# US 2019/0168092 A1 · Fast-rope training apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0168092 A1 - Document ID: US20190168092A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/312,708 - Filed: 2017-06-21 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-22 - Assignees: Beaverfit Limited - Applicants: Beaverfit Limited - Inventors: Richard James Beaver; Thomas Edward Beaver - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168092A1 ## CPC - A63B 69/0048: {for mountaineering, e.g. climbing-walls, grip elements for climbing-walls} - A63B 17/00: Exercising apparatus combining several parts such as ladders, rods, beams, slides - A63B 17/02: rigidly combined - E04H 1/1205: {Small buildings erected in the open air (E04H1/1272 takes precedence)} - E04H 12/00: Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures (cooling towers E04H5/12; derricks for oil drilling E21B15/00) - G09B 9/003: {for military purposes and tactics} - G09B 19/0038: {Sports} - A63B 71/02: for large-room or outdoor sporting games - E04H 2001/1283: {Small buildings of the ISO containers type} - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) ## Abstract A training apparatus for fast-rope training includes a platform-supporting structure having one or more containers and at least one platform configured for use in fast-rope training. At least one attachment is provided for attaching a fast-rope. The platform-supporting structure is supportable by a surface. The at least one attachment is located higher than the platform and spaced laterally from the platform-supporting structure such that the at least one attachment overhangs the surface so a fast rope can hang from the at least one attachment, past the platform and toward the surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fast-rope training apparatus comprising: a platform-supporting structure comprising one or more containers; at least one platform configured for use in fast-rope training; and at least one attachment for attaching a fast-rope, wherein the platform-supporting structure is supportable by a surface, and wherein the at least one attachment is located higher than the at least one platform and spaced laterally from the platform-supporting structure such that the at least one attachment overhangs the surface so a fast-rope can hang from the at least one attachment, past the at least one platform and toward the surface. ### Claim 2 A fast-rope training apparatus comprising: a platform-supporting structure comprising one or more containers; at least one platform configured for use in fast-rope training, wherein the platform-supporting structure is supportable by a surface, and wherein the at least one platform extends outward from the platform-supporting structure such that the at least one platform overhangs the surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 2, comprising at least one attachment for attaching a fast rope, wherein the attachment is located higher than the at least one platform and is spaced laterally from the platform-supporting structure such that the at least one attachment overhangs the surface so a fast-rope can hang from the at least one attachment, past the at least one platform and toward the surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform-supporting structure comprises a plurality of containers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more containers is/are pre-fabricated container(s). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the training apparatus is free-standing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform-supporting structure comprises an uppermost portion, and the at least one platform comprises an uppermost portion-level platform at substantially the same height as the uppermost portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more containers comprises a floor, and the at least one platform comprises a floor-level platform at substantially the same height as said floor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform-supporting structure comprises an external wall, and the at least one platform comprises an external wall platform that is attached to and supported by the external wall. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one platform comprises at least one hatch. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one platform comprises at least one skid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a gate configured to optionally block a user's pathway to the at least one platform or to an edge of the at least one platform. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an anchor device for securing a user to the training apparatus in order to prevent the user falling from the at least one platform. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the anchor device is located above the at least one platform. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising climbing equipment for accessing the at least one platform. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the climbing equipment comprises a climbing wall. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform-supporting structure comprises an uppermost portion and the training apparatus further comprises a top training apparatus assembly arranged on the uppermost portion of the platform-supporting structure and comprising a first portion that at least partially overlaps with the platform-supporting structure and a second portion that overhangs the surface thus forming the at least one platform. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform-supporting structure has a width substantially equal to the width of a single one of said one or more containers. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platform-supporting structure has a width greater than the width of a single one of said one or more containers. ### Claim 20 (depends on 5) A training apparatus as claimed in claim 5 wherein the one or more containers are ISO shipping containers.