MXPA98008810A - Slip for children with integra channels - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a child slide comprising: an elongated hopper having a lower slide wall with opposite ends and a pair of opposed slide sidewalls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, to the upper walls of the slide. slider, and an unobstructed piping in at least one of the upper side walls, each piping including a lower piping wall having a substantially straight cross section, and an upper end wall extending upwardly from the lower piping wall to the corresponding sliding top wall and a pair of channeling sidewalls extending upwardly from the lower channel wall to the corresponding upper slide wall, so as to define an elongated raceway for a toy vehicle.

Description

SLIP FOR CHILDREN WITH INTEGRAL CHANNELS This invention relates to games for children and gym equipment for play. It is especially related to children's slides.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A slide is a well-known children's toy. Basically, the slide consists of an elongated channel or hopper, one end of which is supported on the ground by an appropriate supporting structure such as a platform with ladder, oscillating set, climbing tower, etc., and the other end of which It is placed close to the ground level. The angle of inclination of the slide is such that when a child is thrown towards the upper end of the slide, the child will slide down by gravity to the lower end of the slide. The slides of today also include curves or undulations to make the trip in slide more exciting for the child. During the time, however, a child may lose interest in the slide because of its relatively narrow field of use. Therefore, it would be desirable if a child's slippage developed which could be used for another purpose.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention seeks to provide an improved slide for children. Another object of the invention is to provide said slide which has sliding surfaces for both children and toy vehicles. Still another object of the invention is 0 provide a slide for children that has complementary functions. Still another object of the invention is to provide a slide for children that increases the joy of those who ride it. , c Other objects, in part, will be evident and, in part, will appear below. Accordingly, the invention comprises the particularities of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts to be exemplified 2Q in the following detailed description, and the scope of the invention will be indicated in the claims. In general, my slide includes the usual elongated channel or hopper supported in an inclined position. The slide has side walls that Not only do they help guide children down the slide, but they also function as inclined raceways for toy cars, sleds, or the like, with which children can play races at the same time that children use the slide. As will be seen, the slide with integral ducts can comprise a single molded plastic part which can be done relatively inexpensively. Therefore, the slide must find wide use in playgrounds where children are normally playing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a more complete understanding of the nature and object of the invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a child slide embodying the invention, and Figure 2 is a sectional view on a larger scale, taken along line 2-2 of Figure 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AN ILLUSTRATIVE MODE With reference to Figure 1 of the drawings, the present slide, generally shown at 10, is an elongated hopper-like structure having an end 10a supported above the ground by a support structure S. The support structure can be a platform with a ladder leading to the platform or it can be part of the gymnasium of games or a tower for climbing of the type described in the Des patents. 363,521 and Des. 372,065, for example. The opposite or lower end 10b of the slide 10 is 0 bend downward and can rest on the ground G or be supported by an appropriate support (not shown) so that the lower end 10b of the slide is spaced above the ground to a certain degree. Preferably, the slide 10 is a unitary molded part of a suitable, rigid, weather-resistant plastic, such as, for example, high density polyethylene. The slide 10 has a bottom wall 12 2Q, similar to a hopper, which is a slide surface and whose upper end 12a is normally more or less horizontal to form a seating platform for a child C. The lower end 12b of the wall 12 is spaced above the upper end 12b. land G so that when a child leaves the wall 12 inclined in a sitting position, his feet can touch the ground Extending upward on opposite sides of the lower wall 12 is a pair of mirror image side walls 14, each having a cross-section of inverted-U shape thereby forming a pair of full-length channels on opposite sides of the slide which make the slide greatly rigid. In particular, each wall 14 includes a generally vertical, inner wall 14a, a generally vertical, external wall 14b, and an upper wall 14c connecting the walls 14a and 14b. Preferably, the upper wall 14c follows any undulations in the bottom wall 12a of the slide. In accordance with the invention, a duct 18 is formed in the upper wall 14c of each slide side wall 14 Preferably, each channel extends from a location adjacent to the extremity or upper 12a of the lower slide wall 12 to the exit end 12b of that wall, following any curves or corrugations in the wall 12a Each channeling 18 is basically a depression having a lower wall 18a having an even, relatively uniform surface and internal and external lateral walls 18b and 18c respectively extending upwardly from the corresponding lower wall 18a. Each channel thus defines a racetrack for a toy car T that can be placed in the channel 18 at the top of the slide and slide down the channel to the bottom of the slide. Preferably, as shown in Figure 2, the lower end 18d "of each channel in the bottom of the slide 10 is configured so that the The lower channel wall 18a is more or less uniform with the upper wall 14c of the corresponding slide side wall 14 so that there is nothing preventing the toy T from leaving a channel 18 when it is thrown into the air adjacent to the air. , r bottom end 12b of the wall 12. To use the slide 12, a child C climbs to the upper end of the slide and sits on the upper end 12a of the slide wall 12. If the child has a toy car, the car can 2 is placed on the upper end of one of the raceways 18 as shown at the upper end of the slide in Figure 1. The child can then release the car and watch it roll down the raceway and be thrown into the air at the end lower of the pipeline as indicated in the Figure. Of course, the child could also place two toy cars T on the two channels 18 of the slide 10 and allow the two cars to play races each other down the slide. To add even more joy, the child can jump down the slide at the same time as the toy cars and thus play races with the cars down the slide. In this way, the sliding side walls 14 not only guide the child downwards, of the slide, or more particularly, their portions forming the raceways 18 also guide the toy cars down the slide. In this way, the slide performs more or less the same function for both children and toy vehicles simultaneously. As noted above, the slide 10 can be a simple part of molded plastic that can be made in a relatively inexpensive manner. Actually, a slide 10 with the integral raceways 18 should not cost more to make the above comparable children's slides that do not have integral raceways for toy cars. Therefore, the invention should increase the market capacity of children's slides.

In this way it will be seen that the above objects, among those that become apparent from the above description, are efficiently achieved and, since certain changes can be made in the previous construction without abandoning the scope of the invention, it is intended that all the matter contained in the previous description or shown in which accompanying drawings, is interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It should also be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention described herein.

Claims (8)

CLAIMS.

1. - A slide for children comprising: an elongated hopper having a lower slide wall with opposite ends and a pair of opposite slide side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, to the top walls of the slide, and a unclogged piping in at least one of the upper side walls, each piping including a lower piping wall having a substantially straight cross section, and an upper end wall extending upwardly from the lower piping wall to the upper wall of corresponding slider and a pair of channel side walls extending upwards from the lower channel wall to the corresponding slide top wall, in order to define an elongated raceway for a toy vehicle.

2. The slide defined in claim 1, wherein a channel is present in each of the upper slide walls.

3. The "slide" defined in claim 1 and further comprising an element for supporting one end of the lower slide wall in an elevated position relative to the other end of the lower slide wall 4.- A slide for children as defined in claim 1, wherein the lower channel wall has an end flush with the corresponding slide top wall 5. A child slide comprising a pair of parallel elongated channels, each channel having a cross section generally in the form of an inverted U composed of internal and external side walls connected by an upper wall, a slide surface having opposite ends and connecting the internal side walls so that the channels constitute the side walls for the surface; elongated in the upper wall of at least one of the channels, the depression having ends opposite and defining a race track for a toy vehicle. 6. The slide defined in claim 5, wherein a depression is present in the upper wall of each of the channels. 7. The slide defined in claim 5, wherein each depression extends substantially to the full length of the corresponding channel. 8. The slide defined in claim 5, wherein the depression has an end flush with the upper wall of the corresponding channel.