended at all to limit the scope of is.

In a preferred embodiment of the furniture urban playground that is recommended, an element is available support (1) from which hangs a swing (2). Since there is a single point of attachment of the swing (2), an element is available separator (3) attached to the support (1) by a pair of cables (4) and from which two symmetrical pairs of cables (5) start up to sides of the swing, thus allowing enough space to sit on the seat and also offer points of grip for the user.

The swing (2) has in its lower part of a sphere (6) that will be made of plastic material so that offers enough shock resistance without deforming, being hollow to avoid adding weight to the swing. It can also be done in any other type of material capable of offering benefits Similar.

There will be several different bowling sizes to adapt properly to the curve performed by the balancing of the swing, so that the striking of the sphere (6) attached to the swing (2) is carried out in similar points of all bowling. For this small bowling (7) are arranged in the first row, intermediate size (8) in the second and large size (9) in the third; the relationship between these sizes being the intermediate 80% of the large and the small 60% of the large.

As indicated, each bolus will have inside a recess (10) in whose intermediate zone there is a cover (11) with a hole (12), through which a rope (13) is passed that will remain attached to the ground by means of an anchor (14) and at whose opposite end there is a stop (15). The length of the rope is such that when the bolus (7, 8 or 9) is vertical, the rope (13) is loosened, allowing the bolus to move, while when
the bolus overturned (7, 8 or 9), the rope is taut, allowing the bolus to be verticalized again.

In the optional version discussed above, the support (1) described is transformed into a porch and at the same time duplicates, having a rear post (17) similar to the previous one or a lower height and placed in the opposite part of the area of bowling arrangement (7, 8, 9). In this case, the porches front (1) and rear (17) will have a crossbar (16), being joined by a guide rope (18), which may also Be a rigid bar. In this embodiment the swing (2) will travel longitudinally along the path marked by the guide rope, it being necessary to orient said path by means of the movement of the rope (18) along the crossbar (16).

With everything indicated, it is taken for granted described the character of the present invention, not considering It is necessary to make this explanation more extensive.

Claims (4)

1. Urban furniture for playground, consisting of a support (1), a swing (2), a separating bar (3), a set of cables (4 and 5) and some bowling (7, 8, 9) characterized by the fact that the swing (2) is arranged facing a set of said boluses (7, 8, 9), providing a length of cables (4 and 5) so that during the swinging of the swing (2), the boluses (7, 8, 9) are in the path of a lower appendix (6) arranged under the swing (2). 2. Urban furniture for playground, according to claim 1, characterized in that the bowling pins (7, 8, 9) have an internal recess (10) within which a cover (11) with a hole (12) is arranged, a rope (13) that passes through said hole (12) and that is anchored to the ground by means of an anchor (14) and at whose opposite end a stop (15) is arranged. 3. Urban furniture for playground, according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the bowling (7, 8, 9) are of different sizes from each other. 4. Urban furniture for children's playground, according to claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a rear support (17) is also located located at the rear of the bowling area (7, 8, 9) and on both supports ( 1 and 17) a cross bar (16) along which the end of a cable (18) that joins them can move, the swing (2) moving along said cable (18).