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US 12,262,817 B2Granted
Playground platform rocker
AssigneeBCI Burke Company, LLC
InventorsBart Mayer, Ryan Gentner
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Abstract
A playground rocker provides a rigid platform with lateral side edges suspended from side rails extending along the lateral side edges of the rigid platform. The rigid platform is suspended using broad flexible belts extending along substantially full lengths of the lateral side edges of the platform with the upper edges of the belts wrapped around the side rails and lower edges attached or wrapped along the lateral side edges of the platform. The broad flexible belts allow the rigid platform to sway side to side in a direction generally perpendicular to the side rails.
Claims19
A rocker assembly comprising:
- a support frame providing at least one horizontally extending support bar extending along an axis;
- a platform of rigid material having a length extending forward and backward along the axis and a width extending side to side perpendicular to the axis, the platform positioned between the at least one horizontally extending support bar perpendicular to the axis;
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- at least one connector attached to the at least one horizontally extending support bar on a top end and attached to sides of the platform on an opposite bottom end and configured to suspend the platform below the at least one horizontally extending support bar and above the ground wherein the at least one connector extends continuously along a length of the at least one horizontally extending support bar to permit side to side motion of the platform perpendicular to the axis and resist forward and backward motion of the platform;
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- at least one upwardly extending handle attached to the at least one connector.
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A method of swaying on a playground rocker comprising:
- providing a rocker assembly having a support frame providing at least one horizontally extending support bar extending along an axis, a platform of rigid material having a length extending along the axis and a width extending perpendicular to the axis, the platform positioned between the at least one horizontally extending support bar, at least one connector attached to the at least one horizontally extending support bar on a top end and attached to sides of the platform on an opposite bottom end and configured to suspend the platform below the at least one of horizontally extending support bar and above the ground wherein the at least one connector extends continuously along a length of the at least one horizontally extending support bar to permit side to side motion of the platform perpendicular to the axis and resist forward and backward motion of the platform, and at least one upwardly extending handle attached to the at least one connector;
- a rider mounting the platform along the axis from a raised loading dock;
- the rider swaying the platform in a direction perpendicular to the axis by moving the at least one upwardly extending handle back and forth;
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- the rider unmounting the platform along the axis.
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A rocker assembly comprising:
- a support frame providing at least one horizontally extending support bar extending along an axis;
- a platform of rigid material having a length extending along the axis and a width extending perpendicular to the axis, the platform positioned between the at least one horizontally extending support bar perpendicular to the axis;
- at least one connector attached to the at least one horizontally extending support bar on a first end and attached to sides of the platform on an opposite second end and configured to suspend the platform below the at least one of horizontally extending support bar and above the ground wherein the at least one connector extends continuously along a length of the at least one horizontally extending support bar to permit side to side motion of the platform perpendicular to the axis and resist forward and backward motion of the platform;
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- at least one handle attached to the at least one connector to provide a flexing of the connector between the handle and the platform, the connector flexing to change an angle between the connector and the platform as the platform moves side to side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.