Safety features of a climbing apparatus for use in a water environment
OwnerRussell Moy, James Bellancainventors
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Abstract
An aquatic climbing system having safety features. A climbing apparatus having a climbing surface suitable for use in a body of water in an aquatic environment; an entrapment mitigation element in cooperative arrangement with the climbing apparatus and one or more user entrapment conditions, the one or more user entrapment conditions having a potential adverse effect on user safety of a user of the aquatic climbing system, wherein the entrapment mitigation element mitigates at least one of the one or more user entrapment conditions formed by the position of the climbing apparatus proximate a support structure proximate the body of water.
Claims23
An aquatic climbing system having safety features, comprising:
- a climbing apparatus having a climbing surface suitable for use in a body of water in an aquatic environment;
- an entrapment mitigation element in cooperative arrangement with the climbing apparatus and one or more user entrapment conditions, the one or more user entrapment conditions having a potential adverse effect on user safety of a user of the aquatic climbing system, wherein the entrapment mitigation element mitigates at least one of the one or more user entrapment conditions formed by the position of the climbing apparatus proximate a support structure proximate the body of water.
An aquatic climbing system having safety features, comprising:
- a climbing apparatus having a climbing surface suitable for use in a body of water in an aquatic environment;
- an entrapment mitigation element in cooperative arrangement with the climbing apparatus and one or more user entrapment conditions having a potential adverse effect on user safety of a user of the aquatic climbing system, wherein the entrapment mitigation element comprises a first substantially vertical portion of the climbing surface at least partially submerged into the body of water contiguous a support structure and wherein the entrapment mitigation element is sufficient to mitigate one or more user entrapment conditions.
An aquatic climbing system having safety features, comprising:
- a climbing apparatus having a climbing surface suitable for use in a body of water in an aquatic environment;
- an entrapment mitigation element in cooperative arrangement with the climbing apparatus and one or more user entrapment conditions having a potential adverse effect on user safety of a user of the aquatic climbing system, wherein the entrapment mitigation element comprises a shield operable to shield a gutter proximate a pool deck and a pool wall and wherein when the climbing apparatus is positioned proximate the gutter, the shield mitigates entrapment of the user in the gutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.