KR100963100B1 - Spherical air tube for playing in the water - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A sphere air tube for playing in water is provided, which enables a user to freely enter the tube without help of others in any situation. CONSTITUTION: A sphere air tube for playing in water includes a body(110) consisting of two-layered airtight material. In a body, air is inserted. A body has buoyancy floating in water by the inserted air and is divided into a plurality of subareas by a division region(120). A separate air supply nozzle(140) is equipped in a divided subarea of the body. A plurality of penetration holes are formed in the body. In the outer surface of the body, a plurality of fins are formed.

Description

Spherical Air Tube for Playing in the Water

The present invention relates to a spherical air tube that is large enough for a person to stand inside, and more particularly, to float a spherical air tube of a water ball type on the water, and the user walks or jumps into it. It is related to a spherical air tube that can be fun for users by moving forward spherical air tube.

In summer, many people enjoy playing in the sea or at the pool. If you're not good at swimming, you can rely on donut-shaped air tubes, or air balloons or water balls. Unlike these water rides, large water rides have been proposed.

Republic of Korea Utility Model Publication No. 20-1995-8789 (published on April 17, 1995) is a water ride that consists of a rolling frame formed by connecting two rings of buoyant material with a plurality of rods at regular intervals. Started. The user advances the rolling frame by stepping on the connecting rod placed at a certain interval and moving to the next connecting rod, and also by holding the connecting rod by hand and moving to the next connecting rod. It is usually difficult for such a frame to have a high buoyancy enough to float an adult body, and there is a problem that a special design is required to do so, and also a user who is not an experienced person because the user has to maintain a posture on a connecting rod Had the problem that it was not safe.

Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0334588 (registered Nov. 19, 2003) discloses a water-loading device having a vent and an entrance as a buoyant tube having a double membrane structure, and a playground equipment for children on land. This ride can enter the inside of the ride through the entrance, and the air is distributed into the ride by the ventilation hole, so that the user does not have to breathe, and the buoyancy is provided by the air injection, so that the water can be enjoyed. . These rides can also be enjoyed on land as well as in water. However, this ride can enter a person through the doorway, but people may fall into the entrance during the water play or land play, there is a lack of safety.

Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0400747 (registered on November 02, 2005) has disclosed the playground equipment for land and water leisure sports. The ride is a spherical ride that is large enough for people to enter and enjoy. To further enhance safety, the two rides are placed at opposite positions of the door opening and closing lids, and the body and the endothelial body made of a skeleton to maintain the spherical shape. Contains the outer shell. In such a ride, the door opening and closing lid is to be coupled to the body fit, it is not easy for the user to open the lid inside when the door opening and closing lid is fitted after the user enters the ride. This is because the sphere has a tendency to roll when the force is applied so that the sphere rolls before the force to open the lid is applied. Therefore, this ride is inconvenient because it must open or close the door opening and closing lid by the cooperation of several people. In addition, this amusement ride has the inconvenience of installation to be equipped with the endothelial and the outer shell to the skeleton, there is a problem that the structure is complicated, there is also the inconvenience of movement and storage.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems of the prior art.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a spherical air tube for water play in which the user can freely enter and exit without the help of others under any circumstances.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a spherical air tube for playing water that can be stored and folded when not in use and can be folded and stored when not in use.

In addition, the object of the present invention is that the body acting buoyancy by the injection of air is divided into a number of sub-areas so that even if buoyancy loss due to the loss of air in one of the spheres there is no safety risk of water spherical air tube To provide.

It is also an object of the present invention to have a web of water on the surface of the body to provide a spherical air tube for playing to double the enjoyment by moving forward in accordance with the speed walking or running inside the user.

The objects and other advantages of the present invention described above will be fully understood by the following detailed description of the present invention.

For the purposes of the present invention described above, the present invention provides a spherical air tube for water ball type (water ball) play. The spherical air tube for playing in accordance with the present invention is divided into at least three sub-areas and the body is injected with air therein, a compartment for dividing the body into the sub-areas, and installed in at least one sub-area of the body. It includes a door. The body is made of two layers of airtight material, and air is received in the two layers of airtight material. The body is formed with a plurality of through-holes formed by joining the two layers of airtight materials, a plurality of webs are formed on the outer surface of the body, the air inlet is formed in each sub-region of the body have. In addition, the door is coupled to and separated from the body by a door fastening means.

In the above, the partition region may be a support that maintains a circular or semi-circular shape. In addition, the partition area may be formed of a connecting portion made of a flexible material at the portion where the rigid support of the semi-circular shape and the support meet each other.

On the other hand, the partition region may be formed of a flexible material of a circular or semi-circular shape. At this time, it is preferable that a pole holder for accommodating and supporting the pole pole in the circular or semi-circular direction is further provided in the partition region, and the pole pole is accommodated in the pole holder to maintain the circle or semi-circle shape.

More preferably, the partition area includes two or more circles to divide the body into four or more sub-regions.

It is preferable that the webbed web has at least three wings in the shape of a plate standing in the vertical direction, and the plate-shaped wing of the webbed web is more preferably in a shape where the contact with the body is long and becomes shorter toward the top. It is preferred that four wings.

The spherical air tube comprises two doors, and the angle formed by the centers of the two doors is preferably in the range of approximately 45-135 degrees.

Water ball type spherical air tube for water play according to the present invention has a good safety can be easily escaped without the help of other people when any dangerous situation occurs by installing a door that is freely open and close fastening. In addition, when used, the spherical shape is maintained without distortion, and when not in use, it can be folded and stored for easy movement and storage. In addition, the body that acts buoyancy by the injection of air is divided into a number of sub-regions, there is no safety risk even if buoyancy loss due to the loss of air in one of them. In addition, having a webbed surface on the body of the user can double the enjoyment by moving forward to match the speed at which the user walks or runs inside.

1 shows a perspective view of a spherical air tube for playing in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a front view (based on door) of the spherical air tube of water playing in FIG. 1.
3 illustrates an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion of FIG. 2.
Figure 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a webbed formed on the body.
5 shows a perspective view of the webbed fin of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 shows one specific example of the partition area shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 7 shows a detailed example of the pole shown in FIG. 6.
8 is a diagram illustrating a state of use of the spherical air tube for playing in accordance with the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the water ball type spherical air tube 100 according to the present invention includes a body 110 made of two layers of airtight materials (110-1 and 110-2). do. Air 170 is injected into the body, and the body has buoyancy floating on water by the injected air. The body is divided into a plurality of subregions by the partition region 120. Each divided lower region 110 of the body is provided with a separate air inlet 140. As such, by dividing the body into a plurality of sub-regions it is possible to improve the safety of the spherical air tube for water play according to the present invention.

If the user floats the old air tube in the water and enjoys playing in the water, if the air in the body leaks due to any accident or other reasons, the user is in danger of safety. However, the spherical air tube of the present invention divides the body into which the air is injected into several sub-regions so that even if an accident occurs in which one of the sub-areas leaks, the body of the other sub-region continuously acts to some degree of buoyancy. Therefore, it is not possible to reach an emergency situation.

The material that can be used as the body of the air tube is not particularly limited as long as it is an airtight material that does not penetrate air, but may be selected in view of having sufficient buoyancy, sufficient mechanical strength, and lighter weight. In general, a material used for an air tube for swimming may be used.

In the spherical air tube for playing in the present invention, the partition region 120 preferably serves to maintain the spherical shape of the air tube in addition to dividing the body 110 into sub-regions.

To this end, as one specific embodiment, the partition region 120 may be a support for maintaining a circular or semi-circular shape. In this case, the partition region 120 is a semicircular shape, the simplest form is composed of three semi-circular support base 120. In this case, each of the semicircular supports meets at two points, and the surfaces formed by the semicircular supports will form the most stable form at an angle of about 120 degrees. In this case, the body 110 is divided into three subregions. On the other hand, as the partition region 120 is in a circular shape, the simplest form is composed of two circular support members 120. In this case, each support of the circular shape intersects at two points, and the surfaces formed by the circular support will form the most stable form at an angle of approximately 90 degrees. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the body 110 is divided into four sub-regions.

The support 120 of the circular or semi-circular shape should be hard enough to maintain its shape and not easily deformed by external stress. Metal may be used as such a material, but a plastic or rubber material having sufficient strength may be used.

On the other hand, when the support 120 of the circular or semi-circular shape is integrally formed, it is inconvenient to move and store if the support 120 has a three-dimensional shape even after removing air from the air tube.

In order to alleviate this inconvenience, as a means to be considered first, while the support 120 of the partition region is configured as a semi-circular rigid support, the portions where the supports meet each other may form a connection portion made of a flexible material. Then, even if the rigid support 120 by the flexible connection portion can be folded because the convenience of movement and storage can be improved.

Furthermore, by dividing the semicircular supports into lower supports and connecting them with a flexible material, they can be folded to a smaller volume. Where the support of the compartment is semi-circular, it may consist of at least two lower supports. Such lower supports are connected to each other by a flexible material. Where the support of the compartment is circular, it may consist of at least four lower supports. As such, when the partition region 120 is composed of a rigid support and a connecting portion of a flexible material, it can be folded to some extent by the flexibility of the connecting portion. Since the shape holding force of the is strengthened, distortion of the spherical shape is reduced by external stress.

In order to further improve the convenience of movement and storage, as shown in Figure 6, the partition region 120 is formed of a flexible material of a circular or semi-circular shape. The partition area 120 is provided with a pole holder 122 capable of receiving and supporting the pole pole 160 therein in a circular or semi-circular direction. The pole holder 62 may be configured in the form of a long pocket over the entire circle or semi-circle, it may be configured in a plurality of ring forms to facilitate the operation of inserting and removing the pole 160. FIG. 6 shows only a part of the partition area 120 in a circle or semi-circle shape. Since the partition region 120 is made of a flexible material, the three-dimensional shape is not formed before the air is injected into the body, so that the user can freely fold and move the spherical air tube of the present invention. On the other hand, the user can more certainly maintain the spherical shape by inserting the pole 160 into the pole holder 122 after the air injection is appropriately or completely. Therefore, the user has the advantage that the user can simultaneously achieve the convenience of movement and storage and the maintenance of the spherical solid shape in use.

7 shows an example of a pole 160 that may be used in the present invention. The pole pole 160 includes several sub-pole poles 160-1, 160-2, 160-3, ... 160-n. Each of these subfolders has coupling sites 162 A and B. Coupling site A is to be fitted with the coupling site B. By this configuration, the sub-poles can be connected to each other in a circle. At this time, the lower pole poles are connected to each other by a connecting chamber or rope 164, and there is an elastic body in each of the lower pole poles to engage the coupling portion A and B by pulling the connecting chamber or rope 164 by its elastic force. To help maintain The connecting chamber itself may be elastic. These combined subfolders can be separated if the user applies a force greater than the elastic force. The structure of the pole can be seen in the pole used for the tent for climbing, but the difference from the present invention is that in the tent for climbing is used in a semicircle form without forming a circle.

Although the pole is configured to form a circle, the pole may be configured in a semicircular shape. In this case, the pole is not only supported by the pole holder but also by pole support means at both ends of the pole. As the pole support means, one commonly used in tents can be used. For example, a cylinder having a certain length with one end blocked, attached to or coupled to the surface of the air tube, may be used as the pole support means. In this case, the pole is fitted to the unblocked side of the cylinder and supported by the bottom and side of the cylinder.

1 and 2, a plurality of through holes 112 are formed in the body 110. The through-holes 112 of the present invention by the through-hole 112 because the communication of the air between the outside and the inside is made, not only do not feel the difficulty of breathing when the person enters it, especially in summer, do not feel the heat. . Rather, when the spherical air tube is rolled, the user rotates along the outer surface of the spherical air tube through the inside of the spherical air tube, so the user feels cool. Since the amount of water that flows along the outer surface of the spherical air tube is not large and the amount of water that enters the inside of the spherical air tube is not large, the user is provided with coolness without feeling discomfort due to the incoming water. The amount of water entering the inside of the spherical air tube is adjustable by the number of through holes 112. As shown in FIG. 3, in the through hole 112, two plies 110-1 and 110-2 of the body meet and become one, thereby forming the through hole 112.

The body 110 is also provided with a plurality of webs 150. The web 150 is a means for allowing the spherical air tube to move forward smoothly when the user walks on the spherical air tube 100 for playing according to the present invention. Even without the web, a spherical air tube can move forward if a person walks slowly. However, since the frictional force of the spherical air tube against water is not large, the propensity to rotate in place is strong, and thus it does not move smoothly. This tendency occurs when a user walks or even runs faster to get faster. If a force greater than the frictional force of the spherical air tube against the water is applied, ie if the user runs in it, the force overcomes the friction force between the water and the air tube and acts as a turning force. This is similar to the case where the car does not move forward on snowy hills and the wheels of the car only rotate in place. Therefore, as shown in the use state diagram of Figure 8, the spherical air tube for playing in accordance with the present invention allows the user to achieve the desired speed by the rake to enjoy the fun of playing in the water.

An example of the fin 150 used in the present invention can be seen in the figures. Webbed 150 has at least three wings in the form of a plate standing in the vertical direction. Such wings may be configured to have the same or substantially the same length as the side facing the body 110 and the opposite side, such as a rectangular plate, preferably, the plate shape of the wings of the fin 150 is the body 110 and Preferably, the abutting side is long and shorter toward the opposite side, that is, upward. FIG. 5 illustrates a webbed 150 having four plate-shaped wings close to a nearly right triangle. 4 shows an example in which the fin 150 is formed integrally with the body 110. 3, 4 and 5, the fin 150 can easily dig into the water, the outer surface 110-1 of the body and the space 154 formed by the wings of the fin 150 is friction with water Contributes greatly. Therefore, the spherical air tube for playing in accordance with the present invention can adjust the speed to move forward by appropriately adjusting the number and shape of the fins 150.

1 and 2, the spherical air tube for playing in accordance with the present invention includes a door (130). Since the door 130 substantially serves as the body of the spherical air tube, it is preferable that the door 130 also has buoyancy. Therefore, it is preferable that the door 130 is also made of two layers of airtight materials like the body 110 and air is injected therein. 2 illustrates that a separate air inlet 140 is formed in the door 130. The door 130 is firmly coupled to the lower region of the body 110 by the door connection strip 132. This coupling is a structure that allows the rotation of the door. The door 130 and the body 110 are coupled to each other by the door fastening means 134 on the opposite side of the coupling by the door connection strip 132. Coupling by the door fastening means 134 has a structure that can be opened and closed. As the door fastening means 134, a simple Velcro, a snap button (snap button), etc. may be used. However, the fastening force in water is weak. To further tighten the fastening force, a through hole may be formed in the body 110 and a buckle belt may be formed in the door to pass the belt through the through hole, and then the fastening force may be adopted. In addition, various fastening means may be employed. Therefore, according to the present invention, the user can freely enter and exit the spherical air tube for playing, and can evacuate through the door when in a dangerous situation.

On the other hand, if the user is in a dangerous situation while playing in the water, it may be embarrassing to find the door 130 easily. In particular, when the door is located on the ceiling, it becomes difficult for the user to open the door, thereby causing the user to be more embarrassed and thus may not escape the dangerous situation. When the door is located under the foot, the perplexed user may not recognize the door under the foot, and may try to find the door only from the front, the back, the left and the right. Even if you find a door under your feet, you may be in danger by trying to go through the water in a state of embarrassment or by giving up at all. Of course, if there is a door under the foot, you can pull the door inward and move the old air tube backwards or sideways and then escape through the door. .

Thus, two doors can be installed to provide the user with an easier chance of escape in this dangerous situation. In this case it is not preferred that the two doors are at opposite positions, i.e., 180 degrees with respect to the center of the sphere. Because, as explained above, when one door is under the foot, the other is placed on the ceiling. The two doors are preferably installed at a range of approximately 45 to 135 degrees with the center of the sphere. Then, even if one door is located under the foot or the ceiling, the other door is located in any one of the front, rear, left and right directions, so that the user is easy to find and does not feel difficulty in escaping.

The spherical air tube 100 for playing according to the present invention configured as described above may be used by the user 300 in the state floating on the surface 200 of sea water or fresh water. At this time, if the user walks forward, that is, walking or running in the direction of the arrow, the spherical air tube is also advanced while rotating in the direction of the arrow in proportion to the speed.

100: spherical air tube for water play 110: body
112: through hole 120: compartment, support
122: pole holder 130: door
132: door connection strip 134: door fastening means
140: air inlet 150: webbed
152: webbed wing 154: water contact space of the webbed
160: pole pole 162: coupling part
164: connection room or rope 200: water surface
300: user

Claims (8)

A body partitioned into at least three sub-zones and into which air is injected, and
Comprising a partition region for dividing the body into the divided sub-regions,
The body is made of two layers of airtight material, the air is received between the two layers of airtight material, the body is formed with a plurality of through-holes formed by joining the two layers of airtight material, the body A plurality of webs are formed on the outer surface of the spherical air tube, characterized in that the air inlet is formed in each sub-region of the body.
The method of claim 1,
The partition area is a spherical air tube for playing water, characterized in that the support for maintaining a circular or semi-circular shape.
The method of claim 1,
The partition area is a spherical air tube for water play, characterized in that the semi-circular support and the support portion is formed of a connecting portion made of a flexible material in the meeting portion.
The method of claim 1,
The partition area is formed of a flexible material having a circular or semi-circular shape, and the partition area further includes a pole holder for accommodating and supporting the pole in the circle or semi-circle direction, and the pole is accommodated in the pole holder. A spherical air tube for playing water, characterized by maintaining a circular or semi-circular shape.
The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The partition zone is a spherical air tube for playing water, characterized in that the body is divided into four or more sub-regions including two or more circular.
The method of claim 1,
The fin is a spherical air tube for playing water, characterized in that it has at least three wings in the form of a plate standing in the vertical direction.
The method of claim 6,
The plate shape of the wing of the webbed fin is a spherical air tube for water play, characterized in that the contact with the body is long and shorter toward the top.
The method of claim 1,
The spherical air tube for water play further comprises a door installed in at least one sub-area of the body, the door is spherical air tube for water play, characterized in that coupled to and separated from the body by a door fastening means.

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