Glide board playground feature
OwnerBrian Henry, Daniel Byrd +1inventors
InventorsBrian Henry, Daniel Byrd, Kim Blackwood
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Abstract
A playground play feature is provides, the feature comprises a track having a glide board thereon, such that a user may run and jump onto the glide board and propel the board along the length of the track. The glide board, in a preferred embodiment, comprises a rubber, or similar material, covered board having wheels, the wheels designed to fit within means, such as angled side rails, so that the glide board is held onto the track along the entire length of the track. The track further comprises shock absorbing end caps so as to more controllably stop the glide board as it nears the end of the track.
Claims19
A playground play feature comprising:
- a glide board having means to skate along a surface;
- a track having a desirable skating run length, and means to secure for lateral movement the glide board thereto;
- track ends curved such that the end of the track is at ground level while the body of the track is slightly elevated above the ground.
A playground play feature comprising:
- a glide board having means to skate along a surface;
- a track, affixed to the ground, having a desirable skating run length, and means to secure for lateral movement the glide board thereto;
- track ends, having shock absorbing means, at each end of the track, such that the glide board is brought to a gentle stop at the end of skating run;
- and,
- the track end is curved so that the track end is at ground level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.